Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CRRC Qingdao Sifang T251

Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CRRC Qingdao Sifang CT251 *Graphic From SGTrains/Wikipedia/LTA
In service	2020
Manufacturer	Kawasaki Heavy Industries CRRC Qingdao Sifang
Origin	Qingdao, China
Constructed	2018 – Present
Number Built	364 cars (91 Trains)
Statistics
Body Construction	Welded Aluminium
Length	23.65 m (DM1/DM2) 22.8 m (M/T)
Width	3.2 m
Height	3.68 m
Doors	1.45 m, 10 per car
Maximum Speed	Design: 100 km/h Service: 90 km/h
Traction Control	SiC Hybrid IGBT-VVVF (Mitsubishi Electric)
Line Voltage	750V DC Third Rail
Track Gauge	1435 mm Standard Gauge

Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CRRC Qingdao Sifang CT251 is the only type of trains running on the Thomson–East Coast Line. These trains are currently manufactured 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.

Design/Features

	Initial
	DM1 M T DM2
Exterior Design
Livery	LTA Livery (Black & White, with Brown & Yellow Stripes)
Train Run Number	Yellow LED
Interior Design
Seating Capacity	156
Wheelchair Bay	2 (1 each at middle 2 carriages)
Door Closing Indicator Lights	1 Red LED (Top)
Passenger Information System	Train Travel Information System (LED display) Dynamic Route Map Display
System
Safety System	ATC, ATO, ATP, ATS
Signalling System	Communication Based Train Control
Traction Control	SiC Hybrid IGBT-VVVF (Mitsubishi Electric)

Fleet Numbering

The car numbers of the trains range from 2001x to 2091x, where x depends on the carriage type.

• The last digit identifies the position of the car from the front 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 20051, 20052, 20053 and 20054 respectively.
• Sequence may be reversed depending on the direction of travel.