Seoul Metro 6000 series
commuter train from South Korea
The Seoul Metro 6000 series is a metro train introduced by the Seoul Transportation Corporation from 1999 to 2000 with the opening of Seoul Subway Line 6. Currently, a total of 39 8-car trains (312 total units) are in operation on Line 6, and an additional 2 8-car trains (16 total units) are in operation on Line 7.
Generations
1st generation (601 ~ 641)
These vehicles were introduced in preparation for the opening of the first phase of Seoul Subway Line 6 on August 7, 2000 and the second phase on December 15 of the same year. In the early days of production, it was produced at Hyundai Precision's Changwon plant, but it was produced at the same plant after Hyundai Precision, Daewoo Heavy Industries, and Hanjin Heavy Industries, the nation's top three railway vehicle manufacturers, were integrated into KOROS on July 1, 1999.
Specifications
Control
The 6000 series uses a IGBT-VVVF 2-level inverter from Mitsubishi, Japan.
Among the vehicles introduced, 609 vehicles were equipped with IGBT-VVVF inverter, which was first locally developed by Hyundai Precision, but the regenerative braking efficiency of the inverter was extremely low and frequently failed, so it was returned to the same VVVF inverter as the existing vehicle in 2005.
TCMS
The TCMS system developed by Hyundai Precision was adopted. It has been improved from the existing TGIS to form a network with a transmission speed of 2.5 Mbps, and especially for the first time, it has reverse and braking command functions, further enhancing vehicle responsiveness and unifying the control function of service devices suitable for single-seater rides. In addition, various functions such as failure diagnosis function and incoming and forwarding inspection function have been strengthened. This is also compared to the TIMS system employed in Japan's JR East E231 series trains.
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