MTR M-Train EMU
Encyclopedia
The M-Train is the oldest variation of Electric Multiple Unit
that operates on the MTR
rapid transit
railway system in Hong Kong
. 762 cars were ordered, built by Metro Cammell
(now Alstom
Transportation), and were refurbished starting in 1998 by the Australia
n company United Goninan
.
s. They are currently operating on the Kwun Tong Line, Tsuen Wan Line, Island Line
and the Tseung Kwan O Line.
The refurbishment process involved altering the fibreglass facade on the exterior ends to modernise their appearance, as well as the installation of the advanced digital voice announcement (DVA) and passenger information systems
. United Goninan was subsequently awarded a contract to maintain the MTR rolling-stock. It is also interesting to note that such advances were not integrated into the M-Stock until late 2001.
Each car is 3000 mm width over body panel, floor to rail is 1100 mm high and roof to rail is 3700 mm high.
A service train has an acceleration
of 1.0 m/s2 (3.6 km/h/s, or 2.25 MPHPS), service brake is regenerative
blend with air brake
at the rate of 1.0 m/s² (3.6 km/h/s, or 2.25 MPHPS) and emergency brake is air-brake at 1.4 m/s2 (5.04 km/h/s, or 3.15 MPHPS). The maximum speed for the M-Stock is 80 km/h, and are fitted for driverless operation. Primary suspension
is chevron springs, while the secondary suspension is air bags. Traction
system is through GTO
chopper control. Each car has 45 seats and capable of holding 268 standing passengers, with space for wheelchair
s.
The traction
system of M-Stock and T-Stock trains were changed to Chopper from Cam Shaft in 1992-1995, so they are called CM-Stock and CT-Stock now. All G-Stock, Q-Stock and H-Stock trains belong to Kwun Tong Line, Tseung Kwan O Line and Disneyland Resort Line respectively.
The configuration of a M-train in revenue service is (Up track direction) A-C-D-C-B-D-C-A (in 8cars) or (Up track direction) A-C-C-A (4cars, unavailable now). There was once a type of trains with all motor A-C-C-B-C-B-C-A (also known as "solid train"), but it was ungrouped into Disneyland Resort Line trains. Units A/C274 A/C281 A/C284 A/C289 A/C291 and B/C490 have been assigned to the Disneyland Resort Line and completely refurbished into new trains (see below.)
. They were delivered from 1979–1982, and had their traction systems changed to GTO Chopper from Cam Shaft in 1992-1995. They serve on the Kwun Tong Line.
.
before being acquired by GEC Alsthom (now Alstom
) in 1989.
) units were ordered as part of Phase 2A T-Stock (now CT-Stock) trains from 1984–1985, units D601-706 and D707-724; the second batch (units D725-752) were ordered from 1985–1986; the third batch (units D753-763) were ordered from 1988–1989, and the fourth and final batch (units D764-788) were ordered from 1994–1998 as part of Phase 3.
When Disneyland Resort Line opened in 2005, some Second-hand M-Train units were refurbished and assigned to the line. The MTR designed a new driverless train and produced it by refitting existing M-Trains for the line which is designed with a Disney
theme in mind. Statues of well-known Disney characters are included inside of the trains, such as Mickey Mouse
and Donald Duck
.
Units A/C274 A/C281 A/C284 A/C289 A/C291 and B/C490 of M-Train have been assigned to the Disneyland Resort Line and completely refurbished into new trains as:
Each car is 3000 mm width over body panel, floor to rail is 1100 mm high and roof to rail is 3700 mm high.
A service train has an acceleration
of 1.0 m/s2 (3.6 km/h/s, or 2.25 MPHPS), service brake is regenerative
blend with air brake
at the rate of 1.0 m/s² (3.6 km/h/s, or 2.25 MPHPS) and emergency brake is air-brake at 1.4 m/s2 (5.04 km/h/s, or 3.15 MPHPS). The maximum speed for the M-Stock is 80 km/h, and are fitted for driverless operation. Primary suspension
is chevron springs, while the secondary suspension is air bags. Traction
system is through GTO
chopper control.
