Bombardier Flexity Berlin
| GT6 / 8-08ER / ZR "Flexity Berlin" |
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 Bombardier Flexity Berlin 3001, 4001, 8001, 9001 BVG Berlin
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| Numbering: | 30xx (GT6-08 ER; F6E *) 40xx (GT6-08 ZR; F6Z *) 80xx (GT8-08 ER; F8E *) 90xx & 91xx (GT8-08 ZR; F8Z *) * internal BVG designation Strausberg: 0041, 0042 |
| Number: | 210 |
| Manufacturer: | Bombardier Transportation |
| Year of construction (s): | 2008 (prototypes) ; 2011 ff. (Series vehicles) |
| Gauge : | 1,435 mm |
| Length: | 30,800 mm (GT6-08) 40,000 mm (GT8-08) |
| Height: | 3,450 mm |
| Width: | 2,400 mm |
| Smallest bef. Radius: | 17.25 m |
| Empty mass: | 37.9 t (GT6-08ER) , 39.1 t (GT6-08ZR) 50.1 t (GT8-08ER) , 51.5 t (GT8-08ZR) |
| Top speed: | 70 km / h |
| Acceleration: | 0.73 m / s² (GT6-08 ZR) 0.67 m / s² (GT8-08 ER) 0.65 m / s² (GT8-08 ZR) |
| Wheel diameter: | 660 mm |
| Power system : | 600 V direct current (Berlin) 750 V direct current (Strausberg) |
| Power transmission: | Overhead line |
| Number of traction motors: | 8 (GT6-08) 12 (GT8-08) |
| Drive: | Three-phase asynchronous motors |
| Seats: | 60 (GT6-08ER) , 52 (GT6-08ZR) , 84 (GT8-08ER) , 69 (GT8-08ZR) |
| Standing room: | 129 (GT6-08ER) , 132 (GT6-08ZR) , 164 (GT8-08ER) , 174 (GT8-08ZR) |
| Floor height: | 355 mm |
| Low floor: | 100% |
The Flexity Berlin (proper name FLEXITY Berlin ) is a low-floor - trams of Flexity series of Bombardier Transportation . It is a further development based on the Adtranz Incentro .
construction
At 2.40 m, the new trams are 10 cm wider than the previous low-floor trams in Berlin. As a result, the Flexity Berlin cannot be used in the entire tram network of Berlin due to meeting bans.
The track is composed of modules, the normal version consists of five modules, the long version of seven modules. The vehicles cannot be coupled for multiple traction operation, which means that a major advantage of the tram system is not used. This is based on the fact that a long version with 40 m each can replace the 38 m length of a double unit of Tatra trains. For other Flexity models, multiple traction- capable versions are also supplied; with the current number of passengers on Berlin's route network, this is not seen as a necessity and, if necessary, a GT6N double traction with a length of 55 m can be used.
Some of the trains are equipped with a newly developed running surface conditioning. This vehicle-based lubrication system is intended to reduce driving noise, especially in tight curves.
Procurement history
In 2005, the Berlin tram fleet consisted of Tatra high-floor cars KT4D and low-floor trams of the Adtranz GT6N type , some of which were bidirectional. A further modernization of the high-floor types KT4D-mod / KT4Dt-mod was rejected by the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) for economic reasons . In view of the foreseeable expiry of the deadline for Tatra trains from 2010, the BVG issued tenders for a new low-floor tram across Europe in 2005. Eight manufacturers took part in the invitation to tender, four of which submitted an offer on October 12, 2005, when the offer was submitted. Bombardier won the tender with Flexity Berlin, which was developed on the basis of the Incentro and has a 100 percent low-floor area. The design of Flexity Berlin is completely new and was specially designed for the BVG by the Berlin office IFS Design .
On June 12, 2006, the BVG's supervisory board decided to purchase new trams. The contract with Bombardier was signed in September 2006. Since then, Bombardier has named the vehicle series as Flexity Berlin as an independent series alongside its other vehicle families. First of all, four pre-series trains were tested in regular service in Berlin. This is a one-way and two-way vehicle in a 30.8 and a 40 meter long version for about 180 and 240 passengers respectively. The two 40 m variants were put into operation in September 2008, the short variants by January 2009. The pre-series vehicles cost around 13 million euros.
