Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CSR Qingdao Sifang CT251

Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CSR Sifang CT251
Manufacturer	Kawasaki Heavy Industries CSR Sifang
Built at	Qingdao, Shandong, China
Constructed	2015–2019
Number built	364 (91 trainsets)
Formation	4 per trainset DM1–M–T–DM2
Depot(s)	Mandai Depot Changi Depot (future)
Specifications
Car body construction	Welded Aluminium Construction
Car length
Width
Height
Doors	40 (10 per car)
Maximum speed	90 km/h (56 mph) (Design) 80 km/h (50 mph) (Service)
Electric system(s)	750 V DC third rail
Current collection method	Collector shoe
Safety system(s)	Alstom Tempo™ CBTC ATC with subsystems of ATO GOA 4 (UTO), ATP, ATS and CBI
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge

The train manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CSR Sifang under contract turnkey CT251 is the upcoming rolling stock to be used on the future Thomson-East Coast Line. 91 trainset of 4-cars were purchased by LTA and will be delivered from 2018 onwards. Train livery of the train is Khaki and brown stripes running around the train cars, similar to C951 trains (which uses teal and dark blues).

Tender

In 2013, tender for Contract T251 was released and six tenderers participated;

1. Alstom Transport S.A. – Alstom Transport (S) Pte Ltd Consortium
2. Bombardier (Singapore) Pte Ltd – Bombardier Transportation GmbH – Changchun Bombardier Railway Vehicles Company Ltd Consortium
3. Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
4. Hyundai Rotem Company
5. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd/CSR Qingdao Sifang Co. Ltd/Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. Consortium
6. Siemens Pte Ltd – Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Oesterreich – CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd Consortium.

On 28 May 2014, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) awarded the contract worth approximately S$749 million to Kawasaki Heavy Industries/CSR Sifang.

Manufacturing process

Kawasaki will be responsible for the overall project management, design, manufacturing of bogies and procurement of major components. CSR Sifang will be in charge of manufacturing, final fitting and assembly of complete MRT trains and factory testing. Kawasaki (Singapore) will be responsible for the delivery of complete MRT trains to the depot, on-site testing and commissioning.

Features

The CT251 trains may include several features unique to this rolling stock.

Features include:

• Tip-up seats which can be lifted up to create more standing space for commuters;
• Different shaded reserved seats, which allows for clearer distinction between normal and reserved seats;
• Perch seats which are located at the ends of each train car;
• hand grips utilising joints instead of straps, providing commuters a steadier grip;

Train formation

The configuration of a CT251 in revenue service is DM1-M-T-DM2

Cars of T251
car type	Driver Cab	Motor	Collector Shoe	car length
				mm	ft in
DM1	✓	✓	✓
DM2	✓	✓	✓
M	✗	✓	✓
T	✗	✗	✓