Source: forum.metrouusor.com
In service:
from 2007
Built by:
Length over buffers (mm):
24'500 mm
Wheelbase (distance between bogies centers) (mm):
17'200 mm
Minimum radius of curvature on open stretches (m):
150 m
Minimum radius of curvature on switching sections (m):
80 m
Tare weight (t):
41 t
Bogies:
Minden-Deutz
Wheel (steel tire wheel / monoblock wheel):
steel tire wheel
Maximum speed (km/h):
140 km/h
Braking system (vacuum brakes / air brakes / electropneumatic brakes / electronically controlled pneumatic brakes / electric brakes - tread (clasp) brakes / axle-mounted disk brakes / wheel-mounted disk brakes / dynamic brakes / regenerative brakes / rail brakes):
KE-GPR pneumatic tread (clasp) brakes
Compartments (compartments / attendant compartment):
10x compartments
Number of seats / compartment (1st class seats / 2nd class seats / 3rd class seats / folding seats):
8x 2nd class seats
Total number of seats (1st class seats / 2nd class seats / 3rd class seats / folding seats):
80x 2nd class seats
Toilets (direct discharge toilets / closed circuit toilets):
2x direct discharge toilets
Electric Train Supply (ETS) (yes / no - xxxxV AC / DC - xx,xx Hz):
1500 V AC / 50 Hz
Electric Train Heating (ETH) (yes / no - electric radiators / modulated air):
yes
Steam Train Heating (yes / no):
no
2007
The 55x units from this series are converted by the Titu Passenger Wagon Maintenance and Repair Company
(SIRV Titu) from older Series 20-57 passenger coaches between 2007 and
2008.
These units have the steam heating system removed and new electrical static sources (experimental at the time) are installed.
These units have the steam heating system removed and new electrical static sources (experimental at the time) are installed.
Sources: https://forum.metrouusor.com/viewtopic.php?f=113&t=699
2014
November
From November 2014 and following the permanent withdrawal from
circulation of most of these units, the electrical static sources
from these passenger coaches are installed on Amee 19-80 and
Bmee 21-80
passenger coaches.
Sources: https://forum.metrouusor.com/viewtopic.php?f=113&t=694
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