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Siemens S200

🇺🇸 United States ·built by Siemens Mobility· from 2016· Light rail transit vehicle

🚋 tram / light rail electric ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Calgary AB CTrain Downtown 3-Street-SW-Station 2022-09-28 (cropped): Milan Suvajac· CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. 2. Muni 2013 at Carl and Cole, April 2018: Pi.1415926535· CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. 3. S200 CTrain leaving City Hall Station: Zeekakboos· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. 1 Street SW station, CTrain Calgary 20240819 1: DXR· CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. 5. 20181109 Calgary Central Library 010: Kelapstick· CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. 6. 20181109 Calgary Central Library with Ctrain: Kelapstick· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. C-Train late on a Tuesday Night (48715378262): Daniel from Glasgow, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
  8. 8. Calgary AB 7-Avenue-SW 2022-09-28 (2): Milan Suvajac· CC BY-SA 4.0
  9. 9. Calgary AB CTrain Blue-Line 8-Street-SW-Station 2022-09-26 (10): Milan Suvajac· CC BY-SA 4.0
  10. 10. 4th and King station from I-280 ramp (1), December 2019: Pi.1415926535· CC BY-SA 3.0
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Siemens S200, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Milan Suvajac· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Siemens S200 is a high-floor light rail vehicle (LRV) manufactured by Siemens Mobility in Florin, California, beginning service in 2016. The S200 succeeds earlier Siemens high-floor LRV models, including the SD-100/SD-160 and the SD-400/SD-460. Its low-floor counterpart is the Siemens S700.

who runs it

Calgary TransitGreater Cleveland Regional Transit AuthorityMetro Transit

base stats

  • speed 97 km/htop speed
  • power 579 kWpower output
  • weight 44.1 tin working order
  • built 405made 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 10 years ago, in 2016.
  • 579 kW is about 7 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 27.1 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.

tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.

spec sheet

built
2016
in service from
2016
status
in service
number built
405
kind
Light rail vehicle
traction
electric
origin
🇺🇸 United States
builders
Siemens Mobility
operators
Calgary Transit, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Metro Transit
top speed
97 km/h
power
579 kW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
Overhead line;, 3 (Calgary, SF, Cleveland), 3 860 V DC (St. Louis)
wheel arrangement
Bo′(2)′Bo′
length
27.1 m
weight
44.1 t

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

Sources: Wikidata Q22908765, Wikipedia: Siemens S200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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