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- 1. SCOMI Sutra for Rapid Rail: Sirap bandung· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
SUTRA, abbreviation for Scomi Urban Transit Rail Application, is a monorail electrical multiple unit (EMU) type train system designed by Malaysian rail company Scomi Rail. The design is currently the main product offering of Scomi Rail, which has won several contracts with the design, with the first customer being the Mumbai Monorail project. In 2019 Scomi Rail was placed in receivership and it is no longer selling its monorail system.
who runs it
base stats
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 14 years ago, in 2012.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 23.7 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 139: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2012
- in service from
- 2012
- number built
- —
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia
- builders
- Scomi Rail
- operators
- Rapid KL
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 800 mm narrow gauge
- formation
- 2–8 car sets
- length
- 23.7 m
- weight
- 15 t
- capacity
- 139 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q19896241, Wikipedia: Scomi SUTRA (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.