Siemens Modular Metro
The Siemens Modular Metro is a family of electric multiple unit trains for rapid transit systems produced by 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 has been renamed Siemens Mobility, still uses the abbreviation Mo.Mo[citation needed]; however, these trains are no longer being made, having been replaced by Siemens's new Inspiro family of metro trainsets.
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 metres (55 ft 9 in to 82 ft 0 in) and widths from 2.6 to 3.2 metres (8 ft 6 in to 10 ft 6 in). Stainless steel or aluminium construction is available, in three cross sections: straight sidewalls, sidewalls sloping at 3 degrees, and contoured.[1]
Operators
- Bangkok MRT Blue Line: each train consists of two motor cars and a centre trailer car.[2]
- Bangkok BTS Skytrain Light Green Line: 35 three-car units, each train consists of two motor cars and a centre trailer car. Will be upgrade to two motor cars and two centre trailer cars in Q3 2012.
- Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Taipei Metro's C321 and C341 trainsets, used on Bannan Line
- Nuremberg U-Bahn Line U2 and U3: designated DT3, 30 two-car driverless trains, 36m long, 2.9m wide with an inter-car gangway. 80 seats and room for 240 standing passengers.[3]
- Metro Trains Melbourne Northern Group and Caufield Group Lines: designated 'Siemens' trains, 72 three car sets from 2003.[4]
- Shanghai Metro: 28 six-car modular trains for Line 4, 10 trains for an extension of Line 1. First two trains in Vienna, remainder built in China.[5]
- Oslo Metro: designated MX3000, 115 three-car units.
- Guangzhou Metro : 21 six-cars modular trains which build with Adtranz for line 1,120 cars which is based on it for line 3.
- Vienna U-Bahn: designated Type V, 6-car units.
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First official Mo.Mo train, the Vienna U-Bahn Type V
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Version of the Siemens Modular Metro as used on the Railways in Melbourne
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Internal features of the Nuremberg Fully Automatic DT3
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Interior of Mo.Mo train in Bangkok Metro
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Shanghai Mo.Mo was designed in Germany, but built in China
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, but now also used in Nuremberg.
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The Nuremberg DT2 from 1993 was a precursor to the Modular Metro designs
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Interior of the DT2
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The Munich U-Bahn A Series appeared in 1967, influencing later metro designs
See also
References
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- Siemens MoMo flyer - 'The City needs Mobility'
- Porsche Design portfolio
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