MTR KTT
KTT - KCR Through Train Guangdong Through Train (MTR) 九廣通直通車 | |
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![]() KTT in Standard livery | |
In service | 1998-present |
Manufacturer | SLM Winterthur ABB (Asea Brown Boveri) - locomotives / Kinki Sharyo - coaches |
Number built | 2 locomotive and 12 coaches |
Fleet numbers | Kowloon Through Train |
Capacity | 112 (per first class car), 72 (each premium class car) [1] |
Operator(s) | MTR |
Line(s) served | MTR intercity services along East Rail line |
Specifications | |
Car length | 25500 mm (coaches) [2] 18500 mm (locomotives) [3] |
Width | 3050 mm (coaches) [4] 3000 mm (locomotives) [5] |
Height | 4600 mm (coaches) [6] 4310 mm (locomotives) [7] |
Floor height | 1250 mm |
Platform height | 1066.8 mm (Hung Hom) 1250 mm (Changping) |
Entry | 760 mm |
Maximum speed | Design speed 160 km/h (99 mph)[8] |
Weight | 84 tonnes (each locomotive) [9] |
Power output | 12.2 MW (16,400 hp) |
Electric system(s) | 25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary |
Current collection method | Pantograph |
Braking system(s) | Air |
Safety system(s) | AWS (former), TBL (enhanced with ATP) |
Coupling system | Buckeye coupler |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
KTT (Chinese: 九廣通)[10] is a train set used by the MTR Corporation Limited in Hong Kong on the Guangdong Through Train (KCRC) route. The KTT is not the only service from Hong Kong to Guangdong. Service is also provided by the mainland Chinese railway operators.[11]
The double-deck "KTT" trailers have lower bottom floor than the ordinary cars serving on the same pair of tracks.
Route[]
KTT is used on the Guangdong line (Hung Hom (Kowloon), Hong Kong - Changping - Guangzhou East) of the through train service.
Rolling stock[]
Builder | Model | Fleet size | Notes |
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SLM Winterthur ABB |
SBB-CFF-FFS Re 460 | 2 | electric locomotives numbered TLN001 and TLS002 arrived in Hong Kong on 11 May 1997 |
Kinki Sharyo | Premium Class T1 (T1C) passenger carriages and First Class T2 (T2A, T2B) passenger carriages | 12 |
Between January to May 1998 the KTT cars provided service between Hung Hom and Lo Wu stations. After the whole route was electrified, the KTT serves non-stop between Hung Hom station and Guangzhou East railway station. Although the locomotive has a top speed of 200 km/h (124 mph), KTT only runs at a maximum service speed of 140 km/h (87 mph) on the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou - Kowloon Railway and at 160 km/h (99 mph)[12] on the Guangzhou - Shenzhen Railway. KTT now has ten compartments (Eight first-class compartments and two executive-class compartments).
Since March 2018, all of the KTT coaches have begun the minor refurbishment. Refurbished train feature reupholstered seats, new flooring, added train automatic broadcast system device and improved barrier-free facilities. The refurbishment is excepted to finished at 2019.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/KTT_TLN001_Z828_at_Hung_Hom.jpg/220px-KTT_TLN001_Z828_at_Hung_Hom.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Tls002_shunting.jpg/220px-Tls002_shunting.jpg)
See also[]
- Guangshen Railway Company Xinshisu - former service from Guangdong to Hong Kong
- interior of unrefurbished ktt coachesLRC (train)Interior of refurbished ktt coaches
References[]
- ^ "KTT expresses to link Kowloon and Guangzhou". Railway Gazette. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "MTR Corporation Hong Kong, China Passenger Car". Kinki Sharyo. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "KTT expresses to link Kowloon and Guangzhou". Railway Gazette. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "MTR Corporation Hong Kong, China Passenger Car". Kinki Sharyo. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "KTT expresses to link Kowloon and Guangzhou". Railway Gazette. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "MTR Corporation Hong Kong, China Passenger Car". Kinki Sharyo. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "KTT expresses to link Kowloon and Guangzhou". Railway Gazette. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "KTT expresses to link Kowloon and Guangzhou". Railway Gazette. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "KTT expresses to link Kowloon and Guangzhou". Railway Gazette. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ MTR Intercity Passenger Services
- ^ MTR Intercity Through Train e-Ticketing Services
- ^ "KTT expresses to link Kowloon and Guangzhou". Railway Gazette. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
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