Electric multiple unit
An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number of the carriages...
that operates on the MTR
MTR
Mass Transit Railway is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Originally opened in 1979, the system now includes 211.6 km of rail with 155 stations, including 86 railway stations and 69 light rail stops...
rapid transit
Rapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...
railway system in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
. 762 cars were ordered, built by Metro Cammell
Metro Cammell
The Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company was a Birmingham, England based manufacturer of railway carriages and wagons, based in Saltley and subsequently Washwood Heath....
(now Alstom
Alstom
Alstom is a large multinational conglomerate which holds interests in the power generation and transport markets. According to the company website, in the years 2010-2011 Alstom had annual sales of over €20.9 billion, and employed more than 85,000 people in 70 countries. Alstom's headquarters are...
Transportation), and were refurbished starting in 1998 by the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n company United Goninan
United Goninan
UGL Rail is an Australian rail engineering company and specialises in building and re-building railway cars including electric and diesel passenger trains, electric and diesel locomotives, and freight wagons...
.
Features
The M-Train is the one variation (apart from ex-KCR stock) that uses sliding doors(another variation is CRC stock), as opposed to others which use plug doorPlug door
A plug door is a door designed to seal itself by taking advantage of pressure difference on its two sides and is typically used on pressurised aircraft...
s. They are currently operating on the Kwun Tong Line, Tsuen Wan Line, Island Line
Island Line (MTR)
The Island Line is one of 10 lines of the MTR, the mass transit system in Hong Kong. It runs from Sheung Wan in the Central and Western District to Chai Wan in the Eastern District. The line first opened in 31 May 1985...
and the Tseung Kwan O Line.
The refurbishment process involved altering the fibreglass facade on the exterior ends to modernise their appearance, as well as the installation of the advanced digital voice announcement (DVA) and passenger information systems
Automated information system
The term automated information system means an assembly of computer hardware, software, firmware, or any combination of these, configured to accomplish specific information-handling operations, such as communication, computation, dissemination, processing, and storage of information...
. United Goninan was subsequently awarded a contract to maintain the MTR rolling-stock. It is also interesting to note that such advances were not integrated into the M-Stock until late 2001.
Each car is 3000 mm width over body panel, floor to rail is 1100 mm high and roof to rail is 3700 mm high.
A service train has an acceleration
Acceleration
In physics, acceleration is the rate of change of velocity with time. In one dimension, acceleration is the rate at which something speeds up or slows down. However, since velocity is a vector, acceleration describes the rate of change of both the magnitude and the direction of velocity. ...
of 1.0 m/s2 (3.6 km/h/s, or 2.25 MPHPS), service brake is regenerative
Regenerative brake
A regenerative brake is an energy recovery mechanism which slows a vehicle or object down by converting its kinetic energy into another form, which can be either used immediately or stored until needed...
blend with air brake
Air brake (rail)
An air brake is a conveyance braking system actuated by compressed air. Modern trains rely upon a fail-safe air brake system that is based upon a design patented by George Westinghouse on March 5, 1872. The Westinghouse Air Brake Company was subsequently organized to manufacture and sell...
at the rate of 1.0 m/s² (3.6 km/h/s, or 2.25 MPHPS) and emergency brake is air-brake at 1.4 m/s2 (5.04 km/h/s, or 3.15 MPHPS). The maximum speed for the M-Stock is 80 km/h, and are fitted for driverless operation. Primary suspension
Suspension (vehicle)
Suspension is the term given to the system of springs, shock absorbers and linkages that connects a vehicle to its wheels. Suspension systems serve a dual purpose — contributing to the car's roadholding/handling and braking for good active safety and driving pleasure, and keeping vehicle occupants...
is chevron springs, while the secondary suspension is air bags. Traction
Railway electric traction
Railway electric traction describes the various types of locomotive and multiple units that are used on electrification systems around the world.-History:...
system is through GTO
Thyristor
A thyristor is a solid-state semiconductor device with four layers of alternating N and P-type material. They act as bistable switches, conducting when their gate receives a current trigger, and continue to conduct while they are forward biased .Some sources define silicon controlled rectifiers and...
chopper control. Each car has 45 seats and capable of holding 268 standing passengers, with space for wheelchair
Wheelchair
A wheelchair is a chair with wheels, designed to be a replacement for walking. The device comes in variations where it is propelled by motors or by the seated occupant turning the rear wheels by hand. Often there are handles behind the seat for someone else to do the pushing...
s.
