Kuala Lumpur Airport Rail Link To Open In 2002 - Brief Article

International Railway Journal, August, 1999

                     EXPRESS RAIL LINK SPECIFICATIONS
Rolling Stock         Type
                      Supplier
                      Fleet Size
                      Configuration
                      Carbody
                      Speed
                      Capacity
Track
Signalling
Communications
Traction power supply
Rolling Stock         ET 425
                      Siemens, Germany
                      ERL: eight four-car emus
                      CRS: four four-car emus
                      Permanently-coupled four-car set
                      (MC1-TC-TCP-MC2) One four-car train
                      consists of motor car (MC1-with
                      luggage compartment for ERL), trailer
                      car (TC), trailer car with pantograph
                      (TCP), and motor car (MC2)
                      Aluminium alloy
                      Maximum design speed: 176km/h
                      Maximum operating speed: 160km/h
                      ERL: 156 seats per four-car train (no
                      standees, plus baggage compartment)
                      CRS: 540 passengers per four-car
                      train Including standees
Track                 Double 1435mm-gauge track with
                      bi-directional working
Signalling            Continuous Automatic Train Protection,
                      automatic signalling system with traffic
                      management system
Communications        Train radio, CCTV, public address, station
                      displays, station telephones, and central
                      clock system
Traction power supply Overhead, with regenerative feeding of
                      braking energy
                      Input Voltage: 132kV 50Hz, three-phase
                      Output Voltage: 25kV 50Hz, single-phase