4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class 83 KTM Komuter train, Kuala Lumpur: User:Two hundred percent· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 2. Class 83 KTM Komuter train, Kuala Lumpur-cropped: User:Two hundred percent· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 3. Class83EMU-KTMKomuter: mailer_diablo· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. KTM Class 83 Train at Ipoh Railway Station – October 2024: YJJcoolcool· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The Class 83 is a type of electric multiple unit operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu on its KTM Komuter services. 22 sets were built by Hyundai Precision and Marubeni of South Korea and Japan respectively, in 3-car formations. The KTM class 83 3-car formation consists of two motor cabs at either end of the set and a single trailer car in between.
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 30 years ago, in 1996.
- 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.
- 1.2 MW is about 14 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 68.4 m long: about 15 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 216: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 30 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1996
- in service from
- 1996
- status
- in service
- number built
- 22
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia
- builders
- Hyundai Mobis, Marubeni, Hyundai Rotem
- operators
- Keretapi Tanah Melayu
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 1.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′
- formation
- 3 per trainset
- length
- 68.4 m
- weight
- 123 t
- capacity
- 216 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6338936, Wikipedia: KTM Class 83 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.