| Siemens C651 - Introduction |
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Siemens C651 (SIE) Cars are Singapore's 2nd generation rolling stock for the East West & North South Line. They were bought mainly due to the opening of the Woodlands extension. There are currently 19 trains of 6 cars each.
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| Technical Specifications |
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Manufacturer
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Siemens
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Number of Cars
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114
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Car body Construction
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Stainless steel construction
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Car length
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23 metres
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Width
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3.2 metres
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Height
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3.7 metres
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Doors
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1.45 metres, 8 per car
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Maximum Speed
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90 km/h (Design); 80 km/h (Service)
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Weight
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35 tonnes (without load); 53.8 tonnes (with load)
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Traction System
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Gate Turn-off Thyristor-VVVF (Siemens)
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Electric System
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750 Volts (Direct Current) - 3rd Rail
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Braking Systems
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1st service brake: Self-excited, mixed service and resistor brake
2nd service brake: Pneumatic compressed air wheel tyre block brake
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Parking Brake
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Compressed air pressure spring-loaded brake
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Gauge
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Standard Gauge (1435 millimetres)
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| Design |
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Exterior
The exterior colour of the train is white and painted with a scratch-resistant acrylic finish. The run number is shown in an electronic green flip-dot display. It also comes with green-blue tinted glass windows and its produce a melodious sound when accelerating and braking.
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Doors
Every door has a 'sandpaper' flooring, to prevent commuters from slipping while entering the train during rainy days.
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Interior
The colours of the seats are different from the other models. It uses a sort of mandarin orange, porcelain blue and emerald green.
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| Experimental Programmes |
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Additional Grab Poles and Handgrips
Additional grab poles and hand grips was trialled in Car 2212, as an effort by LTA to encourage more commuters to move towards the center of the car.
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Expansion of Standing Space
3 seats in the second and fifth cars (the blue cars) were removed to have more standing room at the door sides.
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Modified Grab Poles
Regular grabpoles in the centre of each car were replaced by grabpoles that branch out into three in the centre.
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Modified Flooring
Special non slip floorings were trail in 237/238 blue car.
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Upholstered Cushion
Standing room with upholstered cushion were also installed in the third and fourth cars of trainset 237/238, coloured in green but was removed eventually.
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| Safety Systems |
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Siemens C651 trains are equipped with Automatic Train Control (ATC), supplemented with Automatic train operation (ATO). At a fallback level, Automatic Train Protection (ATP) is available.
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| Monthly Featured Photo |
PHOTO:
SBS2991C
THEME: Peak
A typical peak period scenario in an MRT station includes heavy boarding and alighting activities, crowded trains despite decent frequencies, especially in interchange stations. Travel time is also usually longer than the what signboards in platforms stipulate given the huge crowd and other factors like train bunching.
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| Yearly Featured Photo |
PHOTO: tintinspartan
A new train on a bright sunny day.
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