The invention discloses a real-time online 
monitoring system for the wear conditions of 
brake pads of a motor 
train unit. The real-time online 
monitoring system comprises a plurality of displacement sensors, a plurality of spokes / shaft front-end machines, a plurality of motor 
train unit 
carriage monitoring extensions and a motor 
train unit monitoring host; the motor train unit monitoring host is connected with each motor train unit 
carriage monitoring extension, the motor train unit 
carriage monitoring extensions are connected with the corresponding spokes / shaft front-end machines, and the 
spoke / shaft front-end machines are connected with the corresponding displacement sensors; the left side and the right side of each wheel disc type 
disc brake caliper is each provided with a distance measuring sensor, the left side and the right side of each shaft disc type 
disc brake caliper are each provided with a distance measuring sensor, when air braking is carried out on a motor train unit, thedistance measuring sensors installed on the 
brake calipers are close to 
brake discs, and the distance between the each brake caliper and the corresponding brake disc is measured; and 
eddy current sensors installed on the brake 
calipers are used for measuring the travel distance to be compared with the distance of a new 
brake pad, when the travel distance is larger than a set value, the monitoringsystem gives an alarm. The wear conditions of the brake pads of the motor train unit can be monitored online in real time so that the safety of trains of the motor train unit can be ensured, and thepersonal and property safety of passengers can be guaranteed.