Toshiba EMU (Roca Line)

what is it?

The Toshiba EMU is an electric multiple unit train model used in the Roca Line in the Southern Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area, Argentina. The trains operate in sets of two semi-permanently coupled units, formed by: four motor cabin cars (two used for conduction, and two unused in the middle of the train) named as M (for motor), two trailer cars (named as R, remolque) and a "trailer prime" (named as R'), an extra car which is not factory original to this trains, but had to be added after-hands to attend the increase in demand of the Roca Line. Overall, the Toshiba sets have seven cars, but circulation is interrupted in the middle of the set by the conduction cabins, in an M-R-M/M-R-R'-M consist.

who runs it

Trenes Argentinos Operaciones

base stats

• speed 120 km/htop speed

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 41 years ago, in 1985.
• 📏25 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧓Still in service after 41 years.

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

spec sheet

built

1985

in service from

1985

status

in service

number built

—

kind

multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇦🇷 Argentina

builders

Nippon Sharyo, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan Transport Engineering Company, Kinki Sharyo, Hitachi, Toshiba, Materfer, Siam

operators

Trenes Argentinos Operaciones

top speed

120 km/h

power

—

gauge

1,676 mm Indian broad gauge

electric system

overhead line

formation

7 cars, M+R+M / M+R+R'+M

length

25 m

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