#6019· Metromaterieel M7
M7 (Amsterdam Metro)
🇳🇱 Netherlands ·built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles· from 2023
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GVB Metrotreinstel 174 op lijn 53: Eriksw· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Amsterdam Metro M7 181 at Heemstedestraat, 2024: Styyx· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The CAF Inneo M7 is a series of electric multiple unit (EMU) trainsets used on the Amsterdam Metro network. The trains entered service on 28 February 2023 and are expected to remain in operation for at least 30 years. Each M7 set consists of three carriages, with a total length of nearly 60 metres, roughly half the length of an M5 trainset.
who runs it
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 3 years ago, in 2023.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 59.6 m long: about 13 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 402: 8 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2023
- in service from
- 2023
- number built
- —
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- builders
- Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
- operators
- GVB
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′2′
- formation
- 3 cars per trainset
- length
- 59.6 m
- weight
- 95 t
- capacity
- 402 passengers
- Dutch name
- Metromaterieel M7
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q54802257, Wikipedia: M7 (Amsterdam Metro) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.