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OS MX3000
🇳🇴 Norway ·built by Siemens Mobility· from 2005· electric multiple unit used on the Oslo Metro
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. I12 081 Bf Majorstuen, ET 3141: Falk2· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. MX3000-90 V Majorstuen: Taara001· CC BY 4.0
- 3. MX3000 Wien at Majorstua stasjon: Kph· Public domain
- 4. Majorstuen stasjon with 2 MX3000: Thierry Gschwind· CC BY 3.0
- 5. Bergkrystallen stasjon with MX3000: Thierry Gschwind· CC BY 3.0
- 6. Blindern MX3000: Hans Petter Lyshaug· CC BY-SA 3.0 no
- 7. Class 69 and MX3000 in Oslo: Metro Centric· CC BY 2.0
- 8. Jernbanetorget stasjon with MX3000: Skvattram· Public domain
- 9. MX3000 - 2009-07-15 at 15-34-36: Kjetil Ree· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. MX3000 leaving Storo: Espen Klem from Norway· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
MX3000 is an electric train used on Oslo Metro in Oslo, Norway. The multiple units are produced by Siemens Mobility, who started serial delivery in 2007. Seventy-eight three-car units were ordered by Sporveien, and five by Akershus County Municipality.
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 21 years ago, in 2005.
- 1.7 MW is about 20 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 54.3 m long: about 12 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 493: 10 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2005
- in service from
- 2007
- status
- in service
- number built
- 345
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- Siemens Mobility, Siemens
- designer
- Porsche Design Studio
- operators
- Sporveien T-banen
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 1.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′
- formation
- 3 cars (Mc1–M–Mc2) per unit, 1-2 units per train
- length
- 54.3 m
- weight
- 94 t
- capacity
- 493 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q4576648, Wikipedia: OS MX3000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.