Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CSR Qingdao Sifang C151A

The trains manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) & CSR Qingdao Sifang (now known as CRRC Qingdao Sifang, hereon Sifang) under Contract 151A (C151A) are the fourth generation electric multiple unit rolling stock in operation on the North South and East West Lines of Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system. Also known as the KSF/A, this additional batch of trains, together with a new track and platform at Jurong East Interchange, has increased the capacity of both lines by 15%.[4][5][6] The C151A is the first rolling stock for the North South & East West Lines to be manufactured by a Chinese company.

Not to be confused with Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151, Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CSR Qingdao Sifang C151B, Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CRRC Qingdao Sifang C151C, Bombardier Movia CR151, or Hyundai Rotem CJ151.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CSR Qingdao Sifang (KSF) C151A
A C151A train approaching Expo station, 2018
Interior of a C151A train
In service2011-present
ManufacturerKawasaki Heavy Industries
CRRC Qingdao Sifang
Built atQingdao, Shandong, China
Constructed2011 (Batch 1)
2013 - 2014 (Batch 2)
Entered service27 May 2011 (2011-05-27)
Number built210 vehicles (35 trainsets)
Number in service210 vehicles (35 trainsets)
Formation6 per train set
DT–M1–M2–M2–M1–DT
Fleet numbers501/502 – 569/570
Capacity296 seated; 1,624 standing; 2 PIW spaces
Operator(s)SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation)
Depot(s)Bishan
Changi
Tuas
Ulu Pandan
East Coast (Future)
Line(s) served NSL  North South Line
 EWL  East West Line
Specifications
Car body constructionAluminium-alloy double-skinned construction
Car length23.5 m (77 ft)
Width3.2 m (10 ft)
Height3.7 m (12 ft)
Doors1,450 mm (57 1⁄8 in), 8 per car, 4 per side
Maximum speed90 km/h (56 mph) (design)
80 km/h (50 mph) (service)
Weight226.8t /335.9 t (laden)
Traction systemIGBT-VVVF
(Fuji Electric)
Output 415 kVA x2
Traction motorsSelf-Ventilated Three-Phase AC Induction Motor (Fuji Electric)
140 kW (190 hp) 550V 193A 1760 r/min
Power output2.24 MW (3,000 hp)
TransmissionWN Drive
Acceleration1.0 m/s2 (3.3 ft/s2)
Deceleration1.2 m/s2 (3.9 ft/s2) (service)
1.3 m/s2 (4.3 ft/s2)
AuxiliariesIGBT–VVVF Auxiliary Inverter with Battery Charger
80 kVA–16 kW
Electric system(s)750 V DC third rail
UIC classification2'2' + Bo'Bo' + Bo'Bo' + Bo'Bo' + Bo'Bo' + 2'2'
Braking system(s)Regenerative Braking, Resistor Braking, Air Brakes
Safety system(s)Current: Thales SelTrac® Moving Block CBTC ATC with subsystems of ATO GOA 3 (DTO), ATP, NetTrac ATS, CBI[1][2]
Past: Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company Ltd FS2000 ATP Fixed Block ATC with subsystems of ATO GOA 2 (STO), ATP, ATS[3]
Coupling systemScharfenberg
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge

The initial contract of 22 trainsets of 6 cars each was awarded to KHI and Sifang by the Land Transport Authority. In 2013, a further order of 13 trainsets under Batch 2 was placed and as of 2014, all 35 trainsets have been officially put into revenue service.[7]

This is the last batch of rolling stock on the North South and East West lines to be painted in the original livery, including all Batch 2 trains even though they were made and painted in 2014.

Developed from the Kawasaki Heavy Industries & Nippon Sharyo C751B, the success of the C151A has led to the development of the related C151B and C151C which featured design updates and changes.

On 5 July 2016, an investigative news report from FactWire alleged that C151A trainsets were being shipped back to Qingdao for rectification due to multiple defects, including an exploding battery and cracks on trains, but without notifying the public beforehand. The Singapore government acknowledged the trains were returned for rectification works, and have since published official statements to address FactWire's specific allegations.

