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EMU1200 series
🇹🇼 Taiwan ·built by Union Carriage & Wagon· from 1987· Passenger train in Taiwan
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TRA EMU1200 at Taichung Station 20130807: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. A TRA EMU1200 train at Taichung Station 01: Cheng-en Cheng· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. 20220328臺鐵EMU1200型自強號引退乘客與列車長合影-1: 臺灣鐵路管理局· Attribution
- 4. 20220328臺鐵EMU1200型自強號引退乘客與列車長合影-2: 臺灣鐵路管理局· Attribution
- 5. 20220328臺鐵EMU1200型電聯車末班車運轉維修師傅於潮州基地與列車合影: 臺灣鐵路管理局· Attribution
- 6. 20220328臺鐵EMU1200型電聯車退役末班車乘務員合照: 臺灣鐵路管理局· Attribution
- 7. 20220328臺鐵EMU1200型電聯車退役末班車駕駛員與列車長合照: 臺灣鐵路管理局· Attribution
- 8. A TRA EMU1200 train at Taichung Station 02: Cheng-en Cheng· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. A TRA EMU1200 train at Taichung Station 03: Cheng-en Cheng· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. A TRA EMU1200 train at Taichung Station 04: Cheng-en Cheng· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The EMU1200 series is a series of electric multiple unit passenger trains operated by Taiwan Railway. The train was originally known as the EMU200 series until all of its cars were refurbished between 2002 and 2004. It is one of the trains that are used for the Tze-Chiang Limited Express.
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 39 years ago, in 1987.
- 3 MW is about 35 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 19 years (2003–2022).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1987
- in service from
- 2003
- retired
- 2022
- status
- retired
- number built
- 33
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan
- builders
- Union Carriage & Wagon, TRSC
- operators
- Taiwan Railways Administration
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 3 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV 60 Hz AC (nominal) from overhead catenary
- formation
- 3 cars per set/3 sets per train
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6507328, Wikipedia: EMU1200 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.