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EMU100 series
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by British Rail Engineering Limited· from 1978· former passenger train in Taiwan
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TRA EMU100 across Badu Railway Bridge 20140105: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. EMU100 Breaker Panel EP101 DSC 0886: Lexcie· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. EMU100 in Mountain Line Fengyuan~ Houli: Kazehayashi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. TRA EMU100 across Platform 2, Sike Station 20090520: Original uploader was 蒼空 翔 at zh.wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. TRA GEC EMU100 1997: Lexcie· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. 2018-07-25 TRA EMU100: 宇· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. E338 with EMU100: Kazehayashi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. EMU100 & E338: Kazehayashi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. EMU100 at the Huatan Station 20231112: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. EMU100 at the Tianzhong Station 20231111: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Taiwan Railway EMU100 series was a set of rail cars fabricated by British Rail Engineering Limited and the General Electric Company in 1976 that has operated in Taiwan. The alternating current electric multiple unit (EMU) fleet entered full squadron service in 1979, and was withdrawn from service in 2009. This class of railcars were the first to operate on the electric Tzu-Chiang Express.
who runs it
base stats
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 48 years ago, in 1978.
- 1.3 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 20.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 236: 5 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 31 years (1978–2009).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1978
- in service from
- 1978
- retired
- 2009
- status
- retired
- number built
- 13
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- British Rail Engineering Limited, General Electric Company plc, Holgate Road carriage works
- operators
- Taiwan Railways Administration
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 1.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV 60 Hz Overhead
- formation
- 5 cars per set
- length
- 20.1 m
- capacity
- 236 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7676569, Wikipedia: EMU100 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.