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Taipei Metro C371
🇹🇼 Taiwan ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 2006· class of electric multiple units of the Taipei Metro
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Taipei MRT Train C371 3CarSet No 3398: User:Jiahwang· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 2. C371 on Tamsui Line 20090221: Kirk· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. A Taipei Metro C371 train leaving Beitou Station toward Xinbeitou Station (cropped): Lokseng01· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. C371 3301 emergency intercom: Solomon203· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Taipei Metro C371 is the fourth generation of heavy-capacity rolling stock used on the Taipei Metro in Taipei, Taiwan. Built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Taiwan Rolling Stock Company between 2005 and 2009, it was introduced on the Tamsui, Xindian, and Zhonghe Lines in 2006 and on the Xinbeitou and Xiaobitan branch lines in 2007.
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 20 years ago, in 2006.
- 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).
- Still in service after 20 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2006
- in service from
- 2006
- status
- in service
- number built
- 321
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan
- builders
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, TRSC, Nippon Sharyo
- 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
- 301/302–337/338, 401/402–465/466: 6-car sets (DM1–T–M2+M2–T–DM1), 397–399: 3-car sets (DM1–T–DM2)
- 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 Q17218968, Wikipedia: Taipei Metro C371 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.