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AnsaldoBreda P2550
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Hitachi Rail Italy· from 2008· American light rail vehicle
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Metro Gold Line AnsaldoBreda P2550: The Port of Authority ( talk )· Public domain
- 2. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority P2550 (cropped): FoxiiEdits84· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. LACMTA Metro Gold Line- Breda P2550 Car: METRO96· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority P2550: FoxiiEdits84· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. P2550.Car.748.at.South.Pasadena: FoxiiEdits84· CC0
what is it?
The AnsaldoBreda P2550 is an articulated high-floor electric light rail vehicle manufactured by AnsaldoBreda for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Metro Rail system. 50 vehicles were built between 2005 and 2011, with the first entering service in 2008. The refurbished LRV fleet is slated to have its first 3 units enter revenue service in April 23, 2026.
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 18 years ago, in 2008.
- 580 kW is about 7 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 27.4 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 141: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 2008
- in service from
- 2008
- status
- in service
- number built
- 50
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Hitachi Rail Italy
- operators
- Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 580 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′(2)′Bo′
- length
- 27.4 m
- capacity
- 141 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q85741896, Wikipedia: AnsaldoBreda P2550 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.