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Hyundai EURotem
Company type Joint venture
Industry Rail transport
Founded4 July 2006 [1]
Founder TÜVASAŞ (Turkish state owned company)
Hyundai Rotem (South Korea)
Headquarters,
Number of locations
1: Adapazarı (production plant) [1]
Key people
President: Mr. Gil-Young Chung [1]
ProductsLight rail vehicles, EMU, DMU, high-speed trains, coaches [1]
Number of employees
150 [1]
Website hyundai-eurotem.com

EUROTEM, alternatively Hyundai EURotem, is a joint enterprise between Hyundai Rotem of South Korea and TÜVASAŞ and ASAŞ of Turkey which was founded in 2006 [2] and started production in December 2007. [2]

The Hyundai EURotem factory in Adapazarı, Turkey, was built as the Hızlı Tren Fabrikası (High-Speed Train Factory) with the purpose of manufacturing the next generation of Turkey's high-speed trainsets. [3]

Product history

Hyundai EURotem has built 24 DMU units [4] and 96 EMU units [5] for the Turkish State Railways.

On January 30, 2009, the first 8 trains (each with 4 coaches) built by Hyundai EURotem for the Istanbul Metro entered service. [6] Hyundai EURotem will build a total of 92 new wagons for the M2 line, at a total cost of $127 million. [6] [7] These trains are air conditioned and equipped with LCD screens, as well as dynamic digital maps showing the location and direction of the train. [7]

In 2008, Hyundai EURotem received an order for 440 EMU cars for the Marmaray project. [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Hyundai Rotem newsletter 1/2009 www.rotem.co.kr
  2. ^ a b Presentation of the Rail Transport - Turkey Archived 2011-03-03 at WebCite Tevfik Muhammed YEŞİLÇAM (TCDD) 21/11/2008 Page 29, www.euromedtransport.org
  3. ^ TCDD: Hızlı Tren Fabrikası (High-Speed Train Factory)[ permanent dead link] www.tcdd.gov.tr
  4. ^ TCDD DMU units www.hyundai-rotem.co.kr
  5. ^ TCDD EMU units www.hyundai-rotem.co.kr
  6. ^ a b Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality: Taksim-Yenikapı Metro Hattı Archived 2009-05-05 at the Wayback Machine www.ibb.gov.tr
  7. ^ a b İstanbul Ulaşım: Metro Şişhane'den Maslak'a uzandı www.istanbululasim.com