Hyundai Rotem (founded in 1977) is a South Korean company that manufactures

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, defense products and plant equipment. It is a part of the

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. Its name was changed from Rotem to Hyundai Rotem in December 2007 to reflect the parent company.

History

The company was founded in 1977. In 1999, the company changed its name to Korea Rolling Stock Corporation (KOROS) as a result of the merging between three major rolling stock divisions:

Hanjin Heavy Industries HJ Shipbuilding & Construction Company, Ltd. (Korean: 주식회사 HJ중공업, Hanja: 株式會社HJ重工業), formerly Korea Shipbuilding & Engineering Corporation (Korean: 대한조선공사, Hanja: 大韓造船公社) and Hanjin Heavy Ind ...

, Daewoo Heavy Industries and Hyundai Precision & Industries. The company subsequently changed its name to Railroading Technology System, or Rotem, on 1 January 2002. It adopted its current name in December 2007 to reflect its current owner. Hyundai Rotem currently employs 3,800 people and exports to 50 countries worldwide.

Railway products

Notable projects include supplying most of South Korea's rolling stock, which include Korail's

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high speed trains, electric multiple units (EMUs), and electric locomotives. Other products in South Korea include supplying all of Seoul Metro, Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit,

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Lines, and

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's rolling stock. International products include Hong Kong

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's K-Stock and R-Stock EMUs, commuter EMUs for Taiwan, trains for the New Delhi Metro, and automated trains for the Canada Line in

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, Canada. It delivered 120 Silverliner V commuter trains for SEPTA Regional Rail in the

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area.

Trams and light rail vehicles

* Canada – Edmonton LRT Valley Line (40 low-floor LRVs, on order) * Indonesia – Jakarta LRT high-floor LRVs * Philippines – Manila LRT Line 1 1100 class high-floor LRVs (with Adtranz) * Poland – Warsaw tram network (123 tramcars) * Turkey – Adana Metro high-floor LRVs * Turkey – Istanbul LRT T4 high-floor LRVs * Turkey – Izmir trams

High-speed rail

* Korail KTX-I * HSR-350X * Korail KTX-Sancheon *

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(maximum speed: ) * Korail

KTX-Eum The KTX-Eum (, formerly known as EMU-260) or Korail Class 150000 is a South Korean high-speed electric multiple unit train manufactured by Hyundai Rotem and operated by Korail. The word 'eum' in Korean means 'uniting through connection'. This ...

( EMU-260, EMU-320)

Diesel multiple units

* Iran –

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railbus * Ireland – Iarnród Éireann 22000 Class * Philippines –

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Metro Commuter Line DMUs * Thailand –

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(SRT) APD.20 and APD.60 DMUs (then by Daewoo) * Syria – Syrian Railways * South Korea – Korail

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diesel-hydraulic multiple units

Electric multiple units

* Australia –

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s linking

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with the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Newcastle, Illawarra, Wollongong, Shellharbour and South Coast district areas * Brazil – CPTM (

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) EMU 9500 series * Brazil – Supervia (

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) EMU 2500 series * Malaysia – KTM Class 91 * Malaysia – KTM Class 83 * New Zealand – FP class for

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, for use in

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* Singapore - SMRT C151 refurbishment,

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for

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* South Korea – Incheon Airport Maglev (Ecobee) * South Korea – Seoul Metro Line 5 5000 series * South Korea – Seoul Metro Line 6 6000 series * South Korea – Seoul Metro Line 7 7000 series * South Korea – Seoul Metro Line 8 8000 series * South Korea -

Class 1000 (Hyundai Seiko), Class 2000 (Hanjin Industrial) and Class 3000 (Rotem) * South Korea – ITX-Saemaeul EMU-150 (Korean long distance trains, max ) * Taiwan – TRA

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series (first produced by Daewoo, then by Hyundai Rotem after merger), EMU600 series (mechanically identical, built only by Hyundai Rotem), EMU900 series * Turkey - Marmaray E32000 series * Turkey -

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E23000 series * Turkey -

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E22100 series * United States – Silverliner V for SEPTA Regional Rail (

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) and RTD Commuter Rail (

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) * Ukraine –

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for Ukrainian Railways

Metro cars

* Brazil – Sao Paulo Metro, Line 4 * Brazil – Salvador Metro * Canada – Vancouver SkyTrain Canada Line Hyundai Rotem EMU * Greece – Athens Metro EMUs (for lines 2, 3 and Athens Airport service) * Hong Kong –

** K-train (with

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) for Tseung Kwan O line since 2010 and Tung Chung line from 2006 (served on the Kwun Tong line from 2002-2009 due to United Goninan's lack of knowledge of repairing Rotem trains for the Tseung Kwan O line's bendy tracks) ** R-train for East Rail line (entered service since 6 February 2021, have replaced the Metro-Cammell EMU fleet since 2022) * India –

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**Phase 1- broad gauge EMUs; Red Line (Delhi Metro), Yellow Line (Delhi Metro) (erstwhile user), Blue Line (Delhi Metro) **Phase 2- standard gauge EMUs; Green Line (Delhi Metro), Violet Line (Delhi Metro) **Phase 3- standard gauge driverless EMUs;

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, Magenta Line (Delhi Metro),

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* India –

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EMUs * India – Hyderabad Metro EMUs * India –

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EMUs * Kazakhstan – Almaty Metro EMUs * Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur Metro Line 12 * Philippines – Manila LRT Line 2 2000 class (with

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for electrical components), Manila MRT Line 7 000 class * South Korea – 2000 series EMU for Seoul Metro, SMRT, Korail, DJET, DGSC, BTC, AREX, Incheon Metro, and

Daegu Metro Daegu Metro () is a metro system that serves primarily the South Korean city of Daegu, operated by Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation from 5:30AM to 0:00AM with the interval from 5 to 8 minutes between each car's arrival. With the fastes ...

