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Hyundai Rotem J151
🇸🇬 Singapore ·built by Hyundai Rotem· from 2028· class of electric multiple units in Singapore
what is it?
The Hyundai Rotem J151 is the first generation electric multiple unit rolling stock to be introduced on the under-construction Jurong Region Line of Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system, manufactured by Hyundai Rotem under Contract J151. In 2020, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) purchased 62 three-car medium-capacity Hyundai Rotem trainsets (186 cars) for the Jurong Region Line, with the first trainset was delivered to Singapore on 17 September 2025, and the fleet is expected to enter service when the line opens in mid-2028.
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 -2 years ago, in 2028.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 56.8 m long: about 13 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 450: 9 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2028
- in service from
- 2028
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇸🇬 Singapore
- builders
- Hyundai Rotem
- designer
- DIARADESIGN
- operators
- Singapore One Rail, ComfortDelGro, SBS Transit, RATP
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′
- formation
- 3/4 per trainset, DM1–T–DM2
- length
- 56.8 m
- weight
- 94.6 t
- capacity
- 450 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q85767901, Wikipedia: Hyundai Rotem J151 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.