Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CRRC Sifang C151C

Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CRRC Qingdao Sifang C151C
Manufacturer Kawasaki Heavy Industries
CRRC Qingdao Sifang
Built at Qingdao, Shandong, China
Constructed 2017 - 2019
Entered service 2019
Number built 72 vehicles (12 trainsets)
Formation 6 per trainset
DT–M1–M2–M2–M1–DT
Fleet numbers 701/702–723/724
Capacity 1920 Passengers
Operator(s) SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation)
Depot(s) Bishan, Changi, Tuas, Ulu Pandan and East Coast(future)
Line(s) served East West Line
North South Line
Specifications
Car body construction Aluminium-alloy construction
Car length 23.5 m (77 ft 1 1⁄4 in)
Width 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Height 3.7 m (12 ft 1 5⁄8 in)
Doors 1,450 mm (57 1⁄16 in), 8 per car
Maximum speed 90 km/h (56 mph) (design)
80 km/h (50 mph) (service)
Traction system TBA
Electric system(s) 750 V DC third rail
Current collection method Collector shoe
Safety system(s) Thales SelTrac® Moving Block CBTC, ATC with subsystems of ATO GOA 3 (DTO), ATP, NetTrac ATS, CBI[1]
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge

The Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CRRC Qingdao Sifang C151C[2] is the sixth generation of rolling stock to be introduced on the existing East West Line and North South Line of Singapore. 12 trains were purchased and they will be delivered between 2018 and 2019.

Tender

The tender for trains under the contract 151C was closed on 14 May 2015 with 3 bids. The Land Transport Authority has shortlisted all of them and the tender results was published on 22 Sep 2015.[3][4]

S/N Name of tenderer Amount ($S)[4]
1 CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd. 134,608,695.70
2 Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. / Kawasaki Heavy Industries(Singapore) Pte Ltd & CRRC Qingdao Sifang Consortium 136,800,000.00 (Alternative)
3 Hyundai Rotem 136,799,928.00

New features

The C151C will be the first MRT rolling stock on the NSEWL to be fitted with fold-up seats, and a newer Dynamic Route Map Display also found in CT251 on the Thomson-East Coast Line.[5]

There is also a leaked image of a supposed train for the NSEWL, tagged as C151C, showing the livery of the train following LTA's rule and regulation. The livery is shown to be without SMRT's unique pixel livery, but painted in black for the upper body and white for the lower body, separated by a red and green stripe, depicting the NSEWL colours. The source of the image is unknown, but given the interior looking a lot similar to the current C151A and C151B trains, and with the SMRT logo on it, chances are likely.

Train Formation

The configuration of a C151C in revenue service is DT-M1-M2-M2-M1-DT

Cars of C151C
car type Driver Cab Motor Collector Shoe car length
mm ft in
DT✓✗✓ 78 ft 2.2 in
M1✗✓✓ 74 ft 9.6 in
M2✗✓✓ 74 ft 9.6 in

The car numbers of the trains range from x701 to x724, where x depends on the carriage type. Individual cars are assigned a 4 digit serial number. A complete six-car trainset consists of an identical twin set of one driving trailer(DT) and two motor cars(M1 & M2) permanently coupled together. For example, set 705/706 consists of carriages 3705, 1705, 2705, 2706, 1706 and 3706.

Doubts about the consortium

When the defects from the relatively new C151A trains constructed by same consortium made public on 5 July 2016, the discussion of this incident has turned into a political issue in Singapore after Gerald Giam from the Workers Party had made a Facebook post[6] about why the same consortium are awarded the subsequent contracts (Specifically both C151C and CT251 trains were awarded to the same consortium again in 2015, while the C151B was also awarded to the same consortium in 2012 instead) after the Land Transport Authority and SMRT officially knew the C151A crack defects as early as 2013.[7][8]

The C151A trains that have surfaced issues, along with newer C151B and C151C trains are to be deployed in the East West Line and North South Line while the CT251 trains are to be deployed in Thomson-East Coast Line.

References

  1. ↑ Fang, Joy (2 February 2012). "Coming: $600m upgrade for MRT system/New train measures a ‘catch-up’". My Paper. pp. A2, A6. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "LTA Singapore Orders 12 MRT Trains (72 cars) for North-South/East-West Lines | Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.". 2016-04-29. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  3. ↑ TENDER INFORMATION - Land Transport Authority, 22 Sep 2015
  4. 1 2 CONTRACT 151C - Land Transport Authority
  5. ↑ "12 More Trains to Boost Capacity of North-South and East-West Lines". Land Transport Authority. 22 September 2015.
  6. ↑ So the vendor's dismal track record can become a point in their favour? - Gerald Giam Facebook page, 8 July 2016 9:35am (GMT+8)
  7. ↑ "Defects on SMRT trains 'not safety-critical', to be repaired by manufacturer: LTA". Retrieved 2016-07-05.
  8. ↑ "26 China-made MRT trains sent back to fix defects". The Straits Times. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
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