British class 450
| Class 450 | |
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 Desiro Class 450
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| Number: | 127 four-piece |
| Manufacturer: | Siemens TS |
| Year of construction (s): | 2002 to 2007 |
| Axis formula : | Bo'Bo '+ 2'2' + 2'2 '+ Bo'Bo' |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over coupling: | Four-car train: 81 356 mm |
| Width: | 2788 mm |
| Empty mass: | Four-car train: 176.0 t |
| Service mass: | Four-car train: 203.0 t |
| Wheel set mass : | 16.5 t |
| Top speed: | 160 km / h |
| Hourly output : | 1500 kW |
| Starting tractive effort: | 200 kN |
| Acceleration: | 0.96 m / s² |
| Power system : | 750 V = |
| Power transmission: | lateral busbar coated from above |
| Seats: | first class: 24 second class: 240 |
| Floor height: | 1157 mm above SoK |
The vehicles of the British class 450 are four-part electric multiple units (EMU) from the Desiro vehicle concept developed by Siemens Transportation Systems .
Manufacturer and operator
In 2001 the company Siemens Transportation Systems received the order for 110 four-part multiple units, and in 2005 for a further 17 four-part units, in whose plant in Krefeld - Uerdingen the production of the end car and in Vienna the intermediate car took place. The contract includes maintenance for 25 years at the Bournemouth West railway depot in Northam near Southampton . Commissioning took place in the test center in Wegberg -Wildenrath. The operator is the British railway company South West Trains .
Conversion to class 450/5
In the Bournemouth West railway depot in Northam, 28 Siemens trains were converted to Class 450/5 High Capacity in the first half of 2008 . The roughly three-week conversion of a train will increase capacity. For this purpose, seats in the entrance area are replaced and new handrails and rubbish bins are installed. In the first-class area, the compartment doors are removed for this purpose. The time when the vehicles are out of service is also used to replace scratched windows with new ones with scratch-resistant surfaces and to paint the toilets with a graffiti-resistant coating.
stretch
The multiple units have been in service since 2004 on the busiest suburban routes in the south-west of England from London's Waterloo station .
These are in detail:
- Waterloo to Alton
- Waterloo to Basingstoke
- Waterloo to Reading
- Waterloo to Southampton Central
- Waterloo to Weybridge (via Hounslow )
- Waterloo to Windsor and Eton Riverside
- Basingstoke to Brighton (via Fareham )
- Ascot to Guildford
- Portsmouth to Southampton
- Wareham to Brockenhurst