History

On May 6, 2009, the Land Transport Authority announced that KHI and Sifang had won over Hyundai Rotem, Bombardier Transportation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to secure the contract at a cost of S$369 million, despite Hyundai Rotem offering the lowest bid at S$323 million for the order of 22 trainsets under Batch 1. Sifang handled the manufacturing and testing of the rolling stock, while KHI oversaw the project and design. The C151A contract was the first successful joint venture between these two companies in the international market.[8]

Tender

The tender for trains under the contract turnkey 151A was closed in January 2009. The tender results were published in May 2009.[9]

S/N Name of tenderer Amount ($S)
1 Bombardier (Singapore) Pte Ltd and Bombardier Transportation GmbH Consortium 373,327,788.00
2 Kawasaki Heavy Industries,/ Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Singapore) /CSR Qingdao Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock 368,997,888.00
3 Mitsubishi Corporation 393,301,698.52
4 Hyundai Rotem 322,729,548.00

Equipment

Main propulsion controller

The C151A trains are the third commuter type Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) made in Japan to feature electric systems fully manufactured by Fuji Electric. Propulsion is controlled by VVVF Inverter with 2-level IGBT semiconductor controller, rated at 415 kV. Each inverter unit controls two motors on one bogie (1C2M), and one motor car features two of such units. Motors are three-phrase AC induction type, model MLR109, with a maximum output of 140 kW. However, the main difference is that the traction for the trains is high pitch than the ones from C751B trains which are a low pitch.

Bogies

The C151A trains use the monolink axle box type bolsterless air spring bogie. There are no major technical differences between a trailer and motor car bogie other than additional electrical components for the latter.

Auxiliary systems

A break from tradition, the C151A trains features auxiliary inverters for its electrical systems on all six cars of the train. Previously, auxiliary inverters were mounted only on motor cars. The VVVF Inverter is controlled by IGBT semiconductors and rated at 80 kV. A battery charger is built with the inverter and provides 16 kW output.

Train formation

The configuration of a C151A in revenue service is DT-M1-M2-M2-M1-DT

Cars of C151A
Car Type Driver Cab Motor Collector Shoe Car Length Wheelchair Space
mm ft in
DT✓✗✓ 23,830 78 ft 2.2 in✗
M1✗✓✓ 22,800 74 ft 9.6 in✗
M2✗✓✓ 22,800 74 ft 9.6 in✓

The car numbers of the trains range from x501 to x570, 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 555/556 consists of carriages 3555, 1555, 2555, 2556, 1556 and 3556.

  • The first digit identifies the car number, where the first car has a 3, the second has a 1 & the third has a 2.
  • The second digit is always a 5, part of the identification numbers
  • The third digit and fourth digit are the train identification numbers. A full-length train of 6 cars have 2 different identification numbers. For example, 521/522 (normal coupling) or 521/540 (cross-coupling).

Line disruptions

After the 15 & 17 December disruptions, SMRT suspected that the extra weight from the train might have caused the disruptions. The C151As were temporarily suspended from running the full-day North South Line from January 2012 to November 2013. However, the Committee Of Inquiry (COI) report released to the public on 4 July 2012, concluded no evidence to suggest that 4th generation trains (the C151A trains) were responsible for the incident.[10]

After the suspension of service on 7 July 2015, which was the worst breakdown in SMRT history, SMRT engineers detected arcing problems on one of the C151As, but no evidence was shown that it was the root cause of the service suspension.

Joo Koon train accident
Main article: Joo Koon rail accident

On 15 November 2017 at approximately 8.18am, 2 C151A trains, namely 547/548 and 535/536 collided at Joo Koon MRT station. 29 passengers were conveyed to various hospitals following the incident and a further 7 walked in themselves. This is the second of such incidents after 5 August 1993, with the first being when 2 C151 trains collided at Clementi.[11][12][13]

Operational problems

On 5 July 2016, a Hong Kong-based non-profit news organization FactWire had broken the news of the C151A trains suffering from multiple defects[14] relating to Chinese-made materials and posted the entire investigative works in YouTube.[15]

List of alleged flaws on C151A

These are the list of allegations mentioned in their YouTube video since C151A entered into revenue service in 2011 (27 May 2011).[15]

This list compiles the initial response from the authorities are compiled from the first SMRT press release on 5 July 2016, 4:30pm (GMT+8) by SMRT Trains managing director Lee Ling Wee [16] as well as the first Land Transport Authority press release at an hour after first SMRT's press release.[17] and also the subsequent official position on Singapore government's online FAQ portal 'Factually' which quotes sources from the Facebook page of Land Transport Authority hours after the initial press release.[18]

