Guided railcar

The front of a motorized Zurich trailer of the type VBZ Be 4/6 (Mirage) without a driver's cab

A guided motor coach , also Triebbeiwagen , Beitriebwagen , motorized sidecar or motorized trailers called, is a tram - railcars that never in the first place a trainset runs. For this reason - like classic sidecars - it either has no driver's cab at all or only has an auxiliary driver's cab for maneuvering in the depot . Sometimes guided railcars do not have a pantograph either , in this case the power is supplied via a high-voltage cable from the leading vehicle . Motorized sidecars are always one-way vehicles .

With the use of guided railcars, the respective transport company can reduce its procurement and operating costs, for example the latest point control, signal software or safety technology does not have to be retrofitted. For this reason, older railcars, in particular, often run in a guided manner in their final years of operation, after conversions that were only carried out on leading vehicles were canceled. Another advantage is the greater transport capacity due to the omitted driver's cab. Furthermore, there is no need for complete front lighting , windshield wipers or the line or destination display.

On the other hand, the more cumbersome operation is disadvantageous, because train sets with service vehicles, unless they are equipped with an auxiliary driver's cab, can only be joined or separated in the depot. In addition, guided railcars cannot be used flexibly because they cannot run on their own in regular service.

Examples

Commissioned as a guided multiple unit

Hanover: 56 B4 wide space cars (without pantographs)
Zurich: 50 VBZ Tram 2000 , of which 15 Be 4/6 and 35 Be 2/4
36 Pieces: Zurich VBZ Be 4/6 (Mirage) , because originally missing front lighting and blind fold called
Timișoara: 13 Pionier T5s (without pantographs, twin railcars )

Subsequently degraded to run railcars

Stuttgart: 180 GT4s
Potsdam: 59 pieces KT4D-M (201-259)
Dresden: 55 pieces Tatra TB4D , the letters TB in the type designation stand for railcars
Schwerin: 55 pieces Tatra T3D
Basel (BLT): 15 Be 4/6 (101–115), years of construction: 1971–1976
Basel (BLT): 21 Be 4/6 (123–158), formerly BVB years of construction: 1972
Rostock: 12 T6A2M (801-812)
Basel (BVB): 11 Be 4/4 (466–476), years of construction: 1967–1968

Later motorized sidecars

Szeged: 4 Tatra B6A2D

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A motorized trailer of the type “Tram 2000” Be 2/4 in use behind a regular railcar
Basler motor cars Be 4/4 of the series 466–476 (1967/68) last ran exclusively on line 3, behind motor cars Be 4/4 of the series 477–502 (1986/87) or Be 4/6 of the series 659– 686 (1990/91)
T4D and TB4D in Dresden, typical for guided cars is the missing line and destination display
Guided T3D in Schwerin
At the BLT , the Be 4/6 motor vehicles from the 1970s only ran behind the Be 4/8 from the 1980s
Guided railcar of the type Konstal 102NaD of the Krakow tram