HKL Class M300

what is it?

The HKL Class M300 is a class of metro trains operated by Metropolitan Area Transport Ltd in use on the Helsinki Metro. 20 four-carriage trains were built between 2014 and 2016 by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles for the Länsimetro extension. In November 2019, HKL announced the purchase of five additional trains, delivered in 2022.

who runs it

Helsinki City Transport

base stats

• speed 80 km/htop speed
• power 2.8 MWpower output
• weight 130 tin working order
• seats 576passengers
• built 20made 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 12 years ago, in 2014.
• 🚗2.8 MW is about 32 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏88.2 m long: about 20 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 576: 12 full city buses (~50 seats each).

metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.

spec sheet

built

2014

in service from

2015

number built

20

kind

metro

origin

🇫🇮 Finland

builders

Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles

operators

Helsinki City Transport

top speed

80 km/h

power

2.8 MW

gauge

1,522 mm broad gauge

wheel arrangement

Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′

formation

4 cars

length

88.2 m

weight

130 t

capacity

576 passengers

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