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CSR EMU (Argentina)
🇦🇷 Argentina ·built by CSR Corporation Limited· from 2014· CSR Corporation EMU cars for Buenos Aires' commuter railways
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- 1. Línea Mitre Retiro: Ministery of Transport of Argentina· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The CSR EMU is a series of electric multiple unit cars manufactured by CSR Corporation Limited for use on Buenos Aires' commuter rail network. As of 2015, the trains operated on three of the city's lines and 705 cars were manufactured, with each line using a different number of cars per train. They were created for use on lines electrified using both third rail and overhead lines.
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 12 years ago, in 2014.
- 22.7 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
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
- number built
- —
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- builders
- CSR Corporation Limited
- operators
- Trenes Argentinos, Trenes Argentinos Operaciones
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 250 kW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset (Mitre Line) , 9 cars per trainset (Sarmiento Line) , 7 cars per trainset (Roca Line)
- length
- 22.7 m
- capacity
- 72 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q15838590, Wikipedia: CSR EMU (Argentina) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.