Electric multiple unit
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An electric multiple unit is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are
A 6-car Siemens Nexas EMU arrives at Seaford station on the up Frankston service in Melbourne, Australia.
A DART 8500 class commuter EMU at Howth Junction railway station, Ireland.
A Liverpool Overhead Railway carriage in the Museum of Liverpool. The first EMUs in 1893.
The prototype unit of JNR 201 series on public display at Harajuku Station in Tokyo, 1979. Next to it, a Yamanote Line's 103 series train can be seen passing through
Multiple unit
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A multiple-unit train is a self-propelled train or trainset composed of one or more carriages joined, and where one or more of the carriages have the means of propulsion built in. By contrast, a locom
Electric multiple unit
…An electric multiple unit (EMU) is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors…
A Deutsche Bahn ICE 3 EMU capable of up to 320 km/h (199 mph) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Transwa WDA/WDB/WDC class DMU operate the Prospector in Australia
The Bombardier Talent articulated regional railcar
A two-car New South Wales Hunter railcar in Australia