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EMU400 series
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Union Carriage & Wagon· from 1990· class of 12 Taiwanese four-car electric multiple units
7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TRA EMU410 at Zhunan Station 20160915: Cassiopeia sweet· Public domain
- 2. TRA EMU410 passing the south end of Hsinchu Station 20160705: Ltdccba· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. EMU400 & EMU700 & EMU800: Kazehayashi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. EMU400 Gangway DSC 0206: Lexcie· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Remote view of a disused TRA EMU400 train at Qidu Marshalling Yard 20210403: Lokseng01· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. TRA EMU400 auto door open 20101012: Solomon203· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. TRA EMU400 LED route board, to Yangmei 20101003: Solomon203· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Taiwan Railway EMU400 was an electric train purchased by Taiwan Railways Administration from Union Carriage & Wagon of South Africa in 1990. It was the first generation of commuter electric trains for Taiwan Railways. During its operating life, a total of 48 vehicles in 12 groups were used on commuter train services between Hsinchu and Keelung, replacing the non-air-conditioned commuter buses formerly used along the route.
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 36 years ago, in 1990.
- 1.9 MW is about 23 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 20.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 120: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 25 years (1990–2015).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1990
- in service from
- 1990
- retired
- 2015
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Union Carriage & Wagon
- operators
- Taiwan Railways Administration
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 1.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV 60 Hz Overhead
- formation
- 4 cars per set
- length
- 20.1 m
- capacity
- 120 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q10915915, Wikipedia: EMU400 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.