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[[Image:Mirandela metro.JPG|thumb|right|300px|A Série 9500 railcar used on the Metro de Mirandela]]
The '''Série 9500''' are a class of lightweight diesel railcars formerly used by [[Comboios de Portugal]] on the [[metre gauge]] railways in northern [[Portugal]]. They are also known as LRV2000.

Nine were constructed in the late 1990s (with new bodywork and new [[Volvo]] engines) from the chassis of Yugoslav-built, former [[Portuguese train type 9700|Série 9700]] railcars. Four railcars intended for the [[Metro de Mirandela]] were given a bright green livery, the other five carried a red livery.

With the closure of most of the [[Tua line]] in 2008 and the entirety of the [[Corgo line|Corgo]] and [[Tâmega line|Tâmega]] lines in 2009, as of 2012 only two of the nine railcars built remain in use, although they are currently out of service for maintenance after the closure of the [[Metro de Mirandela]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cm-mirandela.pt/index.php?oid=275 |title=Transportes - Metropolitano - Linha do Tua |publisher=Câmara Municipal de Mirandela |language=Portuguese |year=2014 |accessdate=2014-08-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930043427/http://www.cm-mirandela.pt/index.php?oid=275 |archivedate=2014-09-30 }}</ref> Given that funding for the Metro de Mirandela project had been given by the European Union the railcars were named ''Lisboa'', ''Paris'', ''Estrasburgo'' (Strasbourg) and ''Bruxelas'' (Brussels). The railcar Bruxelas was subsequently destroyed in an accident in January 2007. The other five railcars have been sold to [[Inca Rail]] [[List of stock used by PeruRail|in Peru]] and regauged to 914 mm (former 3 ft gauge).

==See also==
*[[Narrow gauge railways in Portugal]]

==References==
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[[Category:Diesel multiple units of Portugal]]


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