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CPTM Series 2000/2070

🇧🇷 Brazil ·built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles· from 2000· class of EMU trains

CPTM Series 2000/2070, photo 1 of 1
1/1 Fulvio souza· CC BY 3.0

what is it?

The CPTM Series 2000 was a class of electric multiple units part of the São Paulo Metropolitan Trains rolling stock.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 90 km/htop speed
  • power 2.4 MWpower output
  • seats 998passengers
  • built 120made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

  • First built 26 years ago, in 2000.
  • 2.4 MW is about 28 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • 83.6 m long: about 19 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 998: 20 full city buses (~50 seats each).
  • Served for 24 years (2000–2024).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built
2000
in service from
2000
retired
2024
status
retired
number built
120
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇧🇷 Brazil
builders
Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, Adtranz, Alstom
operators
Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos
top speed
90 km/h
power
2.4 MW
gauge
1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
electric system
overhead line
wheel arrangement
Bo′Bo′+2′2′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′
formation
4-car sets (MC–R1–R2–MC)
length
83.6 m
capacity
998 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q10376789, Wikipedia: CPTM Series 2000/2070 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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