On the night of September 8th to 9th, 2008 the first Flexity Berlin arrived at the Marzahn depot. The official roll-out of the long one-way vehicle took place on September 19, 2008 as part of a press presentation. The second vehicle (long two-way vehicle) was presented to the public at the InnoTrans 2008 trade fair .
The first delivery lot was originally intended to be 148 lanes. In a meeting of the BVG supervisory board on June 29, 2009, however, it was decided to procure only 99 trains (40 long and 59 short). For the period after 2017 there is the possibility of purchasing a further 33 trains. In this first order, the long two-way variant (ZRL) was not ordered at all. The delivery of this first delivery lot began on September 5, 2011. The 24 long one-way vehicles will be delivered first. This is followed by the 35 short bidirectional vehicles (type F6Z, ZRK), then the 20 short one-way vehicles (type F6E, ERK). 20 long bidirectional vehicles (type F8Z, ZRL) form the end.
On September 10, 2012, the last car of the first delivery lot was put into operation. The first car of the second delivery lot (short two-way car) was delivered to Berlin on the night of September 7, 2012; it was used from November 1, 2012.
In June 2012, the Supervisory Board approved the second series call-off for a further 39 "FLEXITY Berlin" trams. Contrary to previous plans, no further orders for short one-way vehicles have been made. With this, the BVG is reacting to the very positive development in the number of trams in the city center. In addition, bidirectional vehicles make it possible to dispense with turning loops.
In December 2015, the 3rd series call-off of a further 47 long bidirectional vehicles and an order change for the last call-off of 20 not yet delivered lanes from five to seven-divider was carried out.
In February 2017, 21 long bidirectional vehicles were ordered in the last call. The framework agreement from 2006 has thus been fully exhausted. The last vehicle is to be delivered by Bombardier to BVG in 2020.
In October 2018 it became known that vehicles were to be purchased in addition to the framework agreement. An ex ante announcement by the EU in November 2018 shows that 21 vehicles worth 74.1 million euros are to be purchased without tendering in order to enable a direct follow-up delivery between July 2020 and May 2021.
The four pre-series trains and the first 30 long one-way vehicles were built entirely at the Bautzen plant , which only supplies the shell for series production to the Bombardier plant in Hennigsdorf . Final assembly and commissioning take place there with supplies from Mannheim and Siegen. The Hennigsdorf plant delivers 20 to 24 trains a year.
Order overview BVG
| Order | date | short setup GT6-08ER |
short bidirectional GT6-08ZR |
long establishment GT8-08ER |
long bi- directional GT8-08ZR |
total |
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| Pre-series | September 2006 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4th |
| First call | June 2009 | 24 | 35 | 40 | 99 | |
| Second request | June 2012 | 12 | 27 | 39 | ||
| Third retrieval | December 2015 | 47 | 47 | |||
| Fourth request | February 2017 | 21st | 21st | |||
| Change of first request | January 2011 | −4 | −16 | +20 | ||
| Change of first request | June 2012 | −20 | +18 | +2 | ||
| Conversion of pre-series | 2013 | −1 | +1 | |||
| Change of second request | December 2015 | −20 | +20 | |||
| Total stock | planned | 0 | 34 | 40 | 136 | 210 |
Flexity for the Strausberger Railway
The Strausberger Eisenbahn , east of Berlin, took part in the procurement of the series with two additional vehicles, short bidirectional vehicles. The contract for this was awarded on September 5, 2011. The two vehicles were delivered from Bautzen to Strausberg in February and March 2013, respectively. Before the decision was made, a Berlin vehicle (ZRK - 4001) was tested in Strausberg at the end of October 2010. The purchase was made possible by a 20-year contract with the district council, with which the financing could be secured. Around 5½ million euros were paid for both railways. The vehicles are painted in a sunny yellow color, just like those of the Berlin transport company.
