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B1 (Guangzhou Metro car)
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Siemens Mobility· from 2005· rolling stock of Guangzhou Metro Line 3
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CSR Zhuzhou-Siemens train of Line 3, Guangzhou Metro: Chenxingyu· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The B1 (commonly known as Guangzhou Metro Line 3 Train) is a class of rolling stock built for Line 3 of Guangzhou Metro. They are built by Siemens Mobility and CSR Zhuzhou Locomotive. B1 is the first mass-produced B-class rolling stock for the Guangzhou Metro.
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 21 years ago, in 2005.
- 59.9 m long: about 13 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 240: 5 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 21 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2005
- in service from
- 2005
- status
- in service
- number built
- 120
- kind
- Class B EMU
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Siemens Mobility
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′
- formation
- Mcp-T-Mcp
- length
- 59.9 m
- capacity
- 240 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11062048, Wikipedia: B1 (Guangzhou Metro car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.