DPO Nova
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| Numbering: | 1701-1740 |
| Number: | 30 + 10 |
| Manufacturer: | Stadler Rail |
| Year of construction (s): | 2018-2020 |
| Axis formula : | 2'B 0 'B 0 ' |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over coupling: | 24.9 m |
| Height: | 3600 mm |
| Width: | 2500 mm |
| Top speed: | 80 km / h |
| Power system : | 600 V = |
| Seats: | 61 |
| Standing room: | 127 (5 people / m²) |
| Floor height: | 350 mm (entry) |
| Low floor: | 100% of the standing area |
The DPO Nova , DPO's own spelling nOVA , are two - part standard - gauge trams operated by Dopravní podnik Ostrava (DPO, Ostrava Public Transport Company ). By the after St. Petersburg supplied type Metelitsa and the Tango vehicles derived family be the manufacturer Stadler Rail as Tango NF2 ( N ieder f lur, 2 denotes dividers). The low-floor vehicles are characterized by conventional bogies , which allow comfortable running characteristics, low maintenance requirements and a top speed of up to 80 km / h.
procurement
When the Czech city of Ostrava announced in November 2016 that it had placed an order with Stadler Rail for the delivery of 40 standard-gauge low-floor trams, the Czech media reported about vehicles of the Metelitsa type developed for the Russian market. In January 2017, the manufacturer confirmed the order and spoke of 30 two-piece models and an option for ten more copies of the "adapted Tango". Political reasons may also have played a role in determining the name. The design image published at the time corresponded to the Metelitsa vehicle type delivered to St. Petersburg.
The 40 vehicles were delivered at an affordable price of just 45 million Swiss francs . In addition, Stadler was the only provider to offer an air conditioning system that was not requested in the tender. With the Nova, Stadler succeeded in entering the Czech market, which has been supplied exclusively by domestic tram manufacturers since the Second World War. The vehicle was developed at Stadler's Prague site , the car bodies come from Stadler's Minsk plant and the bogies from Winterthur . The final assembly was carried out in Siedlce, Poland, and certain assembly work in Ostrava.
When choosing the exterior design and the name, the public was involved with the possibility of submitting suggestions and an internet vote. The light blue color comes from the city's coat of arms, the outer doors are kept white and three exclamation marks are placed above one of the middle doors. The selected name in the spelling "Nova" derives from novelty (tschech. Novota) and Ostrava from. The first Nova was taken over by the Ostrava transport company on April 23, 2018, and the remaining vehicles are to be delivered by the end of 2020. Nova No. 1704 was exhibited at the Czech Raildays 2018 railway fair in Ostrava before delivery.
technology
The construction of the vehicle is based on the Metelitsa type developed for customers in the successor states of the Soviet Union and the Tango tram concept and was adapted by Stadler Prague to the conditions in Ostrava. The driver's cabs meet the mandatory crash standards in the European Union and come from the Tango tram family. In contrast to the Tango trams that were delivered before the order was placed, the Nova are completely low-floor in the standing area. Only the seats above the bogies have to be climbed via a step.
The vehicles have three two-axle bogies. As with the Metelitsa and the Tango, one of the car bodies is saddled onto the other part of the vehicle, which saves a bogie. The bogies allow a high level of driving comfort even at the maximum speed of 80 km / h required by the DPO. The asynchronous motors for driving the Novas are controlled by converters with IGBT transistors and can be recuperated . A flange lubrication helps to wear and quiet ride, a sanding device to the front axle comes in low Adhäsionsverhältnissen used.
Web links
- STADLER Tango NF 2. On: www.mhd-ostrava.cz, unofficial website about the Ostrava transport company, accessed on September 15, 2018 (Czech, with many pictures)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Mathias Rellstab: Metelitsa or Tango trams for Ostrava? In: Swiss Railway Review. No. 3/2017, p. 137.
- ↑ Stefan Borkert: rolling: First Tango in the Czech Republic. In: St. Galler Tagblatt (online) from January 19, 2017.
- ↑ Jaroslav Baďura: Ostravané rozhodli: Švýcarská tramvaj se jmenuje nOVA a má vykřičníky. (Ostravaners decided: The Swiss tram is called nOVA and has exclamation marks). In: Magazin Patriot (online) from June 6, 2017.
- ^ Nová tramvaj Stadler Tango NF2 dorazila do Ostravy. (The new Stadler Tango NF2 tram arrived in Ostrava.) In: Československý dopravák (Online), April 22, 2018.
- ^ Keith Barrow: Ostrava to order 40 trams from Stadler. In: International Railway Journal, November 23, 2016
- ↑ STADLER Tango NF 2. On: www.mhd-ostrava.cz, unofficial website about the Ostrava transport company, accessed on September 15, 2018 (in Czech)
- ↑ a b Tango NF2 "nOVA". Dopravní podnik Ostrava as (DPO), Ostrava, Česká republika. Data sheet on the Stadler Rail website, accessed on September 15, 2018 (PDF; 2.9 MB, Czech).
- ↑ Pictures in the section Výroba in STADLER Tango NF 2. On: www.mhd-ostrava.cz, unofficial website about the Ostrava transport company, accessed on September 15, 2018 (in Czech)