Taipei Metro EMU101

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EMU101
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A Circular line train at Jingan station
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In service2020–present
Manufacturer Hitachi Rail Italy and Taiwan Rolling Stock Company
Assembly Hsinchu
Built at Reggio Calabria, Italy
Family name Driverless Metro
Constructed2016–2018
Entered service31 January 2020
Number built68 carriages (17 sets)
Number in service68 carriages (17 sets)
Formation4-car sets (A–C–D–B)
Fleet numbers101–117
Capacity650
Operator(s) Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation
Depot(s)North, South
Line(s) served Taipei Metro Line Y.svg Circular line
Specifications
Car body constructionAluminium
Train length68.43 m (224 ft 6 in)
Car length
  • 17,455 mm (57 ft 3.2 in) (A/B)
  • 16.76 m (55 ft 0 in) (C/D)
Width2.65 m (8 ft 8 in)
Height3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Doors2 × 3 per car
Wheel diameter710–660 mm (28–26 in) (new–worn)
Wheelbase 2 m (6 ft 7 in)
Maximum speed
  • 90 km/h (56 mph) (design)
  • 80 km/h (50 mph) (service)
Weight117 t (115 long tons; 129 short tons)
Traction systemHitachi Rail Italy IGBTVVVF
Traction motors 16 × Hitachi Rail Italy MTA-A4-85V 102 kW (137 hp) 3-phase AC induction motor
Power output1,632 kW (2,189 hp)
Acceleration 1.2 m/s2 (3.9 ft/s2)
Deceleration
  • 1 m/s2 (3.3 ft/s2) (service)
  • 1.3 m/s2 (4.3 ft/s2) (emergency)
Electric system(s) 750 V DC   third rail
Current collector(s) Contact shoe
UIC classification Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′
Braking system(s) Regenerative
Safety system(s)Moving block CBTC ATC under ATO GoA 4 (UTO), with subsystems of ATP, ATS and CBI
Coupling system Scharfenberg
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge

The EMU101 is a medium-capacity train operating on Taipei Metro's Circular line. A total of 17 4-car trains were manufactured by Hitachi Rail Italy (formerly AnsaldoBreda) [2] in Reggio Calabria, then shipped to Hsinchu for final assembly at Taiwan Rolling Stock Company (TRSC). This is the second time Taiwan has purchased trains made in Italy after Taiwan Railways' EMU300 series, built by Socimi.

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This is Taipei Metro's third medium-capacity train, and officially entered service with the opening of the first phase of the Circular line on 31 January 2020.

History

In 2009, the Taipei City Government held a tender for the first phase of the construction of the Circular line, and the bid was awarded to AnsaldoBreda (now Hitachi Rail Italy) for designing and manufacturing the Driverless Metro trains. [3] In August 2016, the AnsaldoBreda factory in Reggio Calabria held a delivery ceremony. In November, it arrived at South Depot for various tests and subsequent integration operations. Dynamic testing started in mid 2017.

Design

There are many differences from the designs and innovations of the existing medium-capacity trains of the Taipei Metro, except that the EMU101 uses the same steel wheels as the high-capacity trains, and the carriages have open-gangway connections. This greatly increases the capacity and the seats are more ergonomically designed. The trains have the external sliding doors of the other lines, instead of the plug doors found on all other trains in the Hitachi Rail Italy Driverless Metro family.

Train formation

A complete four-car set consists of an identical twin set of one end car (A or B) and one intermediate car (C or D) permanently coupled together. The configuration of a Circular line train in revenue service is A–C–D–B.

Each carriage is assigned its own three-digit serial number, which ranges from 101 to 117.

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References

This article incorporates information from the corresponding articles on the Chinese and Japanese Wikipedia's.

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  2. "Sale of AnsaldoBreda and Ansaldo STS from Finmeccanica to Hitachi Completed" (Press release). Tokyo and Rome: Hitachi Rail. 2 November 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. "源自義大利工藝 捷運環狀線首列車今正式登台" (Press release) (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Department of Rapid Transit Systems, New Taipei City Government. 24 November 2016. Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.