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Siemens Inspiro

🇲🇾 Malaysia ·built by Siemens Mobility· from 2013· family of electric multiple units for metro systems

🚇 metro electric ✓ in service
Siemens Inspiro, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Janusz Jakubowski from Warsaw, Poland· CC BY-SA 2.0

what is it?

The Siemens Inspiro is a family of electric multiple unit trains designed and manufactured by Siemens Mobility since 2012 for metro systems. The product was launched on 19 September 2012 at the InnoTrans in Berlin. The first Inspiro entered service with Warsaw Metro on 6 October 2013.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 90 km/htop speed
  • seats 1,194passengers

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 13 years ago, in 2013.
  • Seats 1,194: 24 full city buses (~50 seats each).

metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.

spec sheet

built
2013
in service from
2013
status
in service
number built
—
kind
EMU
traction
electric
origin
🇲🇾 Malaysia
builders
Siemens Mobility
operators
Rapid KL
top speed
90 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
(most trains), overhead line, overhead catenary (Sofia Metro), 630–750 V DC railway electrification system#Fourth rail, fourth rail (London…
formation
2–8 car sets
capacity
1,194 passengers

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

family

Sources: Wikidata Q2284320, Wikipedia: Siemens Inspiro (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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