MTR Metro Cammell EMU (DC)
Metro-Cammell EMU (M-Train)
CM/CT/I/G/H/Q stock 港鐵現代化列車 | |
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M-Train approaching Kwai Hing station Disneyland Resort line M-Train entering Sunny Bay Interior of the refurbished M-Train MTR Disneyland Resort line train interior | |
| Stock type | Electric multiple unit |
| In service | 1 October 1979 – present (Tsuen Wan line, Island line, Tseung Kwan O line) 1 August 2005 – present (Disneyland Resort line) |
| Manufacturer | Metro-Cammell, GEC-Alsthom (now Alstom) |
| Built at | Washwood Heath, Birmingham, England Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong |
| Constructed | 1976–1994 (Local), 1994 (Disneyland Resort line) |
| Entered service | 1979–1989 (Phase 1 & 2), 1994–1998 (Phase 3), 2005 (Disneyland Resort line) |
| Refurbished | United Goninan (1998–2001) |
| Scrapped | Starting from 2022 (urban lines) 2028 (Disneyland Resort Line) |
| Number built | 768 cars (95 sets + 6 surplus cars + 3 Disneyland Resort line sets) |
| Number in service | 536 cars (67 sets), as of January 15, 2025 |
| Number scrapped | 236 Regular Service Carriages (26 full trainsets) [other extra 4 are accident carriages] |
| Successor | CRRC Sifang EMU (Q-train) |
| Formation | 8 cars per trainset (4 and 6 cars formation at initial service) (Local) 4 cars per trainset (Disneyland Resort line) |
| Fleet numbers | Axxx, Bxxx, Cxxx, Dxxx, Pxxx, Qxxx |
| Capacity | 45 seats, 268 standing per car (313 passengers per car, 2504 passengers per train) |
| Operators | MTR Corporation |
| Depots | Kowloon Bay Tsuen Wan Chai Wan Tseung Kwan O Siu Ho Wan |
| Lines served | |
| Specifications | |
| Car body construction | Aluminum |
| Train length | 180.02 m (590 ft 7 in) (Urban lines) |
| Car length | 22.85 m (75 ft 0 in) 22 m (72 ft 2 in) 23.16 m (76 ft 0 in) |
| Width | 3.11 m (10 ft 2 in) |
| Height | 3.91 m (12 ft 10 in) (with pantograph folded) 3.7 m (12.14 ft) (without pantograph) (top of air conditioner flush with crest of roof) |
| Floor height | 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) |
| Platform height | 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) |
| Entry | Level boarding |
| Doors | 5 sets of 55 inch wide doors per side 3 sets of 55 inch wide doors per side (only Disneyland Resort line) |
| Wheel diameter | 850–775 mm (2 ft 9.5 in – 2 ft 6.5 in) (new–worn) |
| Wheelbase | 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) |
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| Traction system | Original (1979–1995): Camshaft resistance control (GEC Traction) Current (1989–present): GTO chopper control (GEC Traction) I-Stock only: RCT chopper control (Mitsubishi Electric) |
| Traction motors | 85 kW (114 hp) DC series-wound motors (GEC Traction G313 AZ on stock except I-Stock, GEC Traction G313 BZ on Disneyland Resort line stock, Mitsubishi Electric MB-518-AR on I-Stock) |
| Transmission | WN Drive |
| Acceleration | 1.0 m/s2 (3.3 ft/s2) |
| Deceleration | 1.0 m/s2 (3.3 ft/s2) (service) 1.4 m/s2 (4.6 ft/s2) (emergency) |
| Electric system(s) | 1,500 V DC catenary |
| Current collector(s) | Pantograph |
| Bogies | Duewag SF2100 |
| Braking system(s) | Regenerative blend with air brake |
| Safety system(s) | 1979–1996: Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company Fixed-block ATP with subsystems of ATC and ATO GoA 2 (STO), Since 1996: Tsuen Wan line 1997: Island line: GEC-Alsthom SACEM ATP and ATS, with GoA 2 ATO 2002: Tseung Kwan O line: Siemens Mobility SACEM with ATC Disneyland Resort line: Thales SelTrac® CBTC ATC with subsystems of ATO GoA 4 (STO), ATP, NetTrac ATS, CBI |
| Coupling system | BSI multi-function couplers on ends Semi-permanent couplers between carriages |
| Track gauge | 1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in) (except for West Island line and Kwun Tong line Extension) |
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The Metro-Cammell EMU (also known as M-Train or Modernisation Train, Chinese: 港鐵現代化列車) is the oldest type of electric multiple unit that operates on the MTR rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. A total of 768 cars were built by Metro-Cammell in England (and its successor GEC-Alsthom, later known as Alstom) between 1977 and 1994, and refurbished from 1998 to 2001 by United Goninan.