The New Zealand FP/FT "Matangi" class is a class of electric multiple units used on the suburban rail network of New Zealand's capital city, Wellington. The class, consisting of an FP power car and an
FP5033 at Petone station
Interior of an FP carriage of the Matangi EMU
SD10 Cabinets are located at 38 location across the Wellington rail network. They contain an emergency coupling adapter to allow Matangi EMUs with a Scharfenberg coupler to be coupled to locomotives ond other rolling stock with a Knuckle coupler.
4103 at Khandallah station on the Johnsonville Line. The Matangi units were the first new rolling stock to serve the Johnsonville line in 74 years.
The New Zealand EM/ET class electric multiple units were used on suburban services in Wellington, New Zealand, from 1982 to 2016. They were owned initially by the New Zealand Railways Corporation and
New Zealand FP class electric multiple unit
…retirement of the ageing DM/D class "English Electric" multiple units that were introduced between 1949 and 1954. The 4000 series also relegated the EM/ET "Ganz-Mavag" class multiple units (introduced 1982-83) to peak services only. A second batch of 35 units, the 5000 series, were introduced in 2015–16…
EM 1367 leading a southbound four-car train on the Hutt Valley Line, 17 May 2003
Refurbished EM1511 at Wellington station in 2006 in Tranz Rail "Cato Blue" livery. Note the upgraded single-arm pantograph