TRA is procuring the 150km/h 25kV 60Hz trains as part of its 2015 - 2024 Train Procurement and Renewal Plan. Delivery of the 1067mm-gauge trains will begin in 2021. Hitachi was competing in the tender against Stadler, which offered a train based on its Smile EMU platform. Hitachi previously supplied 64 TEMU 1000 inter-city EMUs to TRA in two batches between 2007 and 2015. For detailed data on rolling stock orders in Asia, subscribe to IRJ Pro.