Tung Chung Line Stock
Trains of the Tung Chung Line were made up of 7 cars up until 2003, and were increased to 8 cars with W car in 2003 when the West Rail Line and Nam Cheong Station was opened. TCL trains are capable of running with 8 cars in total. The total number of cars ordered was 96.
| Tung Chung Line cars | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V car | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 24600 | 42 | 252 | 2 | 24 |
| W car | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | 22500 | 48 | 252 | ✗ | 24 |
| X car (trailer) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | 22500 | 48 | 252 | ✗ | 24 |
| Y car | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 22500 | 48 | 252 | ✗ | 12 |
| Z car | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | 22500 | 48 | 252 | ✗ | 12 |
The configuration of a TCL A Stock train is (Up track direction) V-W-X-Y-W-X-Z-V. Maximum train speed is 135 km/h (84 mph) but with the Max. speed 130 km/h (81 mph) on service currently, maximum acceleration is 1 m/s2 (3.3 ft/s2) (3.6 km/(h·s) or 2.24 mph/s), maximum service brake rate is 1.1 m/s2 (3.6 ft/s2) (3.96 km/(h·s) or 2.461 mph/s), emergency brake has deceleration of 1.35 m/s2 (4.4 ft/s2) (4.86 km/(h·s) or 3.020 mph/s). Traction system of TCL trains is VVVF Inverter based on gate turn off thyristor (GTO thyristor) technology.
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