MTR IKK-Train

Unit D387/D388 arriving at Kam Sheung Road Station Platform 1 (17th May 2023)

The **IKK-Train** (**近畿川崎列車**) is a Japanese-made alternating current EMU (Electrical Multiple Unit). This commuter train is owned by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, which belongs to Power Distributed, manufactured by the Japanese Itochu Corporation (Itochu) , Kinki Sharyo and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.  (referred to as "Kawasaki Heavy Industries", Kawasaki) the consortium "IKK Consortium" manufactured this train at ITOCHU, an intermediary company. Thus, trains can either have Kinki Sharyo or Kawasaki manufacturer's plates although they look the same on the outside.

This EMU was delivered from 2001 to 2004, 2007 and 2015 to 2017 and is currently operates on the Tuen Ma Line. At the beginning of the train’s service, it ran on KCR's  **KCR East Rail**,  **KCR West Rail**, and  **Ma On Shan Rail**; after the merger of the two railways, it was leased to MTR for operation and continued operating on West Rail Line, Ma On Shan Line, and East Rail Line during that time. As of 2021, these trains are exclusive to the Tuen Ma Line.

## Name Reasons

Railway fans generally call this type of train "SP1900" and "SP1950", and the common names "1900" and "1950" are derived from this. "SP1900" and "SP1950", and were the supply contract numbers of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Company for this type of train at that time, where "SP" stands for Supply and Purchase respectively. In the early days when this type of train was put into service, KCRC called it the "Millennium Train" since it was their first major purchase of the 21st century.

## Train Batches

### SP1900

In 1997, KCRC was approved to purchase 8 additional sets of trains, and invited train manufacturers for pre-examination, which was expected to be completed in February 1998. 1999March 8, Japan "ITOCHU-Kinki-Kawasaki Foundation” won the contract of KCRC’s 250-car new electric train for HK$3.1 billion. Among them, 8 trains with 12 trains and a total of 96 trains are used to increase the frequency and passenger capacity of Template:East Rail, in line with the future development of East Rail, and also to take the opportunity to test the actual operating performance of new trains; another 154 trains, a total of 22 7-car trains are used for **West Rail** which opened to traffic in 2003.

The first new train for Template:East Rail arrived in March 22, 2001, KCRC then arranged for the new trains to undergo functional testing, and started July 25 in Sha Tin and Sheung Shui for a trial run . On the day the "Century Train" was put into service on September 4 in 2001, the KCRC held an opening ceremony at  Hung Hom Station and raised funds for children and elderly organizations on the maiden voyage of the new train.

April 2 2002, 22 7-car trains belonging to West Rail Line also arrived in Hong Kong . The batch of trains began field trials in April 2003 , all trains were officially put into service on December 20 with the opening of **West Rail**.

Starting February 6th 2021, the first batch of R-Trains will be put into service on East Rail Line, and the Kinki Sharyo/Kawasaki trains on this line It will be suspended from the same day. After the new signal system and new trains are in smooth operation, they will be transferred to Pat Heung Depot for reprogramming.

September 25, 2021, 3 of the last batch of SP1900 first-class train cars (F207, F227, F231) that served on East Rail Line were detached from their consists in Pat Heung Depot and were loaded onto trailers, ready to be transported back to the original factory in Japan and refitted as an standard class cars. The last two cars (F215, F219) were also shipped out of Pat Heung Depot in the early morning of November 19, Since then, all SP1900 coaches are standard class.

#### Car "D201"

There have been two cars with the same number "D201" in this order. The original D201 cab car was rejected by KCRC and handed over to the Japanese factory for production. However, due to a design error, the load test failed. In the end, it could only be used as a spares donor. It was parked in Pat Heung Depot until 2016, when the MTR transferred the car to the Hong Kong Fire Services Department and relocated it in the newly completed Fire and Ambulance Academy in Tseung Kwan O to provide training for new and current fire and ambulance personnel , where it was attached to a mockup train set. The car retains its East Rail Line route map decals on the inside, although the in-train TVs were removed. It remains as the only non-refurbished SP1900 carriage in existence.

