Alstom Movia R151

what is it?

The Alstom Movia R151 is the seventh generation electric multiple unit (EMU) rolling stock in operation on the existing North–South (NSL) and East–West (EWL) lines of Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system. It is manufactured by Changchun Alstom Railway Vehicles, a joint venture of Alstom and CRRC Changchun under Contract R151 as part of their Movia family of trains. The new rolling stock progressively replaced all of the C151s, C651s and C751Bs, all of which had been in service for at least 25 years when the R151s entered service in 2023.

who runs it

base stats

• speed 90 km/htop speed
• seats 1,920passengers
• built 636made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 3 years ago, in 2023.
• 📏139 m long: about 31 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 1,920: 38 full city buses (~50 seats each).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built

2023

in service from

2023

status

in service

number built

636

kind

Electric multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇫🇷 France

builders

Alstom, CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd., Changchun Alstom Railway Vehicles Co. Ltd.

operators

SMRT Trains, SMRT Corporation

top speed

90 km/h

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′

formation

6 per trainset, DT–M1–M2+M2–M1–DT

length

139 m

capacity

1,920 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

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