List of alleged flaws on C151A by Factwire and the response from authorities.
No. Date of issue First appeared Alleged issues & consequences Alleged actions taken by the authorities Initial response from SMRT[16] or Land Transport Authority[17] Subsequent response by Singapore Government portal 'Factually' [18] Additional Notes (Including any subsequent press release from the authorities)
1 2011 A C151A battery used for uninterruptible power supply exploded during a repair work but caused no injuries or deaths. All Chinese made batteries were replaced into German made instead. No comments Issue was caused by gases building up in the battery housing cover, causing the cover to fly open. The design for battery housing was since improved to rectify this issue immediately on all affected trains. The authorities eventually admitted some flaws in the battery housing design, but did not confirm whether the suppliers for the batteries were changed as well as if the batteries installed on other C151A trains were replaced or not.
2 3 May 2015 Tempered-glass repeatedly shattered on its own. One incident occurred in 2015 during revenue service without any injuries or death as reported by Straits Times.[19]

Meanwhile, another similar case happened in 2012 but this incident had actually occurred on an unrelated C151 train instead.[20]

 No comments No comments

Acknowledged the issue happened on 5 of the 26 trains where the cracks were found only on the draught screens due to errors during installation process.
Draughtscreens refers to the glass panel at the side of sitting rows. This issue is unrelated to the alleged cracks on the C151A train body. (More below)

 None
3 15 & 17 December 2011 SMRT suspects that C151A trains are responsible for the twin MRT breakdowns on North South Line during the evening peak hours. Worst disruptions in entire Singapore MRT history.

Furthermore, according to a CSR Sifang anonymous subcontractor, he claimed to FactWire that SMRT had reduced the deployment of C151A trains and requested payment delay for the extra C151A trains after the breakdowns. As a result, the cash-flow of the subcontractor is heavily impacted.		 No comments Not mentioned However, there is no way to independently verify the claim of delaying the payment for undelivered trains.
4 2013 Impurities in aluminium bodywork caused the cracks found in structural components, including:
  • 1) Sub-floor, which is a compartment located under passenger floor. Its role is to hold equipment box and electrical wires.
  • 2) Bolster function parts connecting the car body to the bogie.
 FactWire alleged the shipment of defective trains is part of a cover-up by both Singapore (SMRT, Land Transport Authority) and the train manufacturers (Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CRRC Qingdao Sifang) as the defective trains are wrapped in a green cover and transported during late night.


Moreover, an unnamed source from CRRC Qingdao Sifang claimed to FactWire that since 2015, 5 or more affected trains have already been replaced. This source claims that the entire process to rectify the issue will take 4 months to complete. This 4 months process begins with shipping the trains from Singapore to Qingdao, getting the defective train disassembled before parts are to reassembled into new aluminium train car body manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries as well as testing and ending it with the rectified trains returned to Singapore.

  • Issue was acknowledged by SMRT Trains managing director Lee Ling Wee. The process to recall 26 of 35 C151A trains back to China for repair by the manufacturer CRRC Qingdao Sifang started after the cracks issue was discovered in 2013. As for the 9 remaining trains, they were rectified during the production before being shipped to Singapore.
    Lee said that the issue would be fixed by 2023 and ended with an assurance that all trains will need to pass a monthly safety assessment by both LTA and the train manufacturer before being deployed into revenue service.
  • In a separate press release by Land Transport Authority (LTA), it confirms the defects but insisted that these are not safety-critical and do not affect the performance of the trains. LTA reiterates that the manufacturer will have to fix all defects found on the trains which are still under warranty.


However, both did not make the further explanation for the 7 years needed (2016 - 2023) to rectify the issues, such as if the defective trains were shipped to a manufacturer in batches or not. Furthermore, both made no comments regarding the FactWire's claim about at least 5 trains have replaced since 2015.

