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MTR Hyundai Rotem EMU
🇰🇷 South Korea ·built by Hyundai Rotem· from 2021· electric multiple unit built by Hyundai Rotem, used on East Rail Line, MTR
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. D024-D022 MTR East Rail Line 06-02-2021: LN9267· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. D016-D018 MTR East Rail Line 02-08-2022: LN9267· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Hyundai Rotem EMU (also known as R-Train or 1141B) (Chinese: 港鐵東鐵綫現代列車) is a current model of heavy rail electric multiple units used on the Mass Transit Railway in Hong Kong. The 9-car sets are manufactured by Hyundai Rotem for the North South Corridor, an extension of the East Rail line, at a cost of HK$4 billion. and the first delivery took place in 2015, while a further 6 trains were ordered in May 2020, although the 6 trains were never manufactured.
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 5 years ago, in 2021.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 4.6 MW is about 54 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 219 m long: about 49 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
- 2021
- in service from
- 2021
- status
- in service
- number built
- 333
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- builders
- Hyundai Rotem
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- 4.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- overhead catenary
- formation
- 9 cars per trainset
- length
- 219 m
- weight
- 46 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q20738767, Wikipedia: MTR Hyundai Rotem EMU (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.