Electric multiple unit
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An electric multiple unit or EMU for short is a type multiple unit train consisting of many carriages using electricity as the motive power.
EMU trains are generally used on rapid transit lines, such as the Singapore MRT and the Melbourne rail network. As a result of this, EMU's usually lack features such as toilets, on-board food and comfy seats.
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A high-speed EMU CR400BF-G operated by China Railway High-speed at Beijing Chaoyang railway station
An R188 EMU/trainset departs the 42nd St – Bryant Park station on the 7 service, heading towards 34th St – Hudson Yards.
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, 13 May 1979. Next to it, a Yamanote Line's 103 series train can be seen passing through
DART 8500 class commuter EMU at Howth Junction railway station, Ireland.
A 3rd-generation MEMU train produced by RCF and BHEL
Metro-North Railroad M8 married pairs in Port Chester, New York