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KTM Class 81
🇲🇾 Malaysia ·built by GE Jenbacher· from 1995· class of Malaysian electric multiple unit
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class 81 KTM EMU 14 Komuter train, KL sentral Kuala Lumpur: Riddle· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Class 81 KTM Komuter train, Kuala Lumpur: User:Two hundred percent· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 3. KTM CLASS 81 EMU 06: Bottlenocker· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. KTM CLASS 81 EMU 06 Signal Switch: Bottlenocker· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. KTM CLASS 81 EMU 14 & CLASS 82 EMU 42: Bottlenocker· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. KTM Class 81 around Subang Jaya Station (220708): *angys*· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Class 81 is the first and oldest type of electric multiple unit introduced by Keretapi Tanah Melayu for its KTM Komuter service. 18 sets were designed by Hunslet Transportation Projects and built by Ganz Works in 1993-1994. The Class 81 currently operates in a fixed 3-car formation for its regular service.
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.
- 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.
- 1.3 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Seats 224: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- 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
- 18
- kind
- Electrical Multiple Unit (EMU)
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia
- builders
- GE Jenbacher
- designer
- Hunslet Transportation Projects
- operators
- Keretapi Tanah Melayu
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 1.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′
- formation
- 3 cars per unit
- weight
- 121 t
- capacity
- 224 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17052461, Wikipedia: KTM Class 81 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.