#5377· Seoul Metro 2000 type
Seoul Metro 2000 series
🇰🇷 South Korea ·built by Hyundai Rotem· from 2005· South Korean electric multiple unit train type
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Seoul Metro Line 2 train arriving at Guro Digital Complex (2-14 new): 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
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.
