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Taipei Metro C301
🇹🇼 Taiwan ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 1997· class of electric multiple units on the Taipei Metro Red line
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Taipeimrt-danshuiline-20060401: Linearcity· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 台北捷運淡水信義線 C301, 北投站 (20240901): Takeshi Aida· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. C301 SI at NTU Hospital Station 20120615: Solomon203· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Taipei MRT Train C301 3CarSet No 3014: User:Jiahwang· CC BY-SA 2.5
what is it?
The Taipei Metro C301 is the first generation of heavy-capacity electric multiple units on the Taipei Metro in Taipei, Taiwan. Built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Union Rail Car Partnership between 1992 and 1994, it was introduced on the Tamsui line in 1997.
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 29 years ago, in 1997.
- 2.3 MW is about 27 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).
- Still in service after 29 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1997
- in service from
- 1997
- status
- in service
- number built
- 132
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan
- builders
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Taipei Metro
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 2.3 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
- 39.5 t
- capacity
- 1,914 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6134999, Wikipedia: Taipei Metro C301 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.