After the failure of the original "D201" car test, Kinki Sharyo redesigned and manufactured another brand new "D201" car on July 2 2015. In order to cooperate with the Sha Tin to Central Link project, it became part of the first 8-car train on the West Rail Line, and the "D201" car number was changed to "D357" and was transferred to serve on the West Rail Line in January 2016.

### SP1950

The KCRC awarded the "SP1950" contract in December 2000 to ITOCHU-Kinki Sharyo-Kawasaki Consortium added 72 cars and 4 cars to form a total of 18 sets of the same type, for the  **Ma On Shan Rail** in which began service in 2004 . New trains were introduced under the "SP1950" contract arrived in Hong Kong since September 26 2003, put into service in December 21st, 2004 with the opening of  **Ma On Shan Rail**.

### KRS991

On March 7, 2006, in view of the additional demand brought about by the opening of the Kowloon Southern Link which would open in 2009, the KCRC paid HK$578 million to ITOCHU-Kinki Sharyo-Kawasaki Consortium and purchased 34 cars.  Among them, 28 cars will form 4 new trains with 7 cars; the other 6 cars would be used to expand two (D533/D534 and D535/D536) active trains that were running as Ma On Shan Line sets at that time. After expansion, the two trains were transferred to **West Rail** for service.

The new trains under this contract arrived in Hong Kong on July 14 2007 After many preparations, both sets were put into service from May to October 2008, after the merger of the two railways. The two trains that were ready for the expansion bid farewell to the KCR in September 20 2007, and were re-commissioned in August 18 and August 24 2008 respectively as MTR sets.

### 1151

See: **IKK Trains Reformation Works**

MTR in December 11 2013 awarded a tender for more trailer cars to ITOCHU-Kinki Sharyo-Kawasaki Consortium, with a total value of HK$1.18 billion. The scope of the contract covers the purchase of 36 new cars for expansion and the modification of 348 existing cars for Tuen Ma Line (ie Ma On Shan Line, Sha Tin to Central Link - Tai Wai to Hung Hom section and West Rail Line) before implementing 8-car service.

The reconfiguration work was mainly carried out within the Pat Heung Depot; and the 8 SP1900s that used to run on the East Rail Line had their first class carriages removed. They were sent back to Japan and then returned to Hong Kong after being converted into ordinary class carriages at the Kinki Sharyo Factory. All newly-purchased carriages and refitted carriages will be equipped with LCD screens on top of each door and above the inter-car gangway position to broadcast dynamic route maps and upcoming station/destination information respectively. In addition, MTR awarded another contract in February 2016 to replace the original in-train TV 15-inch 4:3 display with 19-inch 16:9 or 19-inch 4:3 screens. <ref>MTR Corporation Limited, <Prequalification Invitation - LCD for EAL, WRL & MOL In-Train TV System>. (April 2015 Archive; [http: //web.archive.org/web/20150729022712/http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/corporate/tenders/K1572-15E.html July 2015 Update Archive]; only available in English)< /ref>, Except the 8 SP1900s that needed to be shortened, the refit work on both contracts was carried out in parallel.

The new carriages would arrive in Hong Kong in batches starting from September 3 2015. In terms of reconfiguration works, the first East Rail Line set (D201/D203) and Ma On Shan Line set (D519/D520) underwent reorganisation and refitting carried out in the middle of the night of July 3 and November 4 respectively in the same year. Both trains were transferred to Pat Heung Depot in the middle of the night with Eurorunner diesel locomotives. The first refitted train (D357/D358) would conduct a test run without passengers on the West Rail Line during the daytime starting from November 28, and on January 2, 2016 entered service. Unfortunately, the train was in service for less than 5 hours on the first day. Due to SelTrac trip computer failure, the train was taken out of service and returned to the depot for maintenance. It was accused of "unfavorable start".

