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MTR SP1900 EMU

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Itochu· from 2001· model of electric multiple unit operated by the MTR

7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. D352-D351(006) MTR Tuen Ma Line 10-07-2021: LN9267· CC BY-SA 4.0
2. D362-D361 MTR Tuen Ma Line 15-10-2022: LN9267· CC BY-SA 4.0
3. MTR WRL SP1900 (5): Hokachung· CC BY 3.0
4. SP1900 FOT: user:hsk0114· CC BY-SA 3.0
5. 20221009 SP1900 D337-D338: mtr_D406· CC0
6. An 8-car SP1900 train in Tai Wai Station: TYTCrystal· CC BY-SA 4.0
7. HK MTR East Rail SP1900: WiNG· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The SP1900 EMU / SP1950 EMU or IKK Train (formerly KCR EMU SP1900 / SP1950 EMU; 港鐵近畿川崎列車, also known as the Millennium Train during the public promotion) is a model of train that runs on Hong Kong's Tuen Ma line. It was the second model of electric multiple unit rolling stock of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) (after the Metro Cammell EMU, introduced in the 1980s), though they have been operated by MTR Corporation (MTRC) after it merged with KCRC in 2007. The trains were delivered in several phases.

who runs it

Kowloon–Canton Railway Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation MTR Corporation Limited

base stats

speed 160 km/htop speed
power 3.8 MWpower output
weight 37 tin working order
seats 216passengers
built 392made in total

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 25 years ago, in 2001.
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.
3.8 MW is about 45 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
195 m long: about 43 cars parked nose to tail.
Seats 216: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
Still in service after 25 years.

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built: 2001
in service from: 2001
status: in service
number built: 392
kind: 25kV AC Electric Multiple Unit (EMU)
traction: electric
origin: 🇯🇵 Japan
builders: Itochu, Kinki Sharyo, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
operators: Kowloon–Canton Railway, Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation, MTR Corporation Limited
top speed: 160 km/h
power: 3.8 MW
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system: overhead catenary
formation: 8 cars per trainset, Formerly: 12 cars per trainset (East Rail line), 7 cars per trainset (West Rail line), 4 cars per…
length: 195 m
weight: 37 t
capacity: 216 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q5450344, Wikipedia: MTR SP1900 EMU (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.