Washington Metro rolling stock
The rolling stock of the Washington Metro system consists of 1,318 75-foot (22.86 m) cars that were acquired across seven orders. All cars operate as married pairs (consecutively numbered even-odd), with systems shared across the pair. The 7000-series cars, the system's newest, have an operator's cab in only one of each married pair's cars and operate in groups of four.
The system's track gauge is 4 ft 8+1⁄4 in (1,429 mm) – 0.25 inches (6 mm) narrower than 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. Also, at 40 inches (1,016 mm) above top of rail, the floor height of the cars is lower than that of most other East Coast mass transit systems, including New York City, Boston and Philadelphia.
As of February 2020, Metro owned a fleet of 1,318 cars, 1,286 of which were in active revenue service.
In the "Active railcars" table, font in bold represents the railcars that are currently in service while the regular font in the other tables represent cars that are retired or on order.
Active railcars | |||||||
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Series | Manufacturer | Number purchased | Entered service | Retired (estimated) | Currently owned | Currently active | Planned replacement |
2000 | Breda | 76 | 1982 | 2024–2025 | 76 | 74 (additional 2 for "money train") | 8000-series |
3000 | 290 | 1987 | 2025–2029 | 284 | 276 | ||
6000 | Alstom | 184 | 2006 | 184 | 182 (additional 2 for "money train") | 8000-series (if option order is exercised) | |
7000 | Kawasaki | 748 | 2015 | 748 | 748 |
Retired railcars | |||||||||
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Series | Manufacturer | Number purchased | Entered service | Retired | Currently owned | Replacement | |||
1000 | Rohr | 300 | 1976 | 2016–2017 | 2 preserved | 7000-series | |||
4000 | Breda | 100 | 1991 | 2017 | 2 preserved | ||||
5000 | CAF / AAI | 192 | 2001 | 2018–2019 | 2 preserved |
Future railcars | |||
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Series | Manufacturer | Number purchased | Entered service (estimated) |
8000 | Hitachi | 256 (with options for up to 800) (proposed) | 2025 |