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Taipei Metro C381
🇹🇼 Taiwan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2012· class of electric multiple units of the Taipei Metro
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TRTC381 in Beitou Station: Subscriptshoe9· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Taipei Metro train for Xiangshan approaching Guandu 20250814: Sinsyuan· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Taipei Metro C381 is the fifth and the latest generation of heavy-capacity electric multiple unit trains on the Taipei Metro in Taipei, Taiwan. A total of 144 train cars were jointly built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and the Taiwan Rolling Stock Company, and began operation in 2012. They are currently in service on Tamsui–Xinyi line and Songshan–Xindian line.
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 14 years ago, in 2012.
- 2.8 MW is about 33 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 141 m long: about 31 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 1,914: 38 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2012
- in service from
- 2012
- status
- in service
- number built
- 144
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, TRSC, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Taipei Metro
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 2.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′
- formation
- 6-car sets, DM1–T–M2+M2–T–DM1
- length
- 141 m
- weight
- 40.1 t
- capacity
- 1,914 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q21017008, Wikipedia: Taipei Metro C381 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.