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MTR CRRC Qingdao Sifang EMU
🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd.· from 2022· new type of train rolling on MTR
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. MTR Urban Lines Vision Train in Tsuen Wan Depot: Sanmosa· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. A756-A755(003) MTR Kwun Tong Line 14-02-2023: LN9267· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The MTR CRRC Qingdao Sifang EMU (traditional Chinese: 港鐵中國青島四方製列車; simplified Chinese: 港铁中国青岛四方制列车) also named MTR Urban Lines Vision Train and also known as Q-Train, is a new rolling stock ordered by MTR Hong Kong in July 2015. They had been replacing the aging Metro-Cammell EMU (DC) trains since 27 November 2022, with the target to replace all of them by 2027-2028. The order currently consists of 744 cars (93 trainsets).
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 4 years ago, in 2022.
- 3.1 MW is about 37 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 185 m long: about 41 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
- 2022
- in service from
- 2022
- status
- in service
- number built
- 92
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd.
- operators
- MTR Corporation Limited
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 3.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,432 mm narrow gauge
- electric system
- (Overhead line)
- formation
- 8 cars per trainset
- length
- 185 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q20810143, Wikipedia: MTR CRRC Qingdao Sifang EMU (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.