Serial Number
The car numbers of the trains range from x001 to x132, where x depends on the carriage type. Individual cars are assigned a 4 digit serial number by the rail operator SMRT Trains.
- The first digit depends upon whether the car is the first, second or third car from the end of the train it is nearer to, where the first car has a 3, the second has a 1 and the third has a 2.
- The other 3 digits is the train identification number. A full length train of 6 cars have 2 different identification number, one for the first 3 cars, and the same number plus 1, for the other three. The smaller number is always an odd number. For example, train 033/034 would consist of 6 cars with serial number 3033, 1033, 2033, 2034, 1034, 3034 respectively. A full train of 6 cars can also be split into 2 3-car sets each. In the above situation, set 033, comprising cars 3033, 1033 and 2033, and set 034, comprising 3034, 1034 and 2034, combine together to form 033/034. There have also been cases in the past where half of a train (1 set of 3 cars) went cross-coupled with another set from a different train of the same rolling stock. In such a case, the cross-coupled train would be referred to with a hybrid set number (for example 034/035 for a cross-couplement between sets 034 and 035) The best way to confirm whether a train is correctly coupled is to walk between the 2*** cars (3rd and 4th cars) to check whether the two car numbers are consecutive (e.g. 2033 and 2034). So for example, 034/035 is a cross-couplement as the two sets, 034 and 035, are from two different trains (033/034 and 035/036 respectively) and the smaller number (034) is even, despite the two numbers being consecutive.
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries built sets 001 - 020, 051 - 062, and 093 - 102.(21 trainsets)
- Kinki Sharyo co-built sets 021 - 030, 063 - 072, and 103 - 112.(15 trainsets)
- Nippon Sharyo co-built sets 031 - 040, 073 - 082, and 113 - 122.(15 trainsets)
- Tokyu Car Corp co-built sets 041 - 050, 083 - 092, and 123 - 132.(15 trainsets)
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