  • Further explained that the cracks are hair-line cracks which are NOT structural cracks, as opposed to what FactWire claimed.
  • The entire repair works has also been brought forward to 2019 instead of 2023 as said by Lee Ling Wee originally, due to two factors:
    • 1) LTA has managed to negotiate with CRRC Qingdao Sifang to rectify the issue faster
    • 2) After the newer (C151B) trains and upgraded trains (Older trains being compatible with the new Thales SelTrac® Communications-based train control (CBTC) moving block signalling system[21]) are ready for revenue service by late 2016, 2 affected trains can be sent for repair at a time. Before this (As of 2016 June), SMRT can only send 1 train to the manufacturer in Qingdao at a time.
  • This arrangement of sending defective trains in batches instead of all at once is meant to minimize the inconvenience to the passengers on the train availability.
  • The entire time taken for rectifying the defects in each C151A train would take about 4 months. However the portal 'Factually' did not confirm when the transporting of first affected C151A train from Singapore took place and how many affected C151A trains had the issues rectified before the issue was made to the public on 5 July 2016.
  • The transportation of train cars during the late night is to reduce inconvenience to motorists and past deliveries of new trains were also conducted at night as well while the wrapping of trains is similar to how people protect their electronic item that will be shipped from overseas.
    However, the claim is disputed by some members of the public because there were photo evidence of new trains being shipped into Singapore during day time without the protective covers in the past as well.[22]

Opinions from Railway Experts and Analysts:

  • Samuel Lai Man-hay who is former Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation acting chief executive officer had questioned the quality control of the entire manufacturing process if the allegations defects from Factwire for a relatively new train were to be true.[14]
  • A senior lecturer at SIM University and analyst, Dr Park Byung Joon told Channel NewsAsia (CNA) that this incident could be due to 'some critical and technical issues that nobody has an immediate solution yet' based on the 7 years (2016 - 2023) needed to rectify the defects. Dr Park's opinion was reported in the CNA report along with the LTA press release.[17]

Reactions from the Public, SMRT and Land Transport Authority

This incident is a source of public concern among Hong Kongers because MTR, subway company in Hong Kong, have ordered fleets of a new train from the same manufacturer CSR Sifang. Hence, the news is quickly reported in other Hong Kong media.[23]

The incident has also created a public uproar in Singapore public, and generated great discussion. Some of these discussions included the criticism of the Land Transport Authority and SMRT for the cover-up about the defective trains only until after the foreign press have reported it first while others questioning the quality of these Chinese-made trains.[24]

Land Transport Authority have released more technical details about this incident on 6 July 2016 via Facebook and the media,[25][26] including the issue was rectified on 5 of the defective 26 trains which confirmed FactWire's initial report,[14] pictures to show and illustrate the hair-line crack[25] and even named LTA has also named the independent third-party assessor, TUV Rheinland who shared the same opinion that the defects are "not safety-critical".[25][26]

This occurred at the same day where a rumour posted on 4 February 2015 that alleged misconducts of CSR Sifang faking technical data which involved about 70 people from multiple departments since November 2010 for failing to meet the standards set by Kawasaki Heavy Industries[27] had gained traction within the members of public.[28] The consortium refuted the rumor on 7 July 2016[29] and threatened to take legal actions. The rumour is also confirmed to be completely false by LTA at the same time as well.[30] The link to the original rumour was deleted soon after the response from the authorities.[27]

The Land Transport Authority had also made another press report on 7 July 2016 stating that "no brackets were added at any time to the underframe"[31] in order to refute what FactWire subsequent report has claimed.[32]

In this report, LTA has also stated that it "considered that the contractor was able to quickly identify the cause of the defects, take responsibility and carry out the necessary action promptly to rectify the fault" and gave the consortium the "highest quality score" as the basis for awarded them subsequent train contracts (C151C and CT251) in 2015 despite the defects were discovered since.[31]

This incident has also turned into a political issue as opposition politician Gerald Giam from the Workers Party questioned how the Land Transport Authority gave the consortium the "top quality score", among other statements[31] in his Facebook page.[33]

As a side note, the contract for C151B trains was also awarded to the same consortium in 2012 which was before the LTA and SMRT were officially aware of the cracks in C151A trains during 2013.[16][17]

Soon after Gerald Giam's post was made public, Workers Party issued a Facebook post[34] citing 5 of their 9 elected MP (Leon Perera, Pritam Singh, Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap, Dennis Tan Lip Fong, Daniel Goh Pei Siong) will be filing a total of 17 different questions to the parliament about this issue.

