Sydney Trains T set
| T set | |
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T45 arriving at Heathcote station | |
Refurbished interior | |
| In service | 1988–present |
| Manufacturer | A Goninan & Co |
| Built at | Broadmeadow |
| Constructed | 1987–1997 |
| Entered service | 12 April 1988 |
| Refurbished | 2003, 2010, 2014, 2021 |
| Number built | 455 carriages |
| Number in service | 447 carriages |
| Number scrapped | 8 carriages |
| Formation | 4-car sets |
| Capacity | 98 in driving trailers, 112 in motor cars |
| Operators | Sydney Trains |
| Depots | |
| Lines served | |
| Specifications | |
| Train length | 81.08 m (266 ft 0 in) |
| Car length |
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| Width | 3 m (9 ft 10+1⁄8 in) |
| Height | 4,413 mm (14 ft 5+3⁄4 in) |
| Doors | Pneumatic Plug-style, twin leaf |
| Wheel diameter | 940 mm (37 in) |
| Maximum speed |
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| Weight |
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| Traction system | Mitsubishi GTO–4-quadrant chopper control |
| Traction motors | 8 × Mitsubishi MB-3303-B 170 kW (228 hp) 2-phase DC shunt-wound motor |
| Power output | 1,360 kW (1,824 hp) |
| Transmission | 4.94:1 (84:17) gear ratio |
| Acceleration | 0.6–0.8 m/s2 (2.0–2.6 ft/s2) |
| Deceleration | 0.9 m/s2 (3.0 ft/s2) (service) 1.2 m/s2 (3.9 ft/s2) (emergency) |
| Auxiliaries | Toshiba |
| Electric system(s) | 1,500 V DC (nominal) from overhead catenary |
| Current collector(s) | Pantograph |
| UIC classification | 2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′ |
| Bogies | Nippon Sharyo bolsterless |
| Coupling system | Scharfenberg coupler |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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The T sets, also referred to as the Tangara trains, are a class of electric multiple units (EMU) that operate on the Sydney Trains network. Built by A Goninan & Co, the sets entered service between 1988 and 1995, initially under the State Rail Authority and later on CityRail. The T sets were built as "third-generation" trains for Sydney's rail fleet, coinciding with the final withdrawals of the "Red Rattler" sets from service in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Tangaras were initially built as two classes; the long-distance intercity G sets and the suburban T sets, before being merged after successive refurbishments.