## Consists

Train cars can be divided into 7 categories, and can be subdivided into 16 sub-categories according to the south and north ends of the train and/or the equipment equipped with them (there are only 15 sub-categories of train cars actually produced, there are only 8 in active service):

Trains are designed to allow formation of 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12 car sets :

* 4 car: DT1-PM1-MW1+DT2
* 6 car: DT1-PM1-MHW+MW1-PM2-DT2
* 7 car: DT1-PM1-MHW+TCH-MW2-PM2-DT2
* 8 car: DT1-PM1-MW1-TH1+TCH-MW2-PM2-DT2
* 9 cars: DT1-PM1-MW1-T-TH1+TCH-MW2-PM2-DT2
* 12 cars: DT1-PM1-M-TWH+TCH-TH2+MWH-PMH+TFH-MW2-PM2-DT2

Before the reconfiguration project, trains were run as 4, 7, and 12 car EMUs; all IKK sets today are 8 cars after being reconfigured for the Tuen Ma Line. The carriages between each "+" sign belong to the same class.

### Tuen Ma Line Train Formation

* D301-**P301**-M301-H301+C302-M302-**P302**-D302（D2）
* D303-**P303**-M303-H303+C304-M304-P304-D304（D1）
* ■ **D305**-**P305**-M305-H305+C306-M306-**P306**-D306（D2）
* ■ **D307**-P307-M307-H307+C308-M308-P308-**D308**（D1）
* ■ **D309**-P309-M309-H309+C310-M310-P310-**D310**（D1）
* ■ **D311**-P311-M311-H311+C312-M312-P312-D312（D1）
* ■ **D313**-P313-M313-H313+C314-M314-**P314**-**D314**（D1）
* ■ **D315**-**P315**-M315-H315+C316-M316-P316-D316（D3）
* D317-P317-M317-H317+C318-M318-**P318**-**D318**（D1）
* D319-P319-M319-H319+C320-M320-P320-D320（D1）
* D321-P321-M321-H321+C322-M322-P322-D322（D1）
* D323-P323-M323-H323+C324-M324-P324-D324（D1）
* ■ D325-P325-M325-H325+C326-M326-P326-D326（D1）
* ■ **D327**-P327-M327-H327+C328-M328-P328-D328（D1）
* **D329**-P329-M329-H329+C330-M330-P330-**D330**（D1）
* **D331**-P331-M331-H331+C332-M332-P332-D332（D1）
* D333-**P333**-M333-H333+C334-M334-P334-D334（D1）
* D335-**P335**-M335-H335+C336-M336-**P336**-D336（D1）
* ■ D337-P337-M337-H337+C338-M338-P338-D338（D1）
* ■ **D339**-**P339**-M339-H339+C340-M340-P340-D340（D1）
* D341-P341-**M341**-H341+C342-M342-P342-D342（D1）
* D343-P343-M343-H343+C344-M344-P344-D344（D1）
* D345-P345-M345-H345+C346-M346-P346-D346（D1）
* ■ D347-P347-M347-H347+C348-M348-P348-**D348**（D1）
* D349-P349-M349-H349+C350-M350-P350-D350（D1）
* D351-**P351**-M351-H351+C352-M352-P352-D352（D1）
* ■ D353-P353-M353-H353+C354-M354-P354-D354（D4）
* ■ D355-P355-M355-H355+C356-M356-P356-D356（D4）
* D357-P357-H357+C358-M358-**P358**-D358（A1'）
* ■ D359-P359-M359-H359+C360-M360-**P360**-D360（B1）
* ■ D361-P361-M361-H361+C362-M362-P362-D362（A1）
* D363-P363-M363-H363+C364-M364-P364-D364（B1）
* ■ D365-P365-M365-**H365**+C366-M366-P366-D366（C1）
* ■ D367-P367-M367-H367+C368-M368-P368-D368（A1）
* D369-P369-M369-H369+C370-M370-P370-D370（B2）
* ■ D371-P371-M371-H371+C372-M372-P372-D372（C1）
* **D373**-**P373**-M373-H373+C374-M374-**P374**-D374（A1）
* **D377**-P377-M377-H377+C378-M378-P378-D378（C2）
* D379-P379-M379-H379+C380-M380-P380-D380（A1）
* ■ D381-P381-M381-H381+C382-M382-P382-D382（B2）
* ■ D383-P383-M383-H383+C384-M384-P384-D384（C2）
* ■ D385-**P385**-M385-H385+C386-M386-P386-D386（A2）
* ■ **D387**-**P387**-M387-H387+C388-M388-P388-**D388**（B2）
* ■ **D389**-P389-M389-H389+C390-M390-P390-**D390**（A4）

