T set | |
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![]() T45 arriving at Heathcote station | |
![]() Refurbished interior | |
In service | 1988–present |
Manufacturer | A Goninan & Co |
Built at | Broadmeadow |
Constructed | 1987–1997 |
Entered service | 12 April 1988 |
Refurbished | 2003, 2010, 2014, 2021 |
Number built | 455 carriages |
Number in service | 447 carriages |
Number scrapped | 8 carriages |
Formation | 4-car sets |
Capacity | 98 in driving trailers, 112 in motor cars |
Operators | Sydney Trains |
Depots | |
Lines served |
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Specifications | |
Train length | 81.08 m (266 ft 0 in)[a] |
Car length |
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Width | 3 m (9 ft 10+1⁄8 in) |
Height | 4,413 mm (14 ft 5+3⁄4 in) |
Doors | Pneumatic Plug-style, twin leaf |
Wheel diameter | 940 mm (37 in) |
Maximum speed |
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Weight | |
Traction system | Mitsubishi GTO–4-quadrant chopper control |
Traction motors | 8 × Mitsubishi MB-3303-B 170 kW (228 hp) 2-phase DC shunt-wound motor |
Power output | 1,360 kW (1,824 hp) |
Transmission | 4.94:1 (84:17) gear ratio[4] |
Auxiliaries | Toshiba |
Electric system(s) | 1,500 V DC (nominal) from overhead catenary |
Current collector(s) | Pantograph |
UIC classification | 2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′ |
Bogies | Nippon Sharyo bolsterless[5] |
Coupling system | Scharfenberg coupler |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
The T sets, also referred to as the Tangara trains, are a class of electric multiple units that currently operate on the Sydney Trains network. Built by A Goninan & Co, the sets entered service between 1988 and 1995, initially under the State Rail Authority and later on CityRail. The T sets were built as "third-generation" trains for Sydney's rail fleet, coinciding with the final withdrawals of the "Red Rattler" sets from service in the late 1980s and early 1990s.[6] The Tangaras were initially built as two classes; the long-distance G sets and the suburban T sets, before being merged after successive refurbishments.[7]
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