The Siemens Inspiro is a family of electric multiple units designed and manufactured by Siemens since 2012 for

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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 ( pl, Metro Warszawskie) is a rapid transit underground system serving the Polish capital Warsaw. It currently consists of two lines, the north-south Line M1 which links central Warsaw with its densely populated northern and sout ...

on 6 October 2013.

Genesis

In October 2009,

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started development on a new subway product family. It collaborated with

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on design aspects. The company based its design on Modular Metro vehicles previously produced for Vienna, Oslo and Nuremberg.

Metros using Siemens Inspiro technology

Poland

in service 6-car trainsets configuration

Germany

MVG has ordered first 21 six-carriage trains for the

Munich U-Bahn The Munich U-Bahn (german: U-Bahn München) is an electric rail rapid transit network in Munich, Germany. The system began operation in 1971, and is operated by the municipally owned Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG; Munich Transport Company) ...

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 run by '' Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg'' (VAG; Nuremberg Transport Corporation), which itself is a member of the ''Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg'' (VGN; Greater Nuremberg Transport Net ...

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

Malaysia

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- Kajang line in service 4-car trainsets configuration

Bulgaria

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

Sofia Metro The Sofia Metro ( bg, Софийски метрополитен, translit=Sofijski Metropoliten, also colloquially called ) is the rapid transit network servicing the Bulgarian capital city Sofia. It began operation on 28 January 1998. , the Sofi ...

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

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh Metro upcoming 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 of the

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. 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, Riyadh Metro 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
{{Siemens Siemens multiple units