Award
Flexity Berlin was nominated for the 2011 Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The vehicle won the IF Design Award in the Transportation category in March 2010 .
literature
- Klaus Kurpjuweit, Harf Zimmermann: Flexity Berlin. The new tram for everyone . Edition Braus, 2009, ISBN 3-89466-270-0 .
Web links
- FLEXITY Berlin, Germany. In: Bombardier.com. Bombardier Transportation, accessed October 12, 2016 .
- I. Köhler: "One for all" - Flexity Berlin. In: Eisenbahnwelt.de. GeraMond Verlag, accessed on October 12, 2016 .
- FLEXITY Berlin. IFS Design, accessed October 12, 2016 .
- Bombardier - FLEXITY Berlin. In: Strassenbahn-online.de. Retrieved January 20, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c BVG orders more trams. In: New Germany . February 28, 2017, accessed March 1, 2017 .
- ↑ Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karl-Heinrich Grote, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Feldhusen ( Ed. ): Dubbel: Pocket book for mechanical engineering. 23rd edition. Springer Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-642-17305-9 , p. Q 53.
- ↑ http://www.bvg.de/de/index.php?section=downloads&download=573
- ↑ a b The current vehicles of the tram. In: Unternehmer.bvg.de. Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe , accessed on January 20, 2017 .
- ↑ FLEXITY - Berlin, Germany. In: bombardier.com. Bombardier , accessed January 20, 2017 .
- ^ A b Markus Falkner: Berlin is getting 132 new super trams. In: Berliner Morgenpost . September 1, 2009, accessed on January 20, 2017 : “Bombardier plans to complete 20 to 24 trains per year. The 'shell' is manufactured in the Bautzen plant, the final assembly and commissioning takes place in the Hennigsdorf plant. Parts are also supplied from the Bombardier locations in Mannheim and Siegen. […] The short Flexitys offer a good 180 passengers, the long almost 250. The GT6 trams can carry around 100 passengers. In contrast to the new Flexity trains, two coupled GT6 trains can run as 'double traction'. "
- ↑ BVG urgently needs long trams. In: igeb.org. Berliner Fahrgastverband IGEB, press release, June 22, 2009, accessed on January 20, 2017.
- ↑ Printed matter 17/17822. (PDF) Berlin House of Representatives, February 11, 2016, accessed on February 25, 2016 .
- ↑ a b 300 million for new trams . The daily mirror of July 1, 2009
- ↑ Thomas Fülling: BVG wants to order 31 new trams. In: WELT.de. July 25, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011 .
- ↑ Jens Fleischmann: Tram Passenger Conference 2011 . Bahninfo e. V .. September 29, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
- ↑ Bombardier Transportation press release of December 13, 2013.
- ↑ a b Bombardier Transportation press release, December 21, 2015
- ↑ Klaus Kurpjuweit: Back and forth about buying new trams . In: Der Tagesspiegel . October 28, 2018.
- ↑ Keith Barrow: BVG to order more Bombardier Flexity Berlin LRVs . In: International Railway Journal . November 27, 2018.
- ↑ Berlin tram, accessed on August 3, 2017
- ↑ Two low-floor trams (two-way vehicles) . Tenders Germany (Krzysztof Kubacki). Strausberger Eisenbahn GmbH. September 12, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2013: "Only a Bombardier type" Flexity "tram vehicle was considered for the delivery order, because [they] had to completely match the vehicles of a cooperation partner."
- ↑ Strausberg tests the FLEXITY Berlin tram . Berlin transport company. Press release. October 27, 2010. Archived from the original on November 8, 2010. Retrieved on December 31, 2010.
- ↑ A "revolution" on the tracks . In: Märkische Oderzeitung . March 21, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
- ↑ News and article Flexity comes to Strausberg , Strausberg TV. March 6, 2013. Accessed on June 6, 2013. "So we paid around five and a half million euros for both railways (Gesa Reschke, press spokeswoman Strausberger Eisenbahn)"
- ↑ Website Rat für Formgebung - Designpreis Deutschland ( Memento of the original from February 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Website News IFS Design ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
