Euro star
| Euro star | |
|---|---|
At the Oktoberfest - seen from the Ferris wheel |
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| Data | |
| Type | Steel - inverted |
| model | Inverted Coaster |
| category | transportable |
| Drive type | Chain lift hill |
| Manufacturer | Intamin / Giovanola |
| Designer | Ingenieurbüro Stengel GmbH |
| opening | Germany: 1995, Gorki-Park: 2008, Detskiy Park: 2019 |
| closure | Germany: 2008, Gorki-Park: 2011 |
| length | 844 m |
| height | 30.15 m |
| Dimensions | 83 × 43 m² |
| Max. gradient | 45 ° |
| Max. Bank | 121 ° |
| Max. speed | 80.8 km / h |
| Max. acceleration | 5.2 g |
| Trains | 4 trains, 7 cars / train, 1 row of seats / car, 4 seats / row of seats |
| elements | Downhill, uphill, bends , looping , revolution , 2 × corkscrews |
| Inversions | 4th |
The Euro-Star is a transportable roller coaster of the Inverted Coaster type , which performed at major public festivals in Germany from 1995 to 2008 and was permanently in Gorky Park in Moscow from 2008 to 2011 . At the end of the 2011 season, the railway was stopped. After an initially unclear whereabouts, the train was set up in Detskij Park in Anapa , Russia and has been running there since August 8, 2019.
The track has a total of four overhead elements with a loop , a revolution (hill with integrated rotation around the heart line ) and two corkscrews .
With a height of 30.15 m, the Euro-Star is considered the largest transportable inverted coaster in the world and reaches a top speed of 80.8 km / h and a peak acceleration value of 5.2 g . 84 truckloads were required for transport, which could also be transported by rail if necessary.
history
1995 - Driving begins
The railway operated by the showman Oscar Bruch had its premiere in 1995 at the Düsseldorf Rheinkirmes and in the following years mainly toured the major German folk festivals . However, there were also guest appearances in neighboring countries. Some roller coaster fans only went to the folk festivals because of the Euro star.
1996 - rear-end collision on September 30, 1996
30 people were injured in a rear-end collision on September 30, 1996 at the Munich Oktoberfest . Since then, fewer trains have been sent simultaneously on the route.
The accident was triggered by a series of unfortunate circumstances. The Euro-Star is divided into several sections, which are separated from each other by stationary braking systems. Because these braking systems prevent a train from entering a section of the route that has not yet been left by a train in front, several trains can run on the Euro-Star at the same time. When a defective compressed air hose lost air, the control of the train triggered the safety shutdown. A train came to a stop in the final braking system. The following train should actually have come to a stop in the braking system, which is located in front of the last section of the route, right next to the revolution (driving figure with rollover). Because the brake pads of this brake system were too worn out, this brake system could not bring the train to a standstill, causing it to slip and crash into the train that was still in the final brake system.
2000 - renovation
From the year 2000, the Euro-Star lost its popularity due to blows that passengers could feel during the journey. This inconvenience could be reduced by a complex and cost-intensive revision, especially of the rail line, in the winter break 2003-2004. This renovation was carried out by Gerstlauer Amusement Rides , which also manufactures roller coasters and circular rides itself.
Directly in front of the lift and between the final braking system and the train station, a very loud and unpleasant metallic bang could be heard in several places, which was probably caused by the tension springs of the traction wheels. As a result of this bang, the passengers repeatedly had short-term hearing problems such as a beeping or buzzing in the ear, because this bang was as loud as if two metal rods had been hit together directly at the passengers' ear. These acoustic problems could not be resolved with the renovation of the runway.
2008 - sold to Gorky Park
In summer 2008 the operating company Bruch Inverted Coaster GmbH & Co. KG sold the train to Gorky Park in Moscow . As a result, the guest performances in Düsseldorf, Crange, the Bremen Freimarkt and the Munich Oktoberfest were canceled . In these places the railway was replaced by the Alpina Bahn , also operated by the Bruch company .
In Gorki Park, the track was built on the former place of the Pax looping roller coaster and has been in operation there since autumn 2008.
2011 - cessation of operations
At the end of the 2011 season, the railway was stopped. In the meantime, pictures of parts of the Eurostar appeared on the Internet, which did not clarify whether the train was being scrapped or not.
2019 - The Eurostar is back
At the beginning of June 2019 it was announced that the railway in the Russian Detskij Park in Anapa will be put back into operation.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry of the Euro-Star at Roller Coaster DataBase
- ↑ http://www.rnt-design.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=869 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Driving video of the Euro-Star
- ↑ Düsseldorfer Express of July 1, 2008
- ↑ Evening newspaper of July 15, 2008
- ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung from September 22, 2008 ( Memento from September 13, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
Web links
- Eurostar - The full story at Coasters and more