Barcelona Metro 9000 Series

The 9000 Series is a series of heavy rail rolling stock that operates on lines 2, 4, 9 and 10 of the Barcelona Metro. Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) awarded the contract for the construction of the 9000 series to Alstom in 2002.[4] Constructed in Belgium, France and Spain, they are part of the Alstom Metropolis family of underground trains.[5] Today, the 9000 series also operates on the Santo Domingo Metro, Panama Metro and Lima Metro in Latin America.[6][7]

9000 Series
Exterior
Interior
ManufacturerAlstom
Family nameMetropolis
Replaced1000 and 1100 Series
Entered service13 March 2008
Number built56
Number in service43
FormationMA1-MB1-R-MB2-MA2
Capacity112 seats[1]
Operator(s)Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona
Line(s) served
Specifications
Train length86.094 m (282 ft 5 1⁄2 in)[2]
Width2,710 mm (8 ft 10 3⁄4 in)[3]
Height3,859 mm (12 ft 7 7⁄8 in)[3]
Doors4 double
Maximum speed80 km/h (50 mph)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge

18 three-car trains of this model are in operation on Line 3 of the Guadalajara light rail system.

Order and entry into service

TMB's contract with Alstom originally specified 50 driverless trains for line 9 only: in July 2005, however, TMB modified the contract to specify 34 semi-automatic trains for lines 2 and 4, and 16 driverless trains for line 9. In April 2009, TMB extended the contract to order 6 additional driverless trains for line 9.[8]

24 trains entered service on Line 2 from 13 March 2008, cascading the 2100 Series to Line 4. 10 trains also entered service on Line 4 with the 2100 Series, replacing the remaining 1000 and 1100 Series trains. The remaining 16 trains entered service on Lines 9 and 10 when the first stages of the lines opened from 13 December 2009, with six more trains to follow when more sections of lines 9 and 10 open.[9][10]

Design

The trains are capable of speeds of up to 80 km/h (50 mph).[9]

In Barcelona, each train consists of five walk-through cars with longitudinal seating throughout: a five-car train has 112 seats and a three-car train has 64 seats.[1] The end cars contain dedicated spaces for wheelchair users and bicycles.[11]

The trains have closed-circuit television and passenger alarms for public safety,[4] visual and audible door indicators, LCD screens for travel information and advertising, and line maps with lights that indicate the next stations. SEC Lighting provided the semi-recessed fluorescent saloon lighting for the trains.[12]

Integral Design and Development was in charge of the exterior and interior design of those vehicles back in 2002, in both driving possibilities, driverless and conventional driver's cab.

Variations

In Barcelona, there are two versions of the 9000 series fleet:

  • 34 trains on lines 2/4 have segregated driver cabs and red dot-matrix running numbers, although passengers can still see through the front. They are capable of manual and automatic operation.
  • 22 trains on lines 9/10 are automatic and driverless.[13] However, driver controls are available if necessary, and they have front-end evacuation ramps and a smaller front window.[14][15]

Operation

The 9000 Series presently operate on lines 2, 4 (the latter running in conjunction with the 2100 series), 9 and 10. In an unlikely event of a shortage of trains, they may operate on any standard gauge sections with an overhead power supply.

Roster

Individual cars of the 9000 Series have a four-digit number beginning with 9: originally, the car numbers ranged from 9001 to 9200 for the motor cars, and R9501 to R9550 for the trailer cars, with 50 trains available in total. Due to the order for 6 additional trains in April 2009, the numbering ranges for the 9000 Series is currently as follows:[16][17]

Lines Range
MA/MB R
9001 to 9128 R9501 to R9532
9129 to 9224 R9533 to R9556

In further detail:

