MTR Metro Cammell EMU (AC)

what is it?

The East Rail line Metro Cammell EMU (also known as Mid-Life Refurbishment Train, Chinese: 港鐵中期翻新列車; or MLR Train) were a model of electric multiple unit built in 1980–1990 by Metro-Cammell for the original Kowloon–Canton Railway (now the East Rail line) in Hong Kong. The 29 sets were owned by and were originally operated by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC). They were operated by MTR Corporation (MTRC) after it merged with KCRC in 2007.

who runs it

base stats

• speed 120 km/htop speed
• power 3.6 MWpower output
• seats 3,750passengers
• built 354made 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 44 years ago, in 1982.
• 🚗3.6 MW is about 42 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 📏288 m long: about 64 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 3,750: 75 full city buses (~50 seats each).
• ⌛Served for 40 years (1982–2022).

metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.

spec sheet

built

1982

in service from

1982

retired

2022

status

retired

number built

354

kind

metro

traction

electric

origin

🇨🇳 China

builders

Metro-Cammell, Alstom

operators

Kowloon–Canton Railway

top speed

120 km/h

power

3.6 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

Catenary

formation

12 cars per trainset (including 1 First Class car), (6 and 9 cars in the past)

length

288 m

capacity

3,750 passengers

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