Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CSR Qingdao Sifang C151B

what is it?

The Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CSR Qingdao Sifang C151B is a class of trains that are the fifth generation electric multiple unit rolling stock in operation on the existing North–South (NSL) and East–West (EWL) lines of Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system, manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) and CRRC Qingdao Sifang under Contract 151B. 45 trains were purchased and all of them have been delivered to Singapore as of 12 April 2017. SMRT took delivery of the first 2 train cars on 21 May 2015. These trains increased frequency for the two MRT lines, North–South and East–West lines.

who runs it

SMRT TrainsSMRT Corporation

base stats

• speed 90 km/htop speed
• power 2.4 MWpower output
• seats 1,920passengers
• built 270made 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 9 years ago, in 2017.
• 🚗2.4 MW is about 28 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 📏139 m long: about 31 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 1,920: 38 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

2017

in service from

2017

status

in service

number built

270

kind

Electric multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇯🇵 Japan

builders

Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd.

operators

SMRT Trains, SMRT Corporation

top speed

90 km/h

power

2.4 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′

formation

6 per trainset, DT–M1–M2+M2–M1–DT

length

139 m

capacity

1,920 passengers

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