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EMU700 series

🇹🇼 Taiwan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 2007· Passenger train in Taiwan

9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. Taiwan Railways Administration EMU700 near Shanjia Tunnel 20210820: Subscriptshoe9· CC BY-SA 4.0
2. TRA EMU700 running a local train service on the Western Line: Jason199567· CC BY-SA 4.0
3. 2015-08-26 EMU700 on the Western Line (Northern Section): 魏子棋· Public domain
4. 2015-11-28 EMU700 on the Western Line (Northern Section): 魏子棋· Public domain
5. EMU700 Series EMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
6. EMU700 series: Ffggss· CC BY-SA 4.0
7. TRA EMU700 KeikyuColor Zhubei Sta 20160915: Cassiopeia sweet· Public domain
8. TRA EMU700 Train: Roben· CC BY 2.0
9. TRA Keikyu EMU700 EMC701 Xizhi 20160829: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The EMU700 is a series of electric multiple unit train used by the Taiwan Railway Corporation. The then Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) purchased 160 cars of the series. It was constructed by Nippon Sharyo and Taiwan Rolling Stock Company and began operations on 20 November 2007.

who runs it

Taiwan railway Taiwan Railways Administration

base stats

speed 120 km/htop speed
power 3.8 MWpower output
weight 314 tin working order
built 160made 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 19 years ago, in 2007.
3.8 MW is about 45 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
Weighs about as much as 52 African elephants (~6 t each).
163 m long: about 36 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: 2007
in service from: 2007
status: in service
number built: 160
kind: multiple unit
traction: electric
origin: 🇹🇼 Taiwan
builders: Nippon Sharyo, TRSC
operators: Taiwan railway, Taiwan Railways Administration
top speed: 120 km/h
power: 3.8 MW
gauge: 1,067 mm Cape gauge
electric system: (nominal) from overhead catenary
formation: 8 cars per trainset
length: 163 m
weight: 314 t

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

Sources: Wikidata Q6137052, Wikipedia: EMU700 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.