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B 20-50

Also known as:

Y/B 70

UIC / EVN numbering:

51 53 20-50

Vehicle type:

Regular passenger coach

Registration country:

Romania

Railway companies:

CFR - Caile Ferate RomâneSNTFC - Societatea Naţională de Transport Feroviar de Călători (CFR Călători)

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In service:

from 1982

Era:

IV - V

Built by:

Gauge:

Standard gauge (1'435 mm)

Length over buffers (mm):

24'500 mm

Width (mm):

2'882 mm

Height (mm | over lowered pantograph):

4'230 mm

Wheelbase (mm | rigid / total):

17'200 mm

Tare weight (t):

38,0 t

Bogie wheelbase (mm):

2'500 mm

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):

KE-GPR

Compartments (compartments / attendant compartment):

10x 2nd class

Number of seats / compartment (1st class seats / 2nd class seats / 3rd class seats / folding seats):

8x seats

Total number of seats (1st class seats / 2nd class seats / 3rd class seats / folding seats):

80x 2nd class seats

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1982

The 190x units from this series are built between 1982 and 1983 by:
- Bautzen (Germany): wagons cases;
- VEB Waggonbau Görlitz (Germany): bogies and final assembly.

Sources: VEB Waggonbau Görlitz - Reisezugwagen Bauart Y Ausführung CFR

2001

Between 2001 and 2003, some coaches from this series are converted by Astra in Arad (Romania):
- 60x units are converted to Blee 20-76 passenger coaches;
- 10x units are converted to WRlee 89-76 bar-bistro passenger coaches.

Sources: https://www.vagonweb.cz/popisy/popisy.php?k=CFR&z=a&p=v&lang=en

2008

40x units from this series are converted to Bee 20-83 passenger coaches by Atelierele CFR Grivita in Bucharest (Romania) between 2008 and 2010.

Sources: https://www.vagonweb.cz/popisy/popisy.php?k=CFR&z=a&p=v&lang=en

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