Roster (as of 27 March 2015)[17]
No.FormationOperationStatusLines
019001-9002-R9501-9003-9004Semi-automaticIn service
029005-9006-R9502-9007-9008Semi-automaticIn service
039009-9010-R9503-9011-9012Semi-automaticIn service
049013-9014-R9504-9015-9016Semi-automaticIn service
059017-9018-R9505-9019-9020Semi-automaticIn service
069021-9022-R9506-9023-9024Semi-automaticIn service
079025-9026-R9507-9027-9028Semi-automaticIn service
089029-9030-R9508-9031-9032Semi-automaticIn service
099033-9034-R9509-9035-9036Semi-automaticIn service
109037-9038-R9510-9039-9040Semi-automaticIn service
119041-9042-R9511-9043-9044Semi-automaticIn service
129045-9046-R9512-9047-9048Semi-automaticIn service
139049-9050-R9513-9051-9052Semi-automaticIn service
149053-9054-R9514-9055-9056Semi-automaticIn service
159057-9058-R9515-9059-9060Semi-automaticIn service
169061-9062-R9516-9063-9064Semi-automaticIn service
179065-9066-R9517-9067-9068Semi-automaticIn service
189069-9070-R9518-9071-9072Semi-automaticIn service
199073-9074-R9519-9075-9076Semi-automaticIn service
209077-9078-R9520-9079-9080Semi-automaticIn service
219081-9082-R9521-9083-9084Semi-automaticIn service
229085-9086-R9522-9087-9088Semi-automaticIn service
239089-9090-R9523-9091-9092Semi-automaticIn service
249093-9094-R9524-9095-9096Semi-automaticIn service
259097-9098-R9525-9099-9100Semi-automaticIn service
269101-9102-R9526-9103-9104Semi-automaticIn service
279105-9106-R9527-9107-9108Semi-automaticIn service
289109-9110-R9528-9111-9112Semi-automaticIn service
299113-9114-R9529-9115-9116Semi-automaticIn service
309117-9118-R9530-9119-9120Semi-automaticIn service
319121-9122-R9531-9123-9124Semi-automaticIn service
329125-9126-R9532-9127-9128Semi-automaticIn service
339129-9130-R9533-9131-9132AutomaticIn service
349133-9134-R9534-9135-9136AutomaticIn service
359137-9138-R9535-9139-9140AutomaticIn service
369141-9142-R9536-9143-9144AutomaticIn service
379145-9146-R9537-9147-9148AutomaticIn service
389149-9150-R9538-9151-9152AutomaticIn service
399153-9154-R9539-9155-9156AutomaticIn service
409157-9158-R9540-9159-9160AutomaticIn service
419161-9162-R9541-9163-9164AutomaticIn service
429165-9166-R9542-9167-9168AutomaticIn service
439169-9170-R9543-9171-9172AutomaticIn service
449173-9174-R9544-9175-9176AutomaticIn service
459177-9178-R9545-9179-9180AutomaticIn service
469181-9182-R9546-9183-9184AutomaticIn service
479185-9186-R9547-9187-9188AutomaticIn service
489189-9190-R9548-9191-9192AutomaticIn service
499193-9194-R9549-9195-9196AutomaticIn service
509197-9198-R9550-9199-9200AutomaticIn service
519201-9202-R9551-9203-9204AutomaticIn service
529205-9206-R9552-9207-9208AutomaticIn service
539209-9210-R9553-9211-9212AutomaticIn service
549213-9214-R9554-9215-9216AutomaticIn service
559217-9218-R9555-9219-9220AutomaticIn service
569221-9222-R9556-9223-9224AutomaticIn service

9000 Series abroad
A pair of 9000 series are tested on the Santo Domingo Metro.

Two other metro systems operate the 9000 series, with segregated driver cabs and walk-through cars: the Santo Domingo Metro operates 34 three-car trains with a similar external livery,[6][18] and the Lima Metro has operated 19 five-car trains in its own external and internal livery since February 2013.[7] The Guadalajara light rail system is now operating 18 of them on line 3. All of these trains were also manufactured in Belgium, France and Spain. Very similar rolling stock is used in the Panama Metro. They were all made in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

9000 Series in culture

The Via Oberta miniature railway operates a live steam scale (1:11) version of the 9000 series in the Barcelona Metro livery.[19][20]

Citations
  1. Badia 2009, p. 6
  2. Badia 2009, p. 7
  3. Badia 2009, p. 5
  4. "Brochure - Rolling Stock - Metropolis Metro - English" (PDF). Alstom. 27 May 2008. p. 12. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  5. "BcnRail 2009 highlights urban rail technology". Railway Gazette International. 8 December 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  6. "A Subway In Santo Domingo". Santo Domingo Live. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  7. "FOTOS: Trenes que operarán en el Metro de Lima zarparon de España" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 23 October 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  8. Badia 2009, p. 3
  9. "Metropolitanos y tranvías" (PDF). 2009 Anuario del Ferrocarril (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  10. "La L-9 arribarà el 13 de desembre a cinc estacions de Santa Coloma" (in Spanish). El Periódico de Catalunya. 5 December 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  11. "ALSTOM exhibe el nuevo metro sin conductor" (PDF) (in Spanish). Fira Barcelona. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  12. "Metro Barcelona - Alstom" (PDF). SEC Lighting. 10 October 2012. pp. 66–67. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  13. "Barcelona metro network continues to grow". European Metropolitan Transport Authorities. December 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  14. "Automated Metro, safer and more efficient". Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  15. Badia 2009, pp. 22–23
  16. Badia 2009, p. 22
  17. "Metro de Barcelona - 9000" (in Spanish). Listado Del Material Ferroviario Español (listadotren.es). 27 March 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  18. "Alstom delivers the first Metropolis train sets for Line 2 of Santo Domingo metro". Alstom. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  19. "Modelisme Tripulat" (in Catalan). Via Oberta. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  20. "Característiques i Dimensions" (PDF). Material Mòbil Unitat de Tren S.9000 FCMB (in Catalan). Via Oberta. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2012.

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