4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class 82 KTM Komuter train, Kuala Lumpur: User:Two hundred percent· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 2. KTM CLASS 82 EMU 57: Bottlenocker· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. KTM CLASS 81 EMU 14 & CLASS 82 EMU 42: Bottlenocker· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. KTM Komuter Class 82: Img by Calvin Teo· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Class 82 was a type of sub-urban rail electric multiple unit that once operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu on its KTM Komuter services. Each unit consists of two driving motor cars and a trailer cars. All were retired by 2012 after being replaced by the Class 92.
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 29 years ago, in 1997.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 1.3 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 68.4 m long: about 15 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 212: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 15 years (1997–2012).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1997
- in service from
- 1997
- retired
- 2012
- status
- retired
- number built
- 22
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia
- builders
- Union Carriage & Wagon
- operators
- Keretapi Tanah Melayu
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 1.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′
- formation
- 3 cars per trainset
- length
- 68.4 m
- weight
- 130 t
- capacity
- 212 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6338931, Wikipedia: KTM Class 82 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.