The new Madrid Metro Series 10000 trains, the first driverless units on the network and assigned to Line 6, have now entered dynamic testing on CAF’s test tracks in Corella, Navarra, as previously reported in mid-March.
Of the 48 trains on order (comprising an initial batch of 40 and a follow-on order for eight additional units), two trainsets have been fully completed, while a further two units are at an advanced stage of assembly.
The trains, equipped with Siemens traction systems, will incorporate the latest technologies in traction, passenger information systems, and safety. Thanks to the CBTC system being adapted by Alstom and the installation of platform screen doors, the trains will operate in fully unattended mode (GoA 4).
They will have a maximum operating speed of 110 km/h, which, according to Metro de Madrid, will be achieved on sections that have not been specified.
The Corella test circuit is a 4 km facility located on the Soria–Castejón line, used by CAF for testing all types of rolling stock. Over the coming weeks, the trains will undergo functional validation before being transferred to Madrid during nxext summer.
Once on the Madrid network, the units will be allocated across different depots and testing will continue during night-time engineering hours. In an initial phase, the trains will run in manual mode on Lines 10, 11, and 12.
Subsequently, following completion of the automation works, testing will move to Line 6 itself, where the trains will operate in fully automatic mode.
