Taipei Metro Circular Line EMU
The Taipei Metro Circular Line EMU 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) 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.
| Taipei Metro Circular Line EMU | |
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A Circular line train at Jingan station | |
The handgrips | |
| In service | 2020–present |
| Manufacturer | Hitachi Rail Italy and Taiwan Rolling Stock Company |
| Assembly | Hsinchu |
| Built at | Reggio Calabria, Italy |
| Family name | Driverless Metro |
| Constructed | 2016–2018 |
| Entered service | 31 January 2020 |
| Number built | 68 carriages (17 sets) |
| Number in service | 68 carriages (17 sets) |
| Formation | 4-car sets (A–C–D–B) |
| Fleet numbers | 101–117 |
| Capacity | 650 |
| Operators | Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation |
| Depots | North, South |
| Lines served | Circular line |
| Specifications | |
| Car body construction | Aluminium |
| Train length | 68.43 m (224 ft 6 in) |
| Car length |
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| Width | 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in) |
| Height | 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in) |
| Doors | 2 × 3 per car |
| Wheel diameter | 710–660 mm (28–26 in) (new–worn) |
| Wheelbase | 2 m (6 ft 7 in) |
| Maximum speed |
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| Weight | 117 t (115 long tons; 129 short tons) |
| Traction system | Hitachi Rail Italy IGBT–VVVF |
| Traction motors | 16 × Hitachi Rail Italy MTA-A4-85V 102 kW (137 hp) 3-phase AC induction motor |
| Power output | 1,632 kW (2,189 hp) |
| Acceleration | 1.2 m/s2 (3.9 ft/s2) |
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| 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
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| Coupling system | Scharfenberg |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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.
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