MTR - Rolling Stock

Rolling Stock

Five variations of Electric Multiple Unit rolling stock operate on the MTR network and 4 phases of Light Rail vehicles operate on the Light Rail network. All operate on 1432 mm rail gauge (near standard gauge) or 1435 mm (standard gauge). Except for the rolling stock of the Airport Express, all trains are designed with features to cope with high density passenger traffic on frequently used services, for example, seating arrangements, additional ventilation fans, and additional sets of extra wide doors. These configurations allows the MTR to run at 101,000 passengers per hour in one direction on its busy suburban East Rail Line and 85,000 p/h/d on its urban metro network. The latter is the highest attained capacity of any dual track metro line in the world.

Five doors are located on both sides of each car for the East Rail Line standard class, Kwun Tong Line, Tsuen Wan Line, Island Line, Tung Chung Line, Tseung Kwan O Line, West Rail Line and Ma On Shan Line. Two doors are located on both sides of each car for the Airport Express and the East Rail Line first class (only one is used). Three doors are located on the left side of each Light Rail vehicle. All trains on East Rail Line consist of 12 cars (11 standard class cars and one first class car). All trains on the Kwun Tong Line, Tsuen Wan Line, Island Line, Tung Chung Line, Airport Express and Tseung Kwan O Line consist of eight cars. All trains on the West Rail Line consist of seven cars. All trains on the Ma On Shan Line and Disneyland Resort Line consist of four cars.