#6445· Metrorijtuig S3/M4
S3/M4 (Amsterdam Metro)
🇳🇱 Netherlands ·built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles· series of electric multiple unit
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GVB - M4, 79, lijn 50, Overamstel (Amsterdam): Flyingjoost· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Amsterdam Metro S3–M4, 2022: Styyx· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The CAF S3/M4 is a series of electric multiple unit (EMU) train operated by Amsterdam Metro, with car numbers 70-73 (S3) and 74-106 (M4). This train was built by CAF in Beasain, Basque Country (Spain) and delivered in 1996-1997. These are metro/light rail vehicles with a length of 30.90 meters and a width of 2.65 meters, consisting of two car bodies resting on two regular bogies and one Jacobs bogie.
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
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 30.9 m long: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 192: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 37
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- builders
- Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
- operators
- GVB
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- 70 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Third rail: , Overhead line:
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′+Bo′+Bo′
- formation
- 3 cars per trainset, Mk + Fs
- length
- 30.9 m
- weight
- 48 t
- capacity
- 192 passengers
- Dutch name
- Metrorijtuig S3/M4
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2052622, Wikipedia: S3/M4 (Amsterdam Metro) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.