The Siemens Inspiro is a family of

electric multiple unit An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number o ...

trains designed and manufactured by

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since 2012 for metro systems. The product was launched on 19 September 2012 at the InnoTrans in Berlin. The first Inspiro entered service with

Warsaw Metro The Warsaw Metro () is a rapid transit underground system serving the Poland, Polish capital Warsaw. It currently consists of two lines, the north–south M1 (Warsaw), M1 line which links central Warsaw with its densely populated northern and sou ...

on 6 October 2013.

Genesis

In October 2009, Siemens Mobility started development on a new subway product family. It collaborated with DesignworksUSA on design aspects. The company based its design on Modular Metro vehicles previously produced for Vienna, Oslo and Nuremberg.

Metros using Siemens Inspiro technology

Australia

Siemens was awarded a contract to supply 12 3-car driverless sets for the

Sydney Metro Sydney Metro is a fully automated rapid transit rail system in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It currently consists of the Metro North West & Bankstown Line, running between Tallawong and Sydenham and consisting of 21 stations on of t ...

Western Sydney Airport Line. Due to the higher overhead line voltage of , these trains will be part of the Inspiro High Capacity (Inspiro HC) family. The first trains are expected to enter service in 2027.

Austria

In September 2017, Wiener Linien ordered 34 new subway trains for the

Vienna U-Bahn The Vienna U-Bahn () is a rapid transit system serving Vienna, Austria. The five-line network consists of of route, serving 109 stations. 459.8 million passengers rode the U-Bahn in 2019. The modern-day U-Bahn opened on 25 February 1978, after ...

called Type X from Siemens Transportation Systems to replace the older “Silver Arrows” (Type U). The first trains will be used on the U1 - U4 lines from 2023 and will be used automated on the U5 line from 2026. The Last cars operated 2030 (55th).

Bulgaria

30 new metro 3-car trainsets have been ordered for the M3 line of the

Sofia Metro The Sofia Metro (, also colloquially called ) is the rapid transit network servicing the Bulgarian capital city Sofia. It is the only metro in Bulgaria. It began operation on 28 January 1998. , the Sofia Metro consists of four interconnected lin ...

to enter into service April 2020. The contract includes an option for 30 additional cars to extend these trains to 4 cars long.

China

Shanghai Metro The Shanghai Metro (; Shanghainese: ''Zaon6he5 Di6thiq7'') is a rapid transit system in Shanghai, operating urban and suburban transit services to 14 of its 16 List of township-level divisions of Shanghai, municipal districts and to the neighb ...

- Siemens awarded a contract to design the 22A01 metro cars and provide propulsion systems for the 22A01. The contract consists 120 cars of 40 sets. All 22A01s will constructed by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotives and planned to operate on the Line 22.

Germany

MVG has ordered first 21 six-carriage trains for the

Munich U-Bahn The Munich U-Bahn () is an Railway electrification system, electric rail Rapid transit, rapid transit network in Munich, Germany. The system began operation in 1971, and is operated by the municipally owned Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG; Mun ...

in November 2010 (Class C2.11) with second option of 22 units in 2019 (Class C2.12) and third option of 24 units in 2020 (Class C2.13), bringing the total number to 67. MVG has designated the trains as Class C2, differentiating them from C1, which wasn't based on Inspiro. The delivery began in 2012 with the last unit to be delivered in 2024. VAG ordered 21 four-carriage trains for the

Nuremberg U-Bahn The Nuremberg U-Bahn is a rapid transit system in Nuremberg and Fürth, Bavaria. It is operated by ''Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg'' (VAG; Nuremberg Transport Corporation), which itself is a member of the ''Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nür ...

in 2015, designated as G1, with the first entry into revenue service in 2020.

Malaysia

Rapid KL Rapid KL (stylized as ''rapidKL'') is a public transportation system owned by Prasarana Malaysia and operated by its subsidiaries Rapid Rail and Rapid Bus. The acronym stands for , which translates to Kuala Lumpur Integrated Rapid Transit Net ...

Kajang line The MRT Kajang Line, previously known as the MRT Sungai Buloh–Kajang Line, is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line servicing the Klang Valley, Malaysia. It is the second fully automated and driverless rail system in the Klang Valley region afte ...

in service 4-car trainsets configuration

Poland

- in service 6-car trainsets configuration

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh Metro The Riyadh Metro (, ) is a rapid transit, rapid transit system serving Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Part of the King Abdulaziz Project for Riyadh Public Transport, it is the longest driverless metro in the world. The system consists of s ...

- in service 2-car and 4-car trainsets configuration for Line 1 and Line 2.

United Kingdom

Siemens was awarded a contract worth £1.5bn for 94 9-car sets based on the Inspiro to replace the existing 1973 Stock used on the

Piccadilly line The Piccadilly line is a Deep level underground, deep-level London Underground line running between the west and the north of London. It has two western branches which split at Acton Town tube station, Acton Town and serves 53 stations. The li ...

of the

London Underground The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or as the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England. The Undergro ...

. The first of the type is expected to enter service in 2025. There are also options for a total of 250 trains allowing replacement of all existing trains on the deep-level Central, Waterloo & City and Bakerloo lines.

Gallery

File:Siemens Inspiro Front 01.jpg,

train at Kabaty depot. File:MRT SBK Semantan station2.jpg,

train at File:U-BahnG1.jpg, Inspiro Typ G1 rolling stock for

File:J33 776 U-Bahn-Triebzug Inspiro.jpg,

new rolling stock. File:Nordwestbahnhof Wien 2017 1010 U-Bahn für Riad.jpg,

rolling stock for the Blue and Red Lines. File:Siemens Inspiro platform PL.jpg, Siemens Inspiro trainset platform

References

External links

Siemens Inspiro product page

Siemens Inspiro brochure
{{Polish State Railways rolling stock Siemens multiple units