New Zealand AM class electric multiple unit

what is it?

The New Zealand AM class of electric multiple unit (EMU) was constructed for the electrification of Auckland's railway network. The class was introduced in 2014 with the first unit having arrived in September 2013. The units are classified AM (Auckland Metro), with the driving motor car with pantograph classified AMP, the middle trailer car AMT and the driving motor car without pantograph AMA. The trains are operated by Auckland One Rail for Auckland Transport under the AT Metro brand.

who runs it

base stats

• speed 121 km/htop speed
• power 1.5 MWpower output
• weight 132 tin working order
• seats 230passengers
• built 95made 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.
• 🚗1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏72 m long: about 16 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 230: 5 full city buses (~50 seats each).

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

spec sheet

built

2014

in service from

2014

status

in service

number built

95

kind

multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇪🇸 Spain

builders

Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles

operators

Transdev Auckland, Auckland One Rail

top speed

121 km/h

power

1.5 MW

gauge

1,067 mm Cape gauge

electric system

overhead catenary

wheel arrangement

Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′

formation

3 cars (AMA–AMT–AMP) per set

length

72 m

weight

132 t

capacity

230 passengers

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

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