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Also known as:
UIC / EVN numbering:
95 53 9 962Vehicle type:
Registration country:
- Siemens*
*57x Bpd + ABp units delivered from 2003 - ASTRA Arad*
*63x Bpd + ABp and Bpd + Bp units delivered from 2004
worn: 710 mm
direct electropneumatic disc brake
indirect pneumatic disc brake
electromagnetic brake
*for Bpd + ABp units
70x 2nd class / 4x folding seats*
*for Bpd + Bp units
2001
July 4
The contract value is estimated at around 320 M€.
57x complete DESIRO units are to be imported from Germany from the current production of Siemens and 63x units are to be assembled in Romania at SC Astra Vagoane Calatori SA starting October 1st, 2003.
2003
January 30
Like all Desiro units delivered by Siemens, this is configured for short and medium distance routes: 123x seats in a 2 class configuration (12x seats in 1st class 2+1 rows configuration, 98x seats in 2nd class 2+2 rows configuration and 13x folding seats).
2003
February 1
- February 1st: Bucharest - Pitesti - Craiova (and later on to Tg. Jiu) route (trip duration: 3 hours and 44 minutes);
- February 10th: Bucharest - Faurei - Tecuci - Iasi route (trip duration: 5 hours and 30 minutes);
- March 30th: Cluj Napoca - Oradea - Salonta - Arad - Timisoara route;
- April 18th: Bucharest - Tirgoviste route;
- April 20th: Bucharest - Galati route;
- July 19th: Bucharest - Tulcea route;
- October 20th: Sibiu - Razboieni - Cluj Napoca route;
- November 17th: Sibiu - Rm. Vilcea - Piatra Olt - Craiova route & Sibiu - Vintu de Jos - Ilia - Lugoj - Timisoara route;
- November 24th: Sibiu - Fagaras - Brasov route.
2004
April 4
The
first Desiro unit assembled at SC Astra Vagoane
Calatori SA is delivered on Wednesday, April 4th, 2004 (2 weeks
before initial schedule and 6 months after production initially
started).As these railcars are used by the Romanian State Railways (CFR) on much longer routes compared with the local services they were initially designed for, Astra will deliver a number of 30x units in a single 2nd class configuration: 70x 2nd class seats and 4x folding seats.
Despite the fact there is no 1st class, these railcars offer a higher degree of comfort for passengers compared with Bpd + ABp units, with larger and more comfortable seats positioned at a higher distance from each other.
These units are registered as Bpd 96-20xx + Bp 96-25xx.
2007
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