Criticism of CSR Qingdao Sifang by China Railway Corp

On 9 July 2016, one of the Singapore based alternative media[35] has republished a CaiXin Online article in Chinese published in 2016 March about China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (CRCC, also abbreviated as CRC) blamed the decline of quality standards from the China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) manufactured trains.[36] According to CRC, 60% of all railway incident in China as well as 90% of all railway disruptions during 2015 can be attributed to CRRC manufactured train did not meet the quality or the maintenance standards and there are 210 instances that caused death or injuries.[36] The equivalent of the English article is also provided by CaiXin Online as well.[37]

Sifang being a subsidiary of CSR Corporation Limited as a rolling stock manufacturer and the fact that CSR Corporation Limited merged with China CNR Corporation to form present day China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC), it can be viewed as the CRC statement on CRRC is also a criticism of Sifang as well. Therefore, the articles from CaiXin Online [36][37] has cast doubts about the Singapore authorities having faith with Chinese rolling stock manufacturer when the Chinese Railway Operator (CRC) has cast doubts on their counterparts.

Official statement from Transport Minister

On 12 July 2016, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan released an extensive statement about this issue. These are the key points that Khaw have made:[38]

  • The reason that this incident was not reported earlier in 2013 is because going public for something that was "not a major event" might have caused unnecessary panic to the layman since any engineers would have known that not all cracks are the same. However, he admitted that sometimes routine matters can be spun out of control, just like in this incident.
  • Land Transport Authority would have consulted with Ministry of Transport and go public if this incident happens to be a safety issue OR affected train capacity even if the incident does not affect safety because they need to explain the slowing down on the goal of increasing mass rail transit capacity.
    In this case given that only one train is sent for rectification at a time,[18] the train availability is not affected at all since the East West Line and North South Line has a total fleet of 140 trains (As of 2016) while only 124 trains are needed to meet the operational demand.
  • He said that the entire train would be removed from service even if just one out of the 6 train cars formed cracks.
  • Explained that the reason for Kawasaki-Sifang to win subsequent tenders like CT251 trains for the upcoming (As of 2016) Thomson-East Coast Line is because the consortium showed a high level of responsiveness and strong sense of responsibility in addressing the issue and the authorities are satisfied that the issue was resolved conclusively.
  • Explained that a total of 4 tenders including Kawasaki-Sifang out of the 6[39] planned to assemble their trains in China with Hyundai Rotem and Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles the exceptions who will assemble their trains in South Korea and Spain respectively should they have won the CT251 tender.

Reaction from the Analysts and FactWire after Minister statement
  • Senior Transport Correspondent for Straits Times, Christopher Tan[40] published an article on 14 July 2016 in a response to the entire saga. He started with both LTA and the train manufacturer are addressing the flaws head-on deserves credit[40] but took an issue with how the authorities communicated with the public over the debacle did little to restore confidence.[40] Specifically the points mentioned were:[40]
    • The oldest rolling stock C151 does not have cracks despite nearly 30 years of service and the first batch of trains used in the Singapore's most problematic railway, Bukit Panjang LRT Line showed cracks only after 16 years of service. Therefore, he said that the crack issue surfaced on the C151As are not routine as what minister have said earlier.
    • Transport Ministry risks giving the public an impression of taking the issue lightly by comparing the hairline cracks occurred on the trains to those that frequently appear on a newly plastered wall.[18]
    • Took issue with the train manufacturer for not showing public remorse because no apology was made while threatening to take legal actions against people who spread the rumors critical of them.
    • Engineers knows that impurities in aluminium-alloy is a grave concern in any industry as its durability is certain to be compromised over time. The authorities had earlier admitted that the cause of hair-line cracks in train car body is due to impurities.[18]
    • Questioned the authorities were quick to declare that no reviews are necessary despite Sifang was rejected by Massachusetts transport officials due to the technical, manufacturing and quality assurance components of its bid were "unacceptable" in 2014 among other issues surfaced by rival Chinese railway manufacture in the overseas projects as well as the authorities had appeared to downplay the episode.
  • On 14 July 2016, FactWire made a Facebook post[41] which regretted the false statements that Singapore minister had made 2 days ago.[42] Specifically, FactWire regrets the minister has suggested that FactWire could be part of politically motivated anti-China factions in Hong Kong and as a result Singapore become a convenient bullet and collateral damage during the press release on 12 July 2016.[42] FactWire also reiterates that it is an entirely crowded funded news agency being independent of any commercial or political interests.[41]

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