Local double-decker coach of the ÖBB

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Double-decker CityShuttle push-pull train
ÖBB Dosto.JPG
Numbering: 26-33.000–26-33.159
26-33.200–26-33.249
26-33.500–26-33.542
26-33.900–26-33.905 CAT
86-33.000–86-33.036
86-33.100–86-33.119
86-33.200–86-33.214
80-33.900-80-33.902 CAT
Number: 253 intermediate
0cars 72 control cars
Manufacturer: SGP Graz (traffic engineering) , SGP Vienna, JTS, ÖBB-TS Simmering, Siemens Prague
Year of construction (s): 1996-2009
Genre : Push train
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Length over buffers: Control car: 27.1 m
Intermediate car: 26.8
Height: 4,632 m
Trunnion Distance: 20 m
Empty mass: Control car: 49t
Passenger car: 48t
Top speed: 140 km / h
Train control : Indusi (1st series), PZB 90 (from 2nd series)
Coupling type: Screw coupling

The local double-decker coach of the ÖBB (popularly Wieselzug ) is a double-decker CityShuttle local bus of the ÖBB , which was built from 1995 and today represents the backbone of local transport in the eastern region of Austria. Since the federal states of Vienna and Lower Austria supported the purchase with subsidy payments, a large number of the vehicles, at the request of the state of Lower Austria, carry a weasel symbol, and a set carries the inscription "Wiener Szene". The car was subsequently classified by the builder Siemens in the Viaggio series and called Viaggio Twin .

history

Procurement of the first series

Exterior view of a bicycle compartment in a Wiesel double-decker carriage
Stairs and upper level

Since at the beginning of the 1990s local traffic in the Vienna area was so busy that the old one-story coaches were no longer sufficient, it was decided to procure new double-decker push-pull trains. In 1993, for example, a double-decker express train set of the Zurich S-Bahn ( Re 450 ) was in Vienna for test purposes. In a first tranche, 203 intermediate cars (of which eight seats were removed from 43 cars in the basement and the space that was freed up is used for bicycles) and 37 control cars were ordered; several Austrian companies were to take part in the production.

In August 1996, the construction of the car bodies for the double-deck wagons began at the SGP works in Graz , on December 17, 1996 the first largely completed intermediate wagon was presented to the press before the technical systems were completed.

The first test drive of the new wagons took place on April 3, 1997, from two intermediate wagons from the Vienna Simmering plant to Hohenau and back again. It was not until almost 3 months later, at the end of June, that the first test drives were carried out using a control car, an ÖBB 1142 was the pushing locomotive . On June 17, 1997, a set was christened and presented to the public. Transport Minister Klima was present at this event .

Three months later, on September 27, 1997, a pair of trains Vienna - Payerbach-Reichenau and back was switched to a 1142, four double-decker intermediate cars and a control car. That was the first scheduled passenger deployment; in the following weeks, the assignments in this section were gradually expanded. The new cars, especially the upper floor, were immediately well received by the passengers.

Since the main workshop in Simmering, which took over the final production of the vehicles, had to struggle with a lack of staff and so the planned working hours could not be adhered to, at the beginning of 1998 some car bodies without interior fittings in heating houses that were not required (including Mistelbach Lokalbahnhof, St. Pölten, Hainfeld) were protected from the weather parked until free capacities were available again in Simmering.

Beginning of passenger deployment

Since November 1998, the new trains have also been used during rush hour on the eastern line between Vienna Südbahnhof (east) and Nickelsdorf , and soon afterwards the northern line was converted to double-decker vehicles. At the beginning of 2000 it was used on the Franz-Josefs-Bahn from Vienna to Krems and Sigmundsherberg as well as between Vienna and Deutschkreutz , and when the timetable changed in December 2000, the express trains Vienna Westbahnhof - St. Valentin ( Westbahn ) were also changed.

