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Siemens Modular Metro

The Siemens Modular Metro is a family of electric multiple unit trains for rapid transit systems produced by Siemens Mobility (originally Siemens Transportation Systems) and used by rail operators around the world. The vehicle concept was launched in Vienna in 2000 and is a modular concept allowing many variants of metro vehicles.[1] Previously known as Modular Mobility, Siemens, whose rail equipment division had since been renamed Siemens Mobility, still uses the abbreviation Mo.Mo;[2][3] however, few of these trains are being built, since Siemens had moved to their Inspiro metro platform in 2013.

Technology

The train is designed for use on systems in the 20,000 to 60,000 passengers/hour range. The design of the train bodies is by Porsche Design. Modules in the system include various vehicle ends, doors, gangways, roof-mounted air-conditioning, and interiors.[1] Many combinations of motor cars and trailers are possible, with individual vehicle lengths from 17 to 25 m and widths from 2.6 to 3.2 m. Stainless steel or aluminium construction is available, in three cross sections: straight sidewalls, sidewalls sloping at 3 degrees, and contoured.[1]

Operators

  • Guangzhou Metro:120 B1 metro cars for line 3; 126 A1 metro cars for line 1
  • Bangkok Transit System Skytrain: 35 4-car sets
  • Taipei Metro, Taiwan: 36 C321 and 6 C341 six-car sets for the Bannan Line
  • Vienna U-Bahn: designated as Type V, 6-car units
  • Shanghai Metro: 28 six-car 04A01 modular trains, 72 additional metro cars of 01A04. First two of 04A01 trains in Vienna, remainder built in China.[4]
  • Metro Trains Melbourne: 72 3-car trains locally designated as Siemens Nexas.[5] Use a broad track gauge of.
  • Bangkok Metropolitan Rapid Transit: 19 3-car sets for the Blue Line[6]
  • Oslo Metro: 115 3-car units locally designated as MX3000.
  • Nuremberg U-Bahn U2 and U3: 30 two-car driverless trains designated as DT3, 36m long, 2.9m wide with an inter-car gangway. 80 seats and room for 240 standing passengers.[7]
  • Kaohsiung Metro: 42 3-car sets, with provision to eventually be expanded to 6-car sets

Design origins

The bodies of the trains evolved from the 1993 DT2 Series used in the Nuremberg U-Bahn whose design in turn came from production of the A Series built for the nearby Munich U-Bahn.

See also

  • Alstom Metropolis and Movia
  • Siemens Inspiro, the successor to the Modular Metro

External links

References

  1. New Vehicle Concept Launched In Vienna International Railway Journal, September 2000, retrieved 2008-08-30^
  2. Metro System for Bangkok, Thailand siemens.co.th, Siemens AG Transportation Systems / Turnkey Systems^
  3. Siemens tries MoMo concept Railway Gazette International, 1 July 1999^
  4. Siemens, Alstom win Chinese transit contracts Railway Age, May 2002, retrieved 2008-08-30^
  5. VICSIG: Siemens trains www.vicsig.net, retrieved 2008-08-30^
  6. Bangkok's first underground metro open International Railway Journal, July 2004, retrieved 2008-08-30^
  7. Mike Knutton. First U-Bahn to convert to fully automatic operation International Railway Journal, August 2002, retrieved 2008-08-30^