Vossloh shows Tramlink LRV
“What they said
“We spend ƒ4bn on the railway each year and we would need another ƒ500m for ERTMS, but where would we get this money from? It’s not the will, it’s the financing that is the problem.” Peter Ramsauer, German federal transport minister
was its Tramlink LRV which made its public debut in Berlin. Built by Vossloh Rail
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Vehicles, Spain, Vossloh has already sold four Tramlinks to Spanish metre-gauge operator Feve for the city of Léon, 30 to Rostock, and is hopeful of securing a contract for 22 vehicles for the Santos light rail network in São Paulo state in Brazil. The Spanish company recommenced building LRVs following Vossloh’s acquisition of the Albuixech site from Alstom in 2004. Tramlink is available in
three, five, seven, or nine- section configurations and can vary in length from 21 to 57m
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utilising two, three, four or five bogies. It can also be supplied in body widths of 2.3, 2.4, or 2.65m. The vehicle is suitable for a 750kV power supply and has four 105kW traction motors which are supplied by sister company Vossloh Kiepe and are mounted on the roof. Tramlink has a maximum speed of 70km/h. Vossloh Rail Vehicles says a
real advantage of Tramlink is the design of the bogies, which eliminate the need for a step and elevated seating area in the LRV common in similar vehicles. This enables the installation of up to 16 seats in this area for 60 overall plus 182 standing passengers in the standard five-section model.
(Unife) staged an interview on its stand with Mr Josef Doppelbauer, chief technical officer with Bombardier Transportation, to promote the Shift2Rail initiative by the European railway industry to achieve a step change in railway research. This could see up to ƒ1bn being invested in railway research over six or seven years depending on the final shape of the project. “We want to maintain the competitiveness of the European railway industry and we want to reduce the time to market,” says Doppelbauer. Five areas have been identified and objectives
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set for each one. These comprise more efficient and environmentally-friendly trains, developing the next generation of ERTMS, longer- life track and new generation infrastructure, seamless rail travel, and more efficient and sustainable railfreight. Shift2Rail is backed by 13
European railway equipment suppliers and Network Rail, and the project was presented to the European Commission in July. “We need to clearly define the work programme by 2014 and decide how we will work,” says Doppelbauer. He is also keen to sign up other partners and discussions have already taken place with four major European railways.
“I’m totally impressed by the positive feelings at InnoTrans. Everyone mentioned the crisis, but there is no crisis in mobility. There are more projects on a worldwide basis that we could ever imagine.”
Guillaume Pepy, president of French National Railways (SNCF)
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“Innovation drives innovation, but it needs to be economic.” President and CEO of GE Transportation, Lorenzo Simonelli
“I would like to see a European passport for trains so that they can move freely across Europe.”
Siim Kallas, vice-president of the European Commission (EC)
“We want to maintain the competitiveness of the European railway industry and we want to reduce the time to market.”
Josef Doppelbauer, chief technical officer, Bombardier Transportation
“We needed something different that will differentiate us from the competition. Stadler were very welcoming and the result I think is a good one.” Leoš Novotny, chairman of the board of Leo Express, during the presentation of Stadler’s Flirt emu.
“We need more execution. For more than two years, we have talked about a unified certificate for rolling stock but nothing much has happened.” Rüdiger Grube, CEO, German Rail (DB)
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