page_title: Tze-chiang limited express
section_title: Fleet expansion and modernization (E1000 and EMU200 rebuild)
hierarchical_section_title: Tze-chiang limited express / History / Fleet expansion and modernization (E1000 and EMU200 rebuild)
caption_attribution_description: 中文（繁體）‎: 林鳳營車站是台鐵縱貫線上的一座地方車站，是台南市六甲區的主車站。圖中所見是一列推拉式自強號列車高速接近車站的畫面。 English: LinFongYing Station is a local train station of Taiwan's Western main rail line. It's the main station of LiuJia Township, TaiNan County. This photo shows a Push-Pull Tzu-Chiang Express train approaching the station with high speed. Bân-lâm-gú: Lîm-hōng-iâⁿ Tshia-tsām sī Tâi-thih tsòng-kuàn-suànn ê tsi̍t-tsō tē-hng tshia-tsām. I sī Tâi-lâm-tshī La̍k-kah-khu ê tsú-iàu tshia-tsām. Siòng-phìnn sóo hip ê sī tsi̍t tâi Tsū-kiông-hō liat-tshia í ko-sok tsiap-kīn tshia-tsām ê uē-bīn. 林鳳營車站是臺鐵縱貫線的一座地方車站，伊是臺南市六甲區的主要車站，相片所翕的是一臺推拉式自強號以高速接近車站的畫面。
context_page_description: Tze-chiang limited express, also spelled "Tzu-chiang" or "Ziqiang" is a type of express train service operated by the Taiwan Railways Administration in Taiwan. Of the 5 service classes operated by the TRA, the Tze-Chiang trains is the fastest category. Ticketing is done on the basis of mileage. This service is operated with 7 different trainsets: the E1000 series, the EMU1200, EMU300, TEMU1000, DR2800, DR3100, and the TEMU2000. The now-retired EMU100 was the first trainset built for this service, which was used for 30 years, terminating ordinary runs at June 15, 2009.
  Tzu-chiang is the Taiwan Railway Administration's highest class of deluxe express passenger train, and is also the class of service with the highest ticket price per mile.
  Tzu-chiang was so-named from a phrase in an address that Chiang Kai-shek, the former President of Republic of China, delivered to his countrymen on 26 October 1971 in response to United Nations Resolution 2758, in which he urged the country to "Respect the Homeland, Strengthen Self; Respond to Change without Fear." U.N.
context_section_description: In 1996, as part of a massive modernization program, TRA placed an order for 64 electric locomotives  from Union Carriage & Wagon and 384 passenger cars from Hyundai Mobis to expand the service.  Rated at 6600 hp apiece, the E1000 was and still is TRA's most powerful locomotive.  The units were arranged into trainsets of fourteen units, with two locomotives bracketing 12 coaches.  As part of TRA's attempt to attract riders in 2002, 32 restaurant cars were ordered to supplement the trainsets.  However, with the elimination of dining service, these were converted to baggage cars.  With the withdrawal of the EMU100 series from regular service, the E1000 has established itself as the backbone of TRA's long-distance fleet, though it has found its role undermined by delivery of the TEMU lineup.
  Allegedly, TRA encountered legal troubles with Hyundai-Mobis during the delivery of the cars, as the order had been placed with Daewoo shortly before the company merged with the Hyundai-Mobis.  The latter disagreed with the terms of the contract, and a lawsuit was filed by TRA.  However, the suit was settled out-of-court, with Mobis given the go-ahead to finish TRA's massive order of EMU500-series commuter trains from Daewoo, while TRA was given the option to purchase new EMU600 series trains and received its E1000 cars under the original contract.
  In 2008, TRA commissioned the first of its rebuilt EMU200 trainsets as part of an internal rebuild program.  The program consisted of forming a single 9-car trainset out of what was previously 3 3-car trainsets, and to this end the majority of the EMU200 cabs were converted to coaches, with the remainder receiving a completely re-designed front end.  The trains were also fitted with completely new interiors, LED displays, and other systems, however the project ran severely over-budget, which resulted in upgrades to the original EMUs' electrical and propulsion systems never being carried out.  The new EMUs debuted in a red-and-white livery and were redesignated in the 1200 series for unknown reasons, hence the designation EMU1200 has also been used to refer to the re-manufactured units.
  Within several years of entering service, however, serious design faults emerged with the rebuilt EMUs.  Most notably, their original electrical components, though refurbished, had never been designed to withstand the additional load created by the train's new systems, and as a result the trains suffered frequent failures of their electrical systems.  While the EMU1200 remain in service, as of 2015 this is by the barest margin; only one of the 9-car sets was operational.
caption: E1000 push-pull Tzu-chiang at Liaoying Station
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