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Choose up to three trains to see them side by side: drawn at one scale from their recorded dimensions, standing on one rail and lined up at the buffer, with their figures below.

Scale
2009 Stock437 ft (133.3 m) · 8 cars (2 × 4) · 986 people Victoria · since 2009
S8 Stock439 ft (133.7 m) · 8 cars · 1,176 people Metropolitan · since 2010
Class 345672 ft (204.7 m) · 9 cars · 454 seats Elizabeth · since 2017

Figure2009 StockS8 StockClass 345
Length437 ft133.3 m439 ft133.7 m672 ft204.7 m
Cars8 cars (2 × 4)8 cars9 cars
Car height9 ft 6 in2.883 m12 ft 1 in3.682 m12 ft 4 in3.76 m
Car width8 ft 7 in2.616 m9 ft 3 in2.82 m9 ft 1 in2.772 m
Seats252306454
Standing734870–
Top speed–––
Profiletubesub-surfacemain-line

Lengths are over couplers where published; “about” is the cars and couplers added up, as drawn. Standing is at five people per square metre. Heights and widths are per car, as recorded. The drawings are schematics.

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