X'Trapolis

X'Trapolis at Flinders Street Station, Melbourne

The X'Trapolis train (also written as X'TRAPOLIS) is an electric passenger train, designed by the transport technology company Alstom. The trains have high floors, and are available in both single- and double-deck models.

Models include:

• X'Trapolis 100 - Melbourne, Australia and Valparaíso, Chile.
• X'Trapolis Duplex - known as MI 2N - Paris, France.
• X'Trapolis Modular - Valparaíso, Chile and Santiago - Rancagua, Chile.
• X'Trapolis Mega - South Africa

Other locations:

• German railways
• Copenhagen
• Lisbon

In 2008 Altom offered a 'X'trapolis UK' design for the Thameslink rolling stock programme, the bid was unsuccessful.

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Metro Valparaiso - Limache bound unit at the station in Portales

External links

• ALSTOM Transport
• X'Trapolis official site at ALSTOM Transport
• X'Trapolis Train Photos at Gran Valparaiso (in Spanish)