Under Tests (4 Sets)
* D375-P375-M375-H375+C376-M376-**P376**-D376（B2）
* D391-P391-M391-H391+C392-M392-**P392**-D392（B2）
* D393-P393-M393-H393+C394-M394-P394-D394（A3）
* D395-P395-M395-H395+C396-M396-**P396**-D396（B2）

Remaining 18 Rows
MTR Tuen Ma Line C-Train

**Remarks**

* Move the mouse cursor to the car number to view the original car number (only for cars with dotted bottom line car number).
* Each D car is a silent compartment.
* All trains are equipped with new 19-inch TVs. Except for 8 trains (D361/D362, D365/D366, D367/D368, D371/D372, D373/D374, D377/D378, D379/D380 and D383/D384) with new 4:3 TVs, all other trains have 16:9 ratio TVs.
* ( ) brackets are renumbering methods.
* **Vehicle number in bold** indicates that the railcar has a white industrial decal on the roof to prevent the roof from aggravating the problem.
* All reconfigured cars have been reverse engineered except for cars indicated by a outer frame, which were originally used in emergencies. The intercom has been covered and replaced by a new emergency intercom installed in the other door (except for former East Rail Line first class cars).
* Red car number means the contract is SP1900, produced by Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The rest of the cars are produced by Kinki Sharyo.
* Pink car number represents the car whose contract is KRS991.
* Sky blue car number represents the former East Rail Line car with contract SP1900.
* Tellow car number represents the former East Rail Line first-class car with a contract of SP1900.
* Brown car number represents the former Ma On Shan Line car with contract SP1950.
* Turquoise car number represents the new car with contract 1151.
* ■  means that the train has been replaced with white LED compartment lights from the yellow fluorescent compartment lights with a warmer color temperature (except for D309 and D310 cars in the D309/D310 formation). The connecting position still retains the yellow fluorescent compartment lights.
* ■  means that the train has been replaced from the yellow fluorescent compartment lights with warmer color temperature to white LED compartment lights with cooler color temperature, and has been replaced with the same color temperature as other trains Warmer white LED compartment lights, except for the car car connection position, which still retains cooler white LED compartment lights.
* orange means that the car still uses the old door guide rail.
* For the 12-car trains that have been transferred from East Rail Line and the former Ma On Shan Line 4-car trains, please read IKK Trains Reformation Works.

