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#5377· Seoul Metro 2000 type

Seoul Metro 2000 series

🇰🇷 South Korea ·built by Hyundai Rotem· from 2005· South Korean electric multiple unit train type

🚇 metro electric ✓ in service
Seoul Metro 2000 series, photo 1 of 1
1/1 Mtattrain· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The second-generation Seoul Metro 2000-series is a South Korean electrical multiple unit train manufactured by Hyundai Rotem and Dawonsys since 2005 for Seoul Metro, operating on Seoul Subway Line 2.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 100 km/htop speed
  • built 770made 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 21 years ago, in 2005.
  • 195 m long: about 43 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Still in service after 21 years.

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

spec sheet

built
2005
in service from
2005
status
in service
number built
770
kind
metro
traction
electric
origin
🇰🇷 South Korea
builders
Hyundai Rotem, Dawonsys
operators
Seoul Metro, Seoul Metro Corporation
top speed
100 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
overhead catenary
formation
Main Line, * 10 cars per trainset, TC-MC-MC-TC-MC-TC-TC-MC-MC-TC, Seongsu Branch, * 4 cars per trainset, TC-MC-MC-TC, S…
length
195 m
Dutch name
Seoul Metro 2000 type

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

Sources: Wikidata Q625933, Wikipedia: Seoul Metro 2000 series (2005) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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