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Shanghai Metro AC05
🇨🇳 China ·built by Siemens Mobility· from 2005· rolling stock of Shanghai Metro Line 4
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 201609 AC05-0413 leaves from Baoshan Road Station: MNXANL This photo was taken with Sony NEX-5N· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. 20240107 0402 leaving West Yan'an Road Station: Windmemories· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 04A01 (formerly known as AC05) is an electric multiple unit currently used on Line 4 of Shanghai Metro. They are developed by Siemens Mobility and built by CSR Zhuzhou Locomotive. AC05 entered service on 31 December 2005.
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.
- 140 m long: about 31 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 310: 6 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 21 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2005
- in service from
- 2005
- status
- in service
- number built
- 168
- kind
- Class A EMU
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- Siemens Mobility
- operators
- Shanghai Shentong Metro Group Co., Ltd.
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- Tc-Mp-M+M-Mp-Tc
- length
- 140 m
- capacity
- 310 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q10868067, Wikipedia: Shanghai Metro AC05 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.