The timetable change in December 2003 brought two major innovations for the CityShuttle double-decker trains. On the one hand, the regional trains of the north and north-west railway will be tied through via the main high-speed railway line and connected with the regional trains to Payerbach-Reichenau, on the other hand, the CityAirportTrain (CAT) has been running since this date .

Procurement of the second series and various modifications

A control car still with Pflatsch at Gmünd Lower Austria train station , 2011
Upper floor

Since there was often a shortage of double-decker control cars and therefore one- decker CityShuttle control cars often had to help out, it was decided to procure 20 double-decker control cars in a second delivery series. The car bodies were manufactured in Prague, the final construction took place, as with the first series, in the main ÖBB workshop in Simmering. But even after the second delivery series, there were not enough vehicles available, so in a third delivery series from 2007 to 2009 another 15 double-decker control cars and 50 intermediate cars were procured.

The control cars of the first series have a raised splash in the front , the other two no longer have this. Since 2005, the Pflatsch double-decker coaches have been pasted with the new ÖBB logo, which is only possible to a limited extent with the first-built control coaches, as the raised Pflatsch is still visible.

Since 2006 the control cars have been converted to make them suitable for the disabled. Almost all seats on the lower floor will be removed and replaced with a spacious, wheelchair-accessible toilet and a multi-purpose compartment for wheelchairs , bicycles and prams . Control cars that have already been converted can be recognized by the changed designation 86-33 on the one hand, and two closed windows on the other.

Furthermore, six LED displays are installed in all control and intermediate cars, namely two each on the upper and lower floors, which provide information on the date and time, destination of the train journey and the next stop, and one per car outside in a side window that constantly shows the destination station indicates. The announcements no longer have to be spoken by the train attendant, but are automatically played back, controlled by GPS.

Participation of the federal states

The state of Lower Austria decided to give ÖBB financial support with the purchase of the first delivery series of double-decker push-pull trains. In return, all vehicles in this series were provided with a "Wiesel" logo on the side. The city of Vienna did not remain idle either and financed the purchase of a five-piece set (around 85 million schillings). On May 5, 1999, a set with “Wiener Szene” lettering was presented to the public at Vienna's Westbahnhof. This set, with the exception of an intermediate car, was damaged on July 27, 2005 in Gramatneusiedl while driving across the flank . A few months later, a “Wiesel” set was taped to replace the “Viennese scene”. The only thing that remained was the control car with the words “Wiener Szene”. On July 1, 2019, the Viennese scene control car collided with a 4020 . The vehicles of the second and third delivery series bear the “ÖBB” logo, as no federal state co-financed the purchase.

Dosto sets are currently also being used in Vorarlberg. The cars used there have been given the label "S-Bahn Vorarlberg".

  • ÖBB 26-33.078 "Viennese scene"

  • Wiesel logo on a wagon

CityAirportTrain

Since December 2003, a City Airport Train (CAT) has been running between Wien Mitte and Vienna Airport every 30 minutes . For this purpose, three control cars and six intermediate cars were adapted at the end of 2003. So more comfortable seats and screens were installed in all nine vehicles, the three control cars lost all the seats in the basement, as this is where the luggage is stored. All vehicles were repainted and renumbered, the blue seats were exchanged dark gray with greater comfort and most of them vis-à-vis instead arranged in series. In addition, some partition walls and information screens were installed.

Two sets are on the move from 05:00 to 24:00, the third is in reserve in the ÖBB operating facilities in Vienna Matzleinsdorf (parking station near Meidling ).

At the end of 2010, all vehicles (control cars and intermediate cars) were redesigned again.

  • CAT set in the current paintwork

  • Interior of the City Airport Train

Cityjet upgrade

Lower floor of a Cityjet car
A control car in CJ design next to one in angled design

It is planned to subject some of the vehicles to a comprehensive upgrade, including a new paint in the Cityjet design and corresponding seat covers. In addition, the cars are to receive WiFi and sockets in the passenger compartment. A first intermediate car that has been given the seats with new covers on a trial basis already exists with the 26-33 152. After a serious fire damage in Vienna Westbahnhof, it was repaired in the main workshop in St. Pölten. Since then he has been working to strengthen the CityAirportTrain. The exterior design is kept in gray / green with a corresponding film.

