Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CRRC Qingdao Sifang T251

Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CRRC Qingdao Sifang CT251 *Graphic From SGTrains/Wikipedia/LTA
In service	2019
Manufacturer	Kawasaki Heavy Industries CRRC Qingdao Sifang
Origin	Qingdao, China
Constructed	2015 – Present
Number Built	364 cars (91 Trains)
Statistics
Body Construction	Welded Aluminium
Track Gauge	1435 mm Standard Gauge

Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CRRC Qingdao Sifang CT251 will be the first generation of trains running on the Thomson–East Coast Line. These trains are currently manufacture by Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CRRC Qingdao Sifang under the Contract T251.

History

Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CRRC Qingdao Sifang was awarded Contract T251 in 2014 at a cost of $749.8 million for the construction of 364 passenger cars.

Fleet Numbering

The car numbers of the trains range from 2x001 to 2x091, where x depends on the carriage type.

• The first digit identifies the position of the car from the closest end of the train; where ‘1’ represents first car, ‘2’ represents second car, ‘3’ represents third car and ‘4’ represents fourth car.
  • (Example) Passenger Vehicle 2005 would consist of 4 cars with serial number 21005, 22005, 23005 and 24005 respectively.
• Depending on the direction of travel, the sequence may be reversed.