Variants
M-Train is divided into 6 types of stock. They are the:- CM-Stock - Modified Initial System stock (A/C101-170,B/C401-435)
- T-Stock - Tsuen Wan Line Stock A/C171-247 (except A/C182), B/C436-479 (except B/C459)
- I-Stock - Island LineIsland Line (MTR)The Island Line is one of 10 lines of the MTR, the mass transit system in Hong Kong. It runs from Sheung Wan in the Central and Western District to Chai Wan in the Eastern District. The line first opened in 31 May 1985...
Stock( A/C248-256,B/C459) - G-Stock - Trains for Eastern Harbour Tunnel extension (A/C182,A/C257-269,B/C480-485)
- H-Stock - Trains For the signalling Upgrade (A/C270-290,B/C486-496)
- Q-Stock - All D Cars(See Below)(D601-788)
The traction
Railway electric traction
Railway electric traction describes the various types of locomotive and multiple units that are used on electrification systems around the world.-History:...
system of M-Stock and T-Stock trains were changed to Chopper from Cam Shaft in 1992-1995, so they are called CM-Stock and CT-Stock now. All G-Stock, Q-Stock and H-Stock trains belong to Kwun Tong Line, Tseung Kwan O Line and Disneyland Resort Line respectively.
The configuration of a M-train in revenue service is (Up track direction) A-C-D-C-B-D-C-A (in 8cars) or (Up track direction) A-C-C-A (4cars, unavailable now). There was once a type of trains with all motor A-C-C-B-C-B-C-A (also known as "solid train"), but it was ungrouped into Disneyland Resort Line trains. Units A/C274 A/C281 A/C284 A/C289 A/C291 and B/C490 have been assigned to the Disneyland Resort Line and completely refurbished into new trains (see below.)
| Cars of M-Train (original) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| car type | driver cab | motor Traction motor Traction motor refers to an electric motor providing the primary rotational torque of a machine, usually for conversion into linear motion .... |
pantograph Pantograph (rail) A pantograph for rail lines is a hinged electric-rod device that collects electric current from overhead lines for electric trains or trams. The pantograph typically connects to a one-wire line, with the track acting as the ground wire... |
car length | amount | ||||
| A car | 22850 mm | 191 | |||||||
| B car | 22000 mm | 96 | |||||||
| C car | 22000 mm | 287 | |||||||
| D car (trailer Trailer (vehicle) A trailer is generally an unpowered vehicle pulled by a powered vehicle. Commonly, the term trailer refers to such vehicles used for transport of goods and materials.... ) |
23160 mm | 188 | |||||||
Phase 1
The M-Stock trains (now CM-Stock trains) were the first batch of trains ordered by MTRMTR
Mass Transit Railway is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Originally opened in 1979, the system now includes 211.6 km of rail with 155 stations, including 86 railway stations and 69 light rail stops...
. They were delivered from 1979–1982, and had their traction systems changed to GTO Chopper from Cam Shaft in 1992-1995. They serve on the Kwun Tong Line.
Phase 2A
The T-Stock trains (now CT-Stock trains) were the second batch of trains ordered by MTR. They were delivered from 1982–1985 and also had their traction systems changed to GTO Chopper in 1992-1995. They serve on the Tsuen Wan Line.Phase 2B
The I-Stock trains were the third batch of trains, they were delivered from 1985–1986 and serve on the Island LineIsland Line (MTR)
The Island Line is one of 10 lines of the MTR, the mass transit system in Hong Kong. It runs from Sheung Wan in the Central and Western District to Chai Wan in the Eastern District. The line first opened in 31 May 1985...
.
Phase 2C
The G-Stock trains were built for the Eastern Harbour Crossing extension of the Kwun Tong Line (became part of the Tseung Kwan O Line in 2002), they were delivered from 1988–1989 and still serve on the Kwun Tong Line. They were the last batch of MTR M-Trains to be made by Metro CammellMetro Cammell
The Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company was a Birmingham, England based manufacturer of railway carriages and wagons, based in Saltley and subsequently Washwood Heath....
before being acquired by GEC Alsthom (now Alstom
Alstom
Alstom is a large multinational conglomerate which holds interests in the power generation and transport markets. According to the company website, in the years 2010-2011 Alstom had annual sales of over €20.9 billion, and employed more than 85,000 people in 70 countries. Alstom's headquarters are...
