Copenhagen M1/M2 Lines

The contract with Metroselskabet, a partnership of the municipality of Copenhagen, the Danish Government and the city of Frederiksberg, for the supply of eight additional driverless trains for the M1/M2 lines of the Copenhagen Metro, was signed on 7th March 2018.

All vehicles are driverless metros, and the eight metro trains were delivered in 2020/2021 with similar features to the Cityringen vehicles, with some necessary adaptations to run on the M1/M2 lines.

Hitachi Rail already has a strong presence in the Danish capital. Since 2002, 34 Italian-made metro trains manufactured in Naples, Pistoia and Reggio Calabria have been in revenue service on the M1/M2 lines; an additional 39 trains have been manufactured for the Cityringen line.

The trains for M1/M2 have the state-of-the-art technology already developed for the Cityringen vehicles, including an interior layout designed to increase transport capacity, in line with the needs of the service.

Technical Outline

Configuration: 3 Cars, Articulated
Seats: 48
Standing Capacity (Train Comfort Load): 232
Doors Per Side: 2/Car
Maximum Length: 39000 mm
Maximum Width: 2650 mm
Maximum Speed: 100 km/h
Power Supply: 750 Vcc Third Rail
Rail Gauge: 1435 mm
Body Material: Aluminium