Integral Verkehrstechnik AG Jenbach

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The Integral Verkehrstechnik AG Jenbach from 1997 to 2001, a manufacturer of railway vehicles of the type integral in Jenbach in Tyrol (Austria). It was a 100% subsidiary of Jenbacher AG (Jenbach).

history

Integral of the BOB

At Jenbacher Transportsysteme AG , the Integral was originally developed by Rudolf Sommerer for the modernization of the Vienna S-Bahn . The Integral was designed as a modular system in order to meet the requirements of regional to S-Bahn traffic in various configurations. Due to the liberalization of the railway network in Germany in 1996 and political pressure from the Bavarian state government, Jenbacher Transportsysteme AG, with the establishment of the Bayerische Oberlandbahn BOB ( DEG and Bayerische Zugspitzbahn ), received the order to deliver integral trains as a diesel version to the BOB at the timetable change in May 1998 . For this purpose, Integral Verkehrstechnik AG Jenbach was spun off as an independent company from Jenbacher Transportsysteme AG in 1997.

The 17 units of the Integral were delivered. However, with the start of regular operations, some deficiencies became apparent very quickly, which brought negative press reports to the train and the BOB. In 2000 the 17 integral trains of the BOB were taken out of service and completely overhauled by the manufacturer IVT with the help of Molinari-Rail. After the deficiencies had been remedied, the Integral was used again at the BOB for the 2001 timetable change. Since then, operations have run reliably, which is also reflected in the increasing number of passengers; Nevertheless, the Integral was gradually withdrawn from BOB from June 2020.

At the balance sheet press conference on April 27, 2001, the manufacturer put the loss caused by the driving problems at 260 to 300 million schillings. This corresponded to around 40% of the order value of 40.6 million schillings per train.

After the Integral caused a loss of more than 22 million euros due to the technical problems, the IVT was closed in 2001. The rights to build further Integral articulated trains were initially transferred to the BOB and thus its owner Connex , now Transdev . Connex and the then newly acquired partner ADtranz planned to build the Integral in Nuremberg. This failed with the sale of ADtranz to Bombardier . Since Bombardier builds and sells the Bombardier Talent in this area of ​​application , Bombardier was not interested in producing the Integral again in series. Attempts to manufacture an "Integral II" failed.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Message integral losses quantified . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 6/2001, ISSN  1421-2811 , p. 272.