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* Taiwan -

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Green Line EMUs * Taiwan - Taipei Metro * Taiwan -

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Red Line extension EMUs * Tunisia - Sahel Metro * Turkey – Istanbul Metro Line 2, Line 6, Line 7 and Line 8

Electric locomotives

* South Korea– Korail 8000, 8100, 8200, 8500 * Turkey – TCDD E68000 (only first 8 locomotives, later 72 built by

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under Hyundai Rotem license)

Diesel-electric locomotives

* Bangladesh – 3000 series locomotives * Korea – Korail class 4400 (GT18B-M), 7000, 7100, 7200, 7300, 7400, 7500 (

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series)

Push-pull coaches

* Taiwan – TRA: E1000 push-pull trainsets (by Hyundai Precision, Alstom, and Union Carriage & Wagon) * United States – Rotem bi-level push-pull cars ** MBTA BTC-4D and CTC-5 cars ** Metrolink Guardian cars BTC-5 ** Tri-Rail BTC-5 push-pull cars

Defense products

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Main Battle Tank * K2 Black Panther Main Battle Tank * K1 Armoured Recovery Vehicle * Decon Machinery * 60-Ton Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET) * K1 Tank Gunnery Trainer * Depot Maintenance * Integrated Logistics System

Plant and Machinery

* Mechanical Press, Hydraulic Press, Auto Racking System * Electric Arc Furnace – Steel * Ladle Furnace * Cranes * Passenger Boarding Bridges * Plant construction

Clients

* TransLink, BC, Canada - SkyTrain Canada Line, this line is run privately by ProTrans BC. *

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, Denver, CO *

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* Seoul Metro, SMRT, Korail, BUTC, DGSC, DJeT * Supervia,

suburban trains * Attiko Metro S.A. * General Directorate of Railways, Harbours & Airports at the Ministry of Transport of Turkey * ViaQuatro, Sao Paulo Metro – Line 4 private company operator * CPTM, São Paulo metropolitan trains company. * Light Rail Transit Authority – A GOCC which owns and/or operates the Manila LRTA System * Philippine National Railways – A GOCC which operates PNR Northrail and Southrail * SMC-MRT7 Incorporated - A private company which owns and operates the Manila Line 7 * Metrolink in Southern California – A commuter rail system serving the Los Angeles Metropolitan area. * Transdev Wellington – passenger rail services in

, New Zealand. * Tri-Rail – A commuter rail system in the greater Miami, FL area * Bangladesh Railway – supplying them with diesel locomotives * Ukrainian Railways * MBTA *

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India * DMRC India * Hyderabad Metro India * Iarnród Éireann Ireland * Shenzhen Metro China * SMRT Corporation Singapore * Land Transport Authority Singapore * MRT Corp Malaysia * Jakarta LRT Indonesia *

Taiwan * SNCFT Tunisia * Warsaw Trams 123 tram vehicles (bi- and unidirectional)

Projects

Hyderabad Metro

Hyderabad Metro Rail announced on September 12, 2012 that it has awarded the rolling stock tender to Hyundai Rotem of South Korea. The tender is for 57 rakes consisting of 171 cars which will delivered phase wise at least 9 months before the commencement of each stage. On 22 May 2014 the first train had arrived at Uppal depot in Hyderabad. On 31 December 2014, Hyderabad Metro created a new technology record by successfully running a train in Automatic Train Operation (ATO) mode for the first time on Indian soil between Nagole and Mettuguda.

Istanbul Marmaray

Hyundai Rotem announced on November 11, 2008, that it had signed a €580m contract to supply the rolling stock for the Marmaray cross-Bosporus tunnel project in

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. The Korean firm saw off competition from short-listed bidders Alstom, CAF and a consortium of Bombardier, Siemens and Nurol for the 440-vehicle contract which was placed by the Ministry of Transport's General Directorate of Railways, Harbours & Airports. The 22 m long stainless steel cars will be formed into 10 and five-car EMUs. Some production will be carried out locally by Eurotem, Hyundai Rotem's joint venture with Turkish rolling stock manufacturer TÜVASAŞ. The cars will arrive in three batches, the first 160 cars by 2011, the last by June 2014. Hyundai Rotem won its first contract in Turkey in 1996, and has now completed seven orders for a total of 804 vehicles worth US$1·6bn. In July it signed a contract to provide 84 DMUs in conjunction with Tüvasas. 'Hyundai Rotem has earned the trust of Turkey by providing high quality products and technology', said Executive Vice-Chairman Yeo-Sung Lee. 'We believe this brightens the outlook for future business opportunities in Turkey such as the Istanbul line and the

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line.'

Boston MBTA

Hyundai Rotem was awarded a contract with Boston's MBTA in early 2008 for the construction of 75 cars. The contract entails the delivery of the first 4 cars by October 2010 while the remaining 71 cars were scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2012. However, due to chronic delays, shoddy workmanship, material shortage, and the death of Hyundai Rotem's chief executive, M.H. Lee, in November 2012, only four cars have been delivered by the end of 2012. On December 21, 2012, the MBTA sent a letter to Hyundai Rotem threatening to cancel the contract if a solution is not soon reached, which, would be a breach of the contract terms. Since then, the new cars have continued to experience various mechanical problems resulting in car shortages and delays.

References

External links

Hyundai Rotem web site
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