In autumn 2019, the actual redesign program was started in the HW St. Pölten with the first vehicles. The seats were newly covered in the CJ design and partially rearranged (four-seat groups exchanged for two two-seat rows, etc.). These first redesigned vehicles have neither additional information monitors nor WiFi. The first such redesigned four-part set has been in use on the Franz-Josefs-Bahn since mid-December . The redesign is carried out as part of the necessary G-Checks (major improvement in deadlines), as the trolleys have to be completely cleared out and then reassembled. The first four redesigned cars are mostly vehicles that were damaged during the drive to the side in Kritzendorf and were therefore in the workshop for a longer period of time. In the course of the accident repair, the Cityjet redesign was carried out.

Current areas of application

Control car for the Tauern lock
Regional train, control car ahead, near Gumpoldskirchen

Due to the height of the vehicles, they may not be used on the following routes, among others:

compatibility

R 2338 in Perchtoldsdorf, pushed by 1116.138 "50 years of military sports"
A camel hump push-pull train on the northern railway bridge in Vienna

The double-decker CityShuttle push-pull train is equipped with push-pull train control in accordance with UIC 556 . It is therefore compatible with the following locomotives:

Furthermore, one-story CityShuttle trolleys and double-decker CityShuttle trolleys can be easily combined with one another. A mixture of the two types of car is known as a "camel hump" among railway fans.

Wagon designation

An example of the address of an intermediate car: 

A-ÖBB 50 81 26-33 108-3 Bmpz-dl

It contains the following information:

  • A-ÖBB : owner of ÖBB
  • 5 0 : trolleys of the internal intercourse, air conditioner, not according to RIC used
  • 81 : Country code for Austria
  • 26-33 : Designation of the car series
  • 108 : serial number
  • 3 : Self-check digit
  • B : 2nd class seats
  • m : wagons with a length over buffers of at least 24 m
  • p : passenger car with central aisle
  • z : cart with means for a year-round coupling with the train line may require
  • d : double deck car
  • l : Car with continuous UIC cable for push-pull train operation

An example of the address of a control vehicle: 

A-ÖBB 50 81 86-33 203-9 Bbfmpz

It contains the following information:

  • A-ÖBB : owner of ÖBB
  • 5 0 : car for domestic traffic, air-conditioned, cannot be used according to RIC
  • 81 : Country code for Austria
  • 86-33 : Designation of the car series
  • 203 : serial number
  • 9 : Self-check digit
  • B : 2nd class seats
  • b : Car with equipment for the physically disabled (here: space for wheelchair, wheelchair-accessible toilet)
  • f : control car
  • m : wagons with a length over buffers of at least 24 m
  • p : passenger car with central aisle
  • z : cart with means for a year-round coupling with the train line may require

Web links

Commons : ÖBB double-decker car  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ magazine rail traffic currently , publishing PospischiL, edition 2/97, pages 4-6
  2. ^ Journal of Rail Traffic News , Verlag Pospischil, Issue 5/97, page 9
  3. ↑ http://www.eisenbahn.ws/oebb/die-oebb-fahrzeuge/reisezugwagen/city-shuttle-zWEISoeckig/
  4. ↑ magazine rail traffic currently , publishing PospischiL, edition 10/97, page 44
  5. ↑ http://www.news.at/articles/0650/91/159068/oebb-nahverkehr-neue-wiesel-zuege-eingang
  6. ^ Zeitschrift Eisenbahnverkehr aktuell , Verlag Pospischil, issue 6/99, page 19
  7. ↑ magazine rail traffic currently , publishing PospischiL, Issue 1.5, pages 42-44
  8. ↑ magazine rail traffic currently , publishing PospischiL, Issue 1.5, pages 42-44