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New Taipei Metro C610

🇹🇼 Taiwan ·built by Hitachi Rail Italy· from 2020· rolling stock of Taipei Metro Circular (Yellow) line

🚇 metro electric ✓ in service
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. TRTC Circular Line EMU train by ntpcdorts: Department of Rapid Transit Systems, New Taipei City Government· Public domain
  2. 2. Jingan Station (Circular Line) Track 2020-02-14: Foxy1219· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. C610 at Shisizhang 20260107 (2): Sinsyuan· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. C610 at Shisizhang 20260107 (3): Sinsyuan· CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. 5. C610 at Shisizhang 20260107: Sinsyuan· CC BY-SA 4.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
New Taipei Metro C610, photo 1 of 5
1/5 Department of Rapid Transit Systems, New Taipei City Government· Public domain

what is it?

The New Taipei Metro C610 is a medium-capacity train operating on New Taipei Metro's Circular line. A total of 17 4-car trains were manufactured by Hitachi Rail Italy (formerly AnsaldoBreda) in Reggio Calabria, then shipped to Hsinchu for final assembly at Taiwan Rolling Stock Company (TRSC). This is the second time Taiwan has purchased trains made in Italy after Taiwan Railways' EMU300 series, built by Socimi.

who runs it

Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation

base stats

  • speed 90 km/htop speed
  • power 1.6 MWpower output
  • weight 117 tin working order
  • seats 650passengers
  • built 68made 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 6 years ago, in 2020.
  • 1.6 MW is about 19 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 68.4 m long: about 15 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 650: 13 full city buses (~50 seats each).

metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.

spec sheet

built
2020
in service from
2020
status
in service
number built
68
kind
metro
traction
electric
origin
🇹🇼 Taiwan
builders
Hitachi Rail Italy, TRSC, AnsaldoBreda
operators
Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation
top speed
90 km/h
power
1.6 MW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′
formation
4-car sets (A–C–D–B)
length
68.4 m
weight
117 t
capacity
650 passengers

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

family

↑ Hitachi Rail Italy Driverless Metroparent

Sources: Wikidata Q30951043, Wikipedia: New Taipei Metro C610 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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