MTR TML C-Train

"TML C-Train" (short for Tuen Ma Line C-Train) is a colloquial name used to describe the CRRC Changchun EMU, a set of suburban electric multiple units operated by the MTR Corporation on the West Rail, Ma On Shan and Tuen Ma Lines of the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway since March 2017. Prior to the completion of the Tuen Ma Line the sets were colloquially named the EWL C-Train.
==History==
The TML C-Train, then known as the EWL C-Train, was designed for service on the East West Corridor (placeholder name for what would become the Tuen Ma Line). A total of seventeen sets were built by CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles from 2015 to 2018 under contract 1141A. The sets were built in Changchun, China. The initial order placed was for fourteen sets but this was later increased to seventeen, likely due to the proposed Tuen Ma South extension and the associated ridership increases.
Operations began on the Ma On Shan Line on 12 March 2017 after a period of testing. The sets would be put into service on the West Rail Line on 7 March 2020 after a period of testing. When the complete Tuen Ma Line opened on 27 June 2021, the West Rail and Ma On Shan Lines were merged into the Tuen Ma Line. The sets, numbered D397~D398 and D401~D402 through D431~D432, are berthed at Pat Heung and Tai Wai depots when not in use.
==Design==
The TML C-Trains feature a streamlined design with quadrant-shaped headlights; these feature a bullet-shaped design similar to the SP1900 sets, with a bullet-shaped nose for better acceleration against air drag at high speeds. They feature a silver body with black and red accents, MTR's corporate colors. An orange LED display above the driver's cab acts as a destination indicator and a warm orange LED display just below it displays the train running number.
==Specifications==
Construction of the sets is of stainless steel. The sets use Mitsubishi MAP-194-A25V275 IGBT variable frequency drives, powering Mitsubishi MB-5153-A2 three-phase AC induction traction motors. The cars sit on CRRC Changchun CW6020 bogies.
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