## Chronology of Events

* On February 27, 2001, the delivery ceremony of the first Template:East Railway train (D201/D203) was held at the Kinki Vehicle factory in Osaka, represented by Kinki Vehicle, [[ Li Yintai, Director of Template:East Rail and Tang Shiqian, Director of **West Rail** of KCRC]] officiated.
* In March 22 2001, the first Template:East Rail train (D201/D203) arrived in Hong Kong, and a press conference was held on March 26 to announce the news.
* At the end of April 2001, this car began to conduct dynamic tests on East Rail.
* On September 4, 2001, the Kowloon-Canton Railway Company held a new car inauguration ceremony and a charity trip at Hung Hom Station; the next day (September 5, 2001), the first row { {East Rail}} train (D201/D203) put into service.
* From April 21 to April 23 in 2002, the first **West Rail** train (D301/D302) arrived in Hong Kong and was gradually transported from Tuen Mun River Terminal to  Pat Heung Depot.
* September 26 2003: The first three trains of Tuen Ma Line (D501/D502, D503/D504 and D505/D506) arrived in Hong Kong and were gradually sent from Hung Hom Freight Yard to Ho Tung Lau Depot, where they were inspected and tested, and then sent to Hung Hom Freight Yard and Lo Wu Marshalling Yard for temporary storage.
* On November 9, 2003, the first three  **Ma On Shan Rail** trains (D501/D502, D503/D504 and D505/D506) started dynamic testing on Template:East Rail.
* July 21, 2005, at about 5 o'clock in the morning, a train driver with three years of experience was driving a SP1900 train (D317/D318). Due to a signal error, the train failed to stop in time and collided head-on with another SP1900 train (D323/D324) at a speed of 13 kilometers per hour, and the fronts of the two trains (D318, D323) were slightly damaged. Since the incident occurred in the depot, the public was not informed. It was not until a few days later that the staff of the Kowloon-Canton Railway leaked the news to the media that the public learned of the incident. Then D317/D318 was reconfigured into 4 cars (C318, M318, P318, D318) and D323/D324 was separated into 3 cars (D323, P323, M323) for repair. During this time, the undamaged cars ran as D317-P317-M317+C324-M324-P324-D324, as a 7-car West Rail Line set until the restoration of D323-P323-M323+C318-M318-P318-D318 was completed in December of the same year, and the original formation was restored between the two sets.
* February 14, 2007, 9:00am: A SP1900 traveling the West Rail Line down (to Nam Cheong) (D305/D306) when passing through Tai Lam Tunnel (about 1.5 km away from Tsuen Wan West Station), the voltage transformer (transformer) on the roof of the vehicle overheated, causing the insulating oil to vaporize and explode, causing the fire alarm to activate. The accident closed the Tai Lam Tunnel for about 3 hours.
* On January 2 in 2016, the first refitted East Rail Line SP1900 8-car train (D357/D358, formerly known as the Arts Unlimited Train) was put into service again with run number 013 and became the first 8-car train on the West Rail Line.)
* On February 5 2021, the SP1900 ran on the East Rail Line for the last time, as run 005. Before returning to the depot in the early morning of the next day, this train (D225/D227) is also the last train of the same model to carry passengers on East Rail Line. When the train arrived at Sheung Shui Station, the train driver made a manual announcement to replace the standard automated one played at the last stop. After reminding passengers to get off, the same driver made a special announcement: "Thank you for taking the final SP1900 train of the East Rail Line, we will see you on the Tuen Ma Line." Afterwards, the train returned to the Ho Tung Lau Depot with run number 886 (that is, "goodbye" in Chinese), officially withdrawing the SP1900 from operation on the East Rail Line.  This set was later towed to Pat Heung for conversion.
* Late 2021: First-class carriages F207, F227, F231, F215, and F219 were shipped to Kinki Sharyo in Japan to be refitted as ordinary carriages.
* In April 20 2022, the three-car first-class carriages F207, F227 and F231 were refitted into ordinary-class carriages at the Kinki Sharyo Manufacturing Plant in Japan and shipped to Hong Kong. The original cars F207, F227, and F231 will be changed to H381, H395, and H375 respectively.
* On June 18 2022, the last two first-class carriages, F215 and F219, had their conversion into standard class carriages at the Kinki Sharyo plant completed in Japan and shipped to Hong Kong , and arrived at Pat Heung Depot in the early morning of July 6 of the same year. The original cars F215 and F219 will be changed to H391 and H387 respectively.

