Electric multiple unit facts for kids

Multiple unit trains
Subtypes
Electric multiple unit Diesel multiple unit Push-pull train
Technology
Multiple-unit train control
By Country
Britain (DMU) Britain (EMU) Ireland

Trains of the Singapore MRT. EMUs are often used for rapid transit lines.

An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple unit train consisting of many carriages using electricity as the motive power.

Images for kids

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 high-speed EMU CR400BF-G capable of up to 494 km/h (307 mph) operated by China Railway High-speed at Beijing Chaoyang railway station
A CityElefant train about to arrive Ostrava hlavní nádraží, Czech Republic
An A-City 4000 class EMU in Adelaide, Australia
A British Rail Class 444 3rd rail EMU at Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Metro-North Railroad M8 married pairs in Port Chester, New York
A First ScotRail Class 380 EMU at Haymarket in Edinburgh, Scotland