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Siemens Nexas
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Siemens Mobility· from 2003· class of electric multiple units manufactured by Siemens Transportation Systems for the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Australia between 2002 and 2005
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Siemens train in Metro Trains Melbourne Livery: Zed Fitzhume· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Siemens Nexas 789M Frankston to Williamstown service via Flinders Street at Seaford railway station Platform 1 (28 January 2026): PEPSI697· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Siemens Nexas in 2022 PTV livery: MTMfoamerlegendH· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Siemens Nexas 707M at Coburg railway station Platform 1 (7 February 2026): PEPSI697· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Siemens Nexas 711M up Sandringham service at Balaclava railway station (28 February 2026): PEPSI697· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Siemens Nexas EMU 757M: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Siemens Nexas train passes MCG-John Cain Arena tram stop: Totallynotarandomalt69· CC0
what is it?
The Siemens Nexas is a type of electric multiple unit manufactured by Siemens Transportation Systems for the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Australia between 2002 and 2005. The design of the trains was based on the Siemens Modular Metro.
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 23 years ago, in 2003.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 71.9 m long: about 16 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 264: 5 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 23 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2003
- in service from
- 2003
- status
- in service
- number built
- 216
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Siemens Mobility
- operators
- Metro Trains Melbourne
- top speed
- 147 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- electric system
- (nominal) from overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′
- formation
- 3-car sets (M–T–M)
- length
- 71.9 m
- weight
- 41.5 t
- capacity
- 264 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7510911, Wikipedia: Siemens Nexas (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.