MTR CNR Changchun EMU

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## MTR CNR Changchun EMU

Urban Lines Train arrving at Kowloon Bay (To Ho Man Tin)

### Other Name(s)

South Island Line: SIL-C, S-Train, S車, 長春車, 國產列車Urban Lines: C-Train, C車, 長春車, 國產列車, 思春

### No. of Trains

Urban Lines: 176（22 Sets 8 Cars）
South Island Line: 30 (10 Sets 3 Cars)

## Technical Information

### Length

Urban LinesA Cars: 23,090
South Island Line A Cars: 22,770
B and C Cars: 21,600

### Width

Urban Lines: 3000
South Island Line: 3126

### Height

Urban Lines: 3698
South Island Line: 3727.5

### Weight

Urban Lines A Cars: 39
South Island LineA Cars: 42.5
Urban LinesB Cars: 41~43
South Island LineB Cars: 42
C Cars: 43

### Train Formation

Urban Lines: 3P (Collector Bow) 3B (battery) 2T (6M2T)
South Island Line: 3M

### Gauge

Urban Lines: 1432mm
South Island Line: 1435mm

### Capacity

Urban Lines: 350
South Island Line: 312

The **MTR CNR Changchun EMU** is a heavy rail train purchased by MTR for the first time after the merger of the two railways, manufactured by CNR CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicle Co., Ltd. The 8-car version is mainly run on the Kwun Tong Line while the 3-car driverless version is operated solely on the South Island Line.

## Purchase purpose

In order to ensure that there are enough trains to meet current and future service needs, MTR Corporation announced on February 11 2008 that it would order 10 new trains to upgrade the Kwun Tong Line , Tsuen Wan Line, Island Line and Tseung Kwan O Line fleet capacity.

After a rigorous selection process, the MTR Corporation awarded the contract to China CNR Changchun Railway Vehicle Co., Ltd. on October 14, 2008. The contract number is C6554-07E, with a total contract value of HK$1.13 billion. Compared with other suppliers, CNR Group can fully meet the relevant technical requirements of MTR Corporation, and its price is also competitive.

On July 22nd 2010, MTR purchased 7 new trains from CNR Changchun through bidding to cope with South Island Line (West); another 10 driverless three-car trains, designated as the S-Train were purchased for the South Island Line at a cost of 1.4 billion Hong Kong dollars.

MTR announced in March 12 2012 that it will purchase 5 additional new trains through the "Listen to Do" program, with a cost of 400 million Hong Kong dollars. It is expected that the fastest will be in 2014/15 Arrived in Hong Kong, increasing the total number of car purchases in Urban Lines to 22. In fact, the relevant trains have been delivered to Siu Ho Wan Depot from July to September 2012, and put into service in 2012.

## Remarks

1. ↑ 港鐵官方facebook專頁相冊的標題 (**C-Train** Rollout)。
2. ↑ 以首列投入服務列車計算。
3. ↑ They operate this train on the Kwun Tong Line，while are tested on the Tsuen Wan Line and Tseung Kwan O Line.
4. ↑ Another order worth 1.4 billion Hong Kong dollars for the world’s highest level subway China CNR will manufacture the first "driverless" subway train in China for Hong Kong (Simplified).