Düsseldorf Rheinbahn GT6
| GT 6 (Düsseldorf) | |
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 GT 6 2501 and 2432 in the Heerdt depot
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| Numbering: | 2301-2309, 2311-2320, 2401-2440, 2501-2520, 2551, 2601-2615 |
| Number: | 95 |
| Manufacturer: | DUEWAG |
| Year of construction (s): | 1956-1961, 1964-1965 |
| Retirement: | 2003 |
| Axis formula : | B'2'B ' |
| Type : | Articulated railcar |
| Gauge : | 1,435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length: | 19,100 mm |
| Width: | 2,350 mm |
| Service mass: | 20.2-20.7 t |
| Top speed: | 67 km / h |
| Hourly output : | 2 × 95/100 kW |
| Power system : | 600 volts = |
| Power transmission: | Overhead line |
| Number of traction motors: | 2 |
| Seats: | 44 |
| Standing room: | 68 |
| Floor height: | 880 mm |
| Low floor: | 0% |
The tram Gelenkwagen the type GT 6 of the Düsseldorf Rheinbahn are the first examples of the Duewag articulated car that was later also produced for numerous other companies . The abbreviation stands for " G elenk- T rubbed venture with 6 axes".
commitment
The first railcars of this type was on 10 February 1956 by the then Düwag to the Rheinische course company AG delivered and received the company number 2501. There A total of 95 cars of this type were delivered to the Rheinbahn in several series, it was covering only way vehicles . From 1960, the cars were also used in a train combination with four-axle large trailer cars . After the Neuss tram was discontinued, three identical cars and three bidirectional cars were taken over from there in 1971 ; the latter were also converted into one-way cars in Düsseldorf.
As early as 1957, railcar 2310 received an additional middle section and two additional axles and thus became the prototype of the GT type 8. The middle part was in 1969 on the already known as GT 8 delivered railcars 2551 implemented.
The GT 6 were used on all Düsseldorf tram routes, and they could also be found on the long-distance routes of the K and M lines to Meerbusch . After the uphill section to Gerresheim was closed for trains with solenoid brakes , the GT was allowed to use this section 6 can only be used with a train attendant as additional staff. The wagons were stationed in the Derendorf , Heerdt , Himmelgeist (today “Am Steinberg”), Wersten and Lierenfeld depots .
The last cars were taken out of service on January 24, 2003, after they had even received ticket machines in the course of the changeover to the euro . Many retired Düsseldorf wagons found a new home in the 1990s and 2000s with the Szczecin tram and the Poznan tram in Poland. The four cars 2418, 2502, 2504, 2518 made their way to the Timișoara tram in Romania, where the last of them was car 2502 to be retired in 2017.
Received vehicles
The following GT are in Düsseldorf 6 received:
- 2501 (the first GT 6, museum railcars)
- 2432 (the 100th articulated car of the Rheinbahn, currently being refurbished as a museum railcar)
- 2701 (conversion formerly Neuss Tw 38, museum railcar)
- 5105 (conversion formerly Tw 2520 with spring-loaded brake , driving school railcar)
The following GTs exist outside of Düsseldorf 6 as museum vehicles:
- 2304 (since 1995 in the Hanover Tram Museum )
- 2401 (since 2004 in the Danish tram museum Skjoldenæsholm , stored)
- 2410 (since 2003 in the Skjoldenæsholm Tram Museum, operational)
- 2412 (since 2002 in the Skjoldenæsholm Tram Museum, operational)
- 2515 (until 2009 in the local transport museum Dortmund , since then privately owned in Bavaria)
There is also a car in use in Poznan. Since March 31, 2009 there have been no GT cars in Szczecin 6 more in regular service.
| List of GT 6 of the Rheinbahn | |||
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| Car number | Years of construction | Electrical equipment | Remarks |
| 2301-2320 | 1956-58 | AEG | Tw 2310 to 1969 GT 8 (prototype), middle part handed over to Tw 2551 |
| 2401-2440 | 1956-58 / 61 | Box | Tw 2421-2430 and 2434-2440 1977 to GT 8 rebuilt |
| 2501-2520 | 1956-58 | Siemens | |
| 2601-2615 | 1965 | Box | 1974 rebuilt to GT8 2751-2765 2764-2765 in 1982 redrawn to 2964-2965 |
| 2621-2623 | 1965 | Box | 1971 ex Neuss 1974 rebuilt to 2766-2768 1982 renamed 2966-2968 |
