The NM-02 (abbreviated from the Spanish: ''Neumático Mexicano 2002'') is a rubber-tyred model of

electrical 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 ...

s used on the

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, first used in 2005 and currently servicing Line 2 and Line 7.

History

In 2003, as part of a plan to modernize

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's government acquired 45 new NM-02 units to be used in Line 2 with a cost of 550 million dollars. Out of those 45 trains, 31 were already in service during 2005. The trains that were replaced by NM-02 in Line 2, were sent to be serviced in order to be transferred for their use in other lines. The trains were manufactured by Canadian Bombardier and Spanish

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(CAF). 17 units were provided by CAF and the rest by Bombardier. CAF had previously supplied trains for the Mexico City Metro with the NE-92. In 2011, STC retired MP-68 units from service in Line 7 and replaced them with NM-02 trains, which had been already servicing Line 7 with a few leased units from Line 2 since 2009.

Description

A NM-02 trainset has nine cars which are interconnected, allowing passengers to change from one car to another. Also, the units have a sound system that gives safety announcements to the passengers as well as a voice recording that announces the station the train is in and the next station. This was the first model to have this features to be used in

system. In 2010, to commemorate the Bicentenary of the

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and the Centenary of the

Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction ...

, Line 2 trains were decorated with liveries showing pictures and phrases of historical figures of both events such as

Miguel Hidalgo Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor (8 May 1753 – 30 July 1811), more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or Miguel Hidalgo (), was a Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican Wa ...

Vicente Guerrero Vicente Ramón Guerrero (; baptized August 10, 1782 – February 14, 1831) was one of the leading revolutionary generals of the Mexican War of Independence. He fought against Spain for independence in the early 19th century, and later served as ...

Álvaro Obregón Álvaro Obregón Salido (; 17 February 1880 – 17 July 1928) better known as Álvaro Obregón was a Sonoran-born general in the Mexican Revolution. A pragmatic centrist, natural soldier, and able politician, he became the 46th President of Me ...

and

Francisco I. Madero Francisco Ignacio Madero González (; 30 October 1873 – 22 February 1913) was a Mexican businessman, revolutionary, writer and statesman, who became the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until he was deposed in a coup d'etat in February 1 ...

Technical specifications

The following are the NM-02 specifications. *Length: *Width: *Height: *Composition: Mc+T+M+M+T+M+M+T+Mc *Passenger capacity: 1460 passengers (a density of )

Equipment

NM-02 units are equipped with the following. *Onboard computer system with cab monitoring terminal and light signal box *Wi-Fi *Event recorders *Radio-telephone system *Passenger and cab ventilation system *Information and communication system *Emergency brake handles *Halogen lamps

References

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