Amtrak Airo

what is it?

Amtrak Airo is a class of intercity, high-speed passenger trainsets being built by Siemens Mobility for Amtrak. The trainsets are based on the Siemens Charger locomotives and Siemens Venture passenger cars, and are intended to replace older equipment used on the Northeast Corridor and state-supported routes throughout the United States.

who runs it

Amtrak

base stats

• speed 201 km/htop speed
• power 4.3 MWpower output
• weight 511 tin working order

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 0 years ago, in 2026.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• ⏱️At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
• 🚗4.3 MW is about 50 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 85 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏25.9 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built

2026

in service from

2026

status

in service

number built

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kind

Diesel–electric or dual-mode push-pull train

traction

bi-mode

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

Siemens Mobility

operators

Amtrak

top speed

201 km/h

power

4.3 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

Overhead line: (B sets), 3Amtrak's 60 Hz traction power system, 25 kV 60 Hz AC, 3Electrification of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford R…

length

25.9 m

weight

511 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

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