#4980· Taiwan EMU500 series
EMU500 series
🇹🇼 Taiwan ·built by Doosan Enerbility· from 1995· Passenger train in Taiwan
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TRA EM517 and Cathay Life Xizhi Building 2016-04-11: Subscriptshoe9· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. TRA EMU500 running a local train service on the Yilan Line approaching Yilan Station: Jason199567· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. 19980923 TRA EMU500 at Shengxing Station: 苗栗縣政府文化觀光局· CC BY 4.0
- 4. EMU500 CI: Fu Train· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. EMU500 Series EMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Emu500-single: Encino· Public domain
- 7. Taiwan EMU500 Commuter, Qidu (20240113) (53560453672): Takeshi Aida from Hong Kong, Hong Kong· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. Taiwan Railway EMU500 Air compressor: 雪国のロマン· CC0
- 9. Taiwan Railway EMU500 EP570 Current collector: 雪国のロマン· CC BY 4.0
- 10. Taiwan Railway EMU500 renew Static InVerter: 雪国のロマン· CC0
what is it?
The EMU500 series is a series of electric multiple unit passenger trains operated by Taiwan Railway Corporation. The trains are built as local trains and are used throughout the country's rail network.
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 31 years ago, in 1995.
- 2 MW is about 24 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 20.3 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 31 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1995
- in service from
- 1995
- status
- in service
- number built
- 344
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan
- builders
- Doosan Enerbility, Daewoo Heavy Industries
- operators
- Taiwan railway, Taiwan Railways Administration
- top speed
- —
- power
- 2 MW
- electric system
- 25 kV 60 Hz Overhead
- formation
- 4 cars per trainset
- length
- 20.3 m
- Dutch name
- Taiwan EMU500 series
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q10915916, Wikipedia: EMU500 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.