Metro M1 (Prague)

The Metro M1 is a Czech type of metro train used on line C of the Prague Metro. These trains were made by the companies CKD, Siemens and ADTranz, mainly from 2000 to 2003, and were developed especially for Prague to replace the metro 81-71M. A contract for the delivery of M1 trains was signed in 1995 between Siemens, ADTranz, CKD and the Prague Transport Company, the first train appeared in Prague in July 1998 in test operation, and the main serial production took place between 2000 and 2003. A train consists of five units that cannot be divided because the technical equipment of the cars differs. It is driven by asynchronous motors with microprocessor control and a central control system, runs automatically with the driver only opening and closing the doors and announcing stations, and has a maximum speed of 90 kilometres per hour, reduced to 80 in operation. Later deliveries after 2003 were made by Siemens alone, there are 53 trains in Prague, and a three-car version also runs in Maracaibo, Venezuela.