Why Are Many EMUs Cancelled?
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There are many reasons: making way for freight transport, shifting to new high-speed rail lines, low passenger flow, outdated routes, temporary adjustments. Here is the relevant introduction: EMU: The full name is Electric Multiple Unit, which refers to power-equipped vehicles in rail transit systems, including two major categories: locomotives and powered carriages. EMUs are equipped with driving wheels, while the corresponding vehicles without driving devices are trailers. For a train to operate normally on the tracks, there must be EMUs to provide sufficient traction for the entire train, but trailers without power can be omitted. Notes: An EMU is a railway vehicle equipped with wheel-driving machinery, not an EMU set. Not only high-speed trains have EMUs, but all types of train transportation, including conventional-speed EMUs, ordinary-speed trains, subway trains, light rail trains, monorail trains, and maglev trains, have EMUs.