to supply 38 six-car EMU trainsets for the Malaysia KTM. The vehicles, with a top speed of 140 km per hour, are replacing existing inter-urban vehicles on the busiest South-North intercity line in Kuala Lumpur . The Saft battery systems, based on Saft MRX batteries, provide reliable, low-maintenance onboard backup power to support: • emergency lighting, • air conditioning, • door operation, • communication systems. Saft delivered the battery systems to CSR Zhuzhou over a nine month schedule in 2011. CSR Zhuzhou ordered Saft onboard battery systems to support critical safety and control circuits on the new EMU trainsets now being rolled out for the Malaysia KTM Supporting critical control and safety circuits Saft has delivered a major contract for CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co.

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