## Gallery

E207 at Mong Kok East StationE229 at Sheng Shui StationIKK-Train Model

**Gallery Page**：
MTR IKK-Train

1. ↑ Corporation, Japan Overseas Railway System Association.
2. ↑ Electric Multiple Units for KCRC of Hong Kong, Japan Overseas Railway System Association.
3. ↑ "Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Annual Report 1997" (Hong Kong: Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, 1998), p. 20.
4. ↑ Peter Moss, "West Rail West Rail (Hong Kong: Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, 2003), p. 82.
5. ↑ KCRC Annual Report 1999, Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
6. ↑ Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, <tc/announcements/2001/010322.html Kowloon-Canton Railway Company's new train arrives in Hong Kong〉[Press Release], March 22, 2001. (archived)
7. ↑  Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, 〈KCR New Train Test Run Going Well > [Press Release], July 25, 2001. (archive)
8. ↑  Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, <Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation's new train makes maiden flight today> [press release], September 4, 2001 . (archive)
9. ↑  Kowloon-Canton Railway Company, <kcrc.com/tc/announcements/2002/020423.html First Batch of West Rail Trains Arrives in Hong Kong〉[Press Release], April 2, 2002. (archive)
10. ↑  Kowloon-Canton Railway Company, <The trains run on the West Rail Test Railway System>[Press Release], April 11, 2003. (on file)
11. ↑ Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, <html West Rail Test Trains>[Press Release], April 25, 2002 (archived).
12. ↑ <https://www.hkitalk.net/HKiTalk2/thread-2127221-1-1.html] The last two first-class carriages of the East Rail are ready to be sent to the barge at the Embarcadero>, hkitalk.net.
13. ↑ 〈Opening of Fire and Rescue and Rescue Services Academy Leung Chun-ying praises Tai Mo Shan rescue operation professional〉, RTHK, 2016 March 16.
14. ↑ Riders, Facebook.
15. ↑ overview.pdf KCRC Annual Report 2003, Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation.
16. ↑ Orders Received from Hong Kong's Kowloon-Canton Railways Corporation, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., March 7th 2006.
17. ↑ KCRC Annual Report 2007, Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation.
18. ↑ MTR Corporation Limited, 〈Contract Announcement (December 2013)〉, December 2013. (archived)
19. ↑ MTR Corporation, <14-007-C.pdf New Train Contract Awarded for Shatin-Central East-West Corridor〉Press Release, January 24, 2014.
20. ↑ Itochu Corporation, 〈Announces Awarding of Contract "Rolling Stock Modification and New Train Cars for SCL Phase 1" for MTR in Hong Kong > Press Release, January 24, 2014. (archive)
21. ↑ MTR Corporation Limited, 〈Awarded Contract Announcement (February 2016)〉.
22. ↑ 〈West Rail Line 8-car trains break down twice on the first day〉, Wen Wei Po, January 3, 2016.
23. ↑ php?tid=730160&page=6#pid2626309 #51, New Car Bidding Contract of Shatin to Central Line, hkitalk.net.
24. ↑ #32, Sha Central Line New Car Bidding Contract, hkitalk.net
25. ↑ Today: New Trains, New Feelings, Hong Kong Railway Development Research Group, Facebook.
26. ↑ First batch of West Rail trains arrives in Hong Kong, Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation.
27. ↑ West Rail Valentine's Day gift " "Xing" train fire service safety concerns, "Shuo·Online".
28. ↑ 14 February 2007 West Iron Accident Investigation Report
29. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrtAAfEHpdY
30. ↑ Special Announcement: Thank you for taking the last SP1900 train on the East Rail Line
31. ↑ Sanka original East Rail Line first-class car SP1900 completed refitting and returned to Hong Kong, hkitalk.net.
32. ↑ SP1900 car flying on the sea, have you ever seen it? , Railic, Facebook.

1. ↑ Used to connect train groups going in opposite directions together.
2. ↑ Ma On Shan Line 4 car DT2 is excluded.
3. ↑ Basically, there is no standing position inside First Class Compartments.
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