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MTR CRRC Changchun EMU
🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd.· from 2017· model of electric multiple unit operated by the MTR
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what is it?
The MTR CRRC Changchun EMU (also known as the TML C-train or 1141A) is a model of heavy rail electric multiple units of the Mass Transit Railway in Hong Kong. The 8-car sets are manufactured by Changchun Railway Vehicles for the East West Corridor (Tuen Ma Line), to operate alongside extended SP1900 sets (1151) from the West Rail line. They are currently in service on the Tuen Ma line.
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 9 years ago, in 2017.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 3.8 MW is about 45 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 195 m long: about 43 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2017
- in service from
- 2017
- status
- in service
- number built
- 17
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd.
- operators
- MTR Corporation Limited
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 3.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- overhead catenary
- formation
- 8 cars per trainset
- length
- 195 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17499987, Wikipedia: MTR CRRC Changchun EMU (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.