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FE-10 (Mexico City Metro)
🇪🇸 Spain ·built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles· from 2012· type of electrical multiple unit train used on the Mexico City Metro
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. FE-10 06: GAED· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. FE-10 01: GAED· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. FE-10 02: GAED· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. FE-10 03: GAED· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The FE-10 (abbreviated from the Spanish: Férreo Español 2010) is a steel-wheeled model of electrical multiple units used on the Mexico City Metro, first used in 2012 and currently servicing Line 12.
base stats
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 14 years ago, in 2012.
- 4.1 MW is about 48 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 40 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 141 m long: about 31 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 1,471: 29 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2012
- in service from
- 2012
- status
- in service
- number built
- 30
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- builders
- Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 4.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 7 cars per trainset
- length
- 141 m
- weight
- 238 t
- capacity
- 1,471 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5853941, Wikipedia: FE-10 (Mexico City Metro) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.