) in 1989.
Phase 3
The H-Stock trains were delivered from 1994–1998 and some units were refurbished to serve on the Disneyland Resort Line (the remaining units serve on the Tseung Kwan O Line from 2002 to 2010, and Kwun Tong Line from April 2010 onwards). 88 cars were built locally in Kowloon Bay depot.Q-Stock
The first batch of Q-stock D-car (trailerTrailer (vehicle)
A trailer is generally an unpowered vehicle pulled by a powered vehicle. Commonly, the term trailer refers to such vehicles used for transport of goods and materials....
) units were ordered as part of Phase 2A T-Stock (now CT-Stock) trains from 1984–1985, units D601-706 and D707-724; the second batch (units D725-752) were ordered from 1985–1986; the third batch (units D753-763) were ordered from 1988–1989, and the fourth and final batch (units D764-788) were ordered from 1994–1998 as part of Phase 3.
Disneyland Resort line stock
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
theme in mind. Statues of well-known Disney characters are included inside of the trains, such as Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at The Walt Disney Studio. Mickey is an anthropomorphic black mouse and typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves...
and Donald Duck
Donald Duck
Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created in 1934 at Walt Disney Productions and licensed by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit with a cap and a black or red bow tie. Donald is most...
.
Units A/C274 A/C281 A/C284 A/C289 A/C291 and B/C490 of M-Train have been assigned to the Disneyland Resort Line and completely refurbished into new trains as:
- P501- Q501 - Q502 - P502
- P503- Q503 - Q504 - P504
- P505- Q505 - Q506 - P506
Each car is 3000 mm width over body panel, floor to rail is 1100 mm high and roof to rail is 3700 mm high.
A service train has an acceleration
Acceleration
In physics, acceleration is the rate of change of velocity with time. In one dimension, acceleration is the rate at which something speeds up or slows down. However, since velocity is a vector, acceleration describes the rate of change of both the magnitude and the direction of velocity. ...
of 1.0 m/s2 (3.6 km/h/s, or 2.25 MPHPS), service brake is regenerative
Regenerative brake
A regenerative brake is an energy recovery mechanism which slows a vehicle or object down by converting its kinetic energy into another form, which can be either used immediately or stored until needed...
blend with air brake
Air brake (rail)
An air brake is a conveyance braking system actuated by compressed air. Modern trains rely upon a fail-safe air brake system that is based upon a design patented by George Westinghouse on March 5, 1872. The Westinghouse Air Brake Company was subsequently organized to manufacture and sell...
at the rate of 1.0 m/s² (3.6 km/h/s, or 2.25 MPHPS) and emergency brake is air-brake at 1.4 m/s2 (5.04 km/h/s, or 3.15 MPHPS). The maximum speed for the M-Stock is 80 km/h, and are fitted for driverless operation. Primary suspension
Suspension (vehicle)
Suspension is the term given to the system of springs, shock absorbers and linkages that connects a vehicle to its wheels. Suspension systems serve a dual purpose — contributing to the car's roadholding/handling and braking for good active safety and driving pleasure, and keeping vehicle occupants...
is chevron springs, while the secondary suspension is air bags. Traction
Railway electric traction
Railway electric traction describes the various types of locomotive and multiple units that are used on electrification systems around the world.-History:...
system is through GTO
Thyristor
A thyristor is a solid-state semiconductor device with four layers of alternating N and P-type material. They act as bistable switches, conducting when their gate receives a current trigger, and continue to conduct while they are forward biased .Some sources define silicon controlled rectifiers and...
chopper control.
| Cars of M-Train (Disneyland refurbishment) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| car type | driver cab | motor Traction motor Traction motor refers to an electric motor providing the primary rotational torque of a machine, usually for conversion into linear motion .... |
pantograph Pantograph (rail) A pantograph for rail lines is a hinged electric-rod device that collects electric current from overhead lines for electric trains or trams. The pantograph typically connects to a one-wire line, with the track acting as the ground wire... |
car length | amount | ||||
| P car | 22850 mm | 6 | |||||||
| Q car | 22000 mm | 6 | |||||||
External links
- 1970s Metro-Cammell Products - Metcam.co.uk (dedicative site)