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Siemens Modular Metro (Kaohsiung)

🇹🇼 Taiwan ·built by Siemens Mobility· from 2008· Trains of Kaohsiung Metro

5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. 高雄捷運 (15684880656): billy1125 from Taiwan· CC BY 2.0
2. 高雄捷運 (15706701161): billy1125 from Taiwan· CC BY 2.0
3. Kaohsiung modular metro: Traininteriorguy· CC BY 4.0
4. Color of the Siemens Modular Metro (Kaohsiung MRT) 20241111: 阿道· CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Kaohsiung MRT Train: chia ying Yang· CC BY 2.0

what is it?

The Kaohsiung Metro Siemens Modular Metro (Mo.Mo) electric multiple unit (EMU) trains has operated on the heavy-rail Red and Orange Lines since its opening in 2008.

who runs it

Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation

base stats

speed 90 km/htop speed
power 1.5 MWpower output
weight 117 tin working order
seats 629passengers
built 126made in total

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 18 years ago, in 2008.
1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
65.5 m long: about 15 cars parked nose to tail.
Seats 629: 13 full city buses (~50 seats each).

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

spec sheet

built: 2008
in service from: 2008
status: in service
number built: 126
kind: metro
traction: electric
origin: 🇹🇼 Taiwan
builders: Siemens Mobility
operators: Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation
top speed: 90 km/h
power: 1.5 MW
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement: Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′
formation: 3-car sets; DM1–T–DM2
length: 65.5 m
weight: 117 t
capacity: 629 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q15907711, Wikipedia: Siemens Modular Metro (Kaohsiung) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.