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Seoul Metro 2000 series (first generation)
🇰🇷 South Korea ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1980· electric train in South Korea
what is it?
The first-generation Seoul Metro 2000-series was a class of South Korean electrical multiple unit trains manufactured by Nippon Sharyo, Hyundai Precision & Industries, Daewoo Heavy Industries, and Hanjin Heavy Industries between 1983 and 1994 for 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 46 years ago, in 1980.
- 195 m long: about 43 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 43 years (1980–2023).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1980
- in service from
- 1980
- retired
- 2023
- status
- retired
- number built
- 664
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo, Hyundai Mobis, HJ Shipbuilding & Construction
- operators
- Seoul Metro
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- overhead catenary
- formation
- Main Line, * 10 cars per trainset, Seongsu Branch, * 4 cars per trainset, Sinjeong Branch, * 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 195 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q20445845, Wikipedia: Seoul Metro 2000 series (first generation) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.