MTR Adtranz-CAF EMU

The Adtranz-CAF EMU, also known as the A-Train, CAF-Train or LAR-Train, is an electric multiple unit that runs on the MTR rapid transit system in Hong Kong. There are two variants, a conventional one for the Tung Chung line and a more luxurious one for the Airport Express. Jones Garrard designed the interiors of the Tung Chung line trains and Design Triangle those of the Airport Express, and Design Triangle also designed the exterior and driver's cab in the United Kingdom. Both variants were built jointly by Adtranz and Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles and manufactured in Spain in 1996 and 1997, after the joint venture of AEG Schienenfahrzeuge, later Adtranz, and CAF won the rolling stock contract for the Lantau Airport Railway in November 1994. CAF built and assembled the trains while Adtranz supplied the control and traction equipment, including an AEG GTO inverter. Sets began with seven cars and gained an eighth when Nam Cheong and AsiaWorld-Expo stations opened, and the maximum speed is 140 kilometres per hour.