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WL AB30 70-70

UIC / EVN numbering: 71 84 70-70

Vehicle type: couchette / sleeping coach

Registration country: Netherlands

Railway companies: NS - Nederlandse Spoorwegen TEN - Trans Euro Nacht / Trans Euro Nuit / Trans Euro Notte

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In service:

1992 - 1995

Era:

Gauge:

Standard gauge (1'435 mm)

Length over buffers (mm):

24'050 mm

Width (mm):

2'865 mm

Height (mm | over lowered pantograph):

4'248 mm

Wheelbase (distance between bogies centers) (mm):

16'500 mm

Tare weight (t):

48,5 t

Bogies:

Schlieren 27

Maximum speed (km/h):

160 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):

disc brake with anti-slip device

Compartments (compartments / attendant compartment):

10x compartments for 1, 2 or 3 travelers
1x service compartment
1x reception room

Toilets (direct discharge toilets / closed circuit toilets):

2x toilets

Other equipments (video surveillance / internal passenger information system):

55 kVA static power supply
24V batteries
air conditioning
sound system

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1992

September 25

The first 2x carriages of this series, units 016 and 017, are presented for the first time in Utrecht Central railway station on September 25th, 1992. The last unit of the series is registered in April 1993.

These railway cars are converted from:
- units 61 83 75-41 750-7 and 61 83 75-41 756-4 owned by the Italian State Railways - FS;
- units 61 87 75-41 719-8, 61 87 75-41 725-5 and 61 87 75-41 726-3 owned by the French National Railway Company - SNCF.

All units from this series are initially integrated to the TEN (Trans Euro Night) wagon pool.

Sources: https://www.railwiki.nl/index.php/Slaaprijtuigen_WLAB30

1995

In 1995, after the TEN (Trans Euro Night) wagon pool is dissolved, all carriages from this series are transferred to Dutch Railways - NS national pool of wagons and receive new registration numbers 61 84 70-70 016 - 020.

Sources: https://www.railwiki.nl/index.php/Slaaprijtuigen_WLAB30

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