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 Front car of the Velaro RUS, at Innotrans 2008 in Berlin |
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| Power type | electric |
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| Builder | Siemens |
| Total production | Velaro E: 26 Velaro RUS: 8 CRH 3: 60 |
| UIC classification | Bo'Bo'+2'2'+Bo'Bo'+2'2' +2'2'+Bo'Bo'+2'2'+Bo'Bo' |
| Length | 200 m including 8 cars with up to 536 seats[1] |
| Locomotive weight | 425 t (Velaro E) |
| Electric system(s) | 25 kV 50 Hz (Velaro E) |
| Top speed | 350 km/h, 403 km/h max. (Velaro E, CRH3) |
| Power output | 8.800 kW 11.968 hp (Velaro E, CRH3) or 550 kW per motor |
| Tractive effort | 283 kN (Velaro E, CRH3) |
Siemens Velaro is a family of high-speed EMUs. They are based on Deutsche Bahn's ICE 3 high-speed trains. Unlike the ICE 3, the Velaro is a full Siemens product. Spanish RENFE was the first to order Velaro trains, known as Velaro E, for their AVE network. Wider versions were ordered from China for the Beijing-Tianjin high-speed rail (CRH 3) and from Russia for the Moscow - Saint Petersburg and the Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod routes (Velaro RUS).
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Velaro E
In 2001, RENFE ordered sixteen Velaro[2], which will be designated AVE S-103. The order was later added to for a total of 26 trains. The trains will serve the 621 km Barcelona—Madrid line at speeds up to 350 km/h for a travel time of 2:25 hours.
The first units were delivered in July 2005 and completed their first test runs in January 2006.
On 15 July 2006 a train achieved a top speed of 403.7 km/h between Guadalajara and Calatayud on the Madrid—Zaragoza line. This is a Spanish record for railed vehicles and a world record for unmodified commercial service trainsets, as the earlier TGV (world record of 574,8 km/h) and ICE records were achieved with specially modified and shortened trainsets, and the Shinkansen (443 km/h, 1996) record was for a test (non-commercial) trainset.
Velaro RUS
On May 19, 2006 Siemens announced the ordering of 8 Velaro RUS high speed trains by Russian Railways including a 30-year service contract[2]. The contract is in total worth 600 million euros. The trains, connecting Moscow with Saint Petersburg, and later also Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod at a speed of up to 250 km/h, are based on the ICE3 train standard but with bodies broadened by 330 mm to 3265 mm to suit Russia's wide loading gauge.[3] Four of the trains will be prepared for both 3 kV direct current and 25 kV alternating current operation. The total length of each ten-car train will be 250 m, carrying up to 600 passengers.
Development and construction is being carried out at Erlangen and Krefeld in Germany. Four single-voltage (3 kV DC) trains are planned to enter passenger service at the end of 2009 on the Moscow - St Petersburg route, with the dual-system trains entering service on the Nizhniy Novgorod route in 2010.
CRH3
In November 2005, China ordered 60 Velaro trains[2] for the Beijing-Tianjin high-speed rail line. The 8-car trains will be very similar to the Velaro E, but 300 mm wider to fit in almost 50% more seats in a 2+3 layout. In the CRH3 version, a 200 m Velaro train will seat 600 passengers.[4] These trains are being manufactured jointly by Siemens in Germany and CNR Tangshan in China. The first Chinese-built CRH3 was unveiled on April 11, 2008.[5] CRH3 reach a top speed of 394.3 km/h during a test on Beijing to Tianjin High speed railway on 24 June 2008.[6]
References
- ^ Ansgar Brockmeyer, Thomas Gerdhard, Edzard Lübben, Manfred Reisner, Monika Bayrhof: High-speed trains: from power car to distributed traction. In: European Railway Review. Vol. 13, Nr. 3, 2007, ISSN 1351-1599, P. 67–79
- ^ a b c Dietrich Möller, Christian Schlegel: "Velaro - Further Development of the ICE 3 for Worldwide Use", in 'Elektrische Bahnen', Vol. 104 (2006), No. 5, pages 258-263
- ^ Broad-gauge Velaro fleet relaunches Russia's high speed programme. Railway Gazette International November 2006.
- ^ China's first 300 km/h trainsets are taking shape. Railway Gazette International August 2007.
- ^ "Tangshan rolls out its first 350 km/h train", Railway Gazette International (2008-04-11). Retrieved on 22 April 2008.
- ^ "Velaro sets Chinese speed record". Retrieved on 2008-07-06.
External links
- Velaro E for Spain Siemens Page
- Velaro RUS for Russia Siemens Page
- Velaro CN for China Siemens Page
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