Siemens AG (SIE) C651
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Stock type | Electric multiple unit |
In service | 2 May 1995 – 30 September 2024 (29 years, 151 days) |
Manufacturer | Siemens Mobility, SGP Verkehrstechnik[1] |
Assembly | Vienna, Austria[1] |
Constructed | 1993 – 1994 |
Entered service | 2 May 1995 |
Refurbished | Singapore Rail Engineering (SRE)[2] 2016 – 2018[a] |
Retired | 30 September 2024 |
Scrapped | September 2020 – December 2024 |
Number built | 114 Vehicles (19 Sets) |
Number preserved | 4 Vehicles |
Number scrapped | 110 Vehicles |
Successor | Alstom Movia R151 |
Formation | 6 per trainset DT–M1–M2+M2–M1–DT |
Fleet numbers | 201/202 – 237/238 |
Capacity | 1920 passengers (372/336 seats) |
Operators | SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation) |
Depots | |
Lines served | |
Specifications | |
Car body construction | Aluminium-alloy double-skinned construction |
Train length | 138.5 m (454 ft 4+3⁄4 in) |
Car length |
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Width | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
Height | 3.7 m (12 ft 1+5⁄8 in) |
Doors | 1,450 mm (57+1⁄8 in), 8 per car, 4 per side |
Wheel diameter | 850–775 mm (33.5–30.5 in) (new–worn)[4] |
Wheelbase | 2,500 mm (98 in)[4] |
Maximum speed |
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Weight |
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Axle load | 16 t (16 long tons; 18 short tons)[4] |
Traction system | Siemens PWM GTO–VVVF |
Traction motors | 16 × Siemens 140 kW (190 hp) 3-phase AC induction motor w/ enclosed-ventilated lateral drive |
Power output | 2.24 MW (3,000 hp) |
Transmission | 5.94 : 1 (107 / 18) gear ratio |
Acceleration | 1 m/s2 (3.3 ft/s2) |
Auxiliaries | 110 V DC |
Electric system(s) | 750 V DC third rail |
Current collector(s) | Collector shoe |
UIC classification | 2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′ |
Bogies | Duewag SF 2100[4] |
Braking system(s) |
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Safety system(s) | |
Coupling system | Scharfenberg coupler |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
The Siemens C651 was the second generation electric multiple unit rolling stock that operated on the North–South and East–West lines of Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system, manufactured by Siemens Mobility (SIE) and SGP Verkehrstechnik in Vienna, Austria under Contract 651. A total of 114 cars consisting of 19 trainsets were purchased in 1992 and were in service from 1995 to 2024.
On 19 July 1994...the first MRT train rolled out of the SGP plant in Vienna
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