Portal:Trains/Selected article/Week 27, 2009

T2000 is an electric train used on the Oslo Metro of Oslo, Norway. Six double-car multiple units were built by Strømmens Verksted and AEG in 1994. Each is 18 m long, and can carry 185 passengers, of which 60 can be seated in two compartments per car. Maximum speed is 100 km/h. Bought by Oslo Sporveier, they are now owned by Kollektivtransportproduksjon, and operated by Oslo T-banedrift. The T2000 operates on Line 1 of the T-bane, and replaced the aging HkB 600 teak wagons used on the Holmenkoll Line. The units are equipped with both third rail and overhead wire collectors, so they can operate on the Common Line and on the Holmenkoll Line. The trains were a prototype for a new design intended to replace the aging T1000 stock, but the MX3000 has been chosen instead, as the T2000 did not perform satisfactorily.