Mannheim type

Interior view of a Viennese c ₅ sidecar with the high windows typical of the design and the seats suspended from the ceiling

The door windows that are pulled down are just as characteristic of the Mannheim type

The Mannheim type is a German-Austrian vehicle series produced in large numbers between 1969 and 1993 for trams and light rail vehicles in high-floor construction .

The 351 railcars in joint construction together with associated 175 sidecar in wide-body and joint design were from the German manufacturer Duewag conceived and later additionally by the companies LHB , Lohner , MAN and Simmering-Graz-Pauker (SGP) as a license- produced. The Mannheim type is considered to be the successor to the classic Duewag articulated car and the Duewag open-plan car , both of which date from the 1950s and which have been modified accordingly , alongside the Frankfurt P-railcar (from 1972) and the type M / N light rail car (from 1975) . This was done specifically for the Mannheim tram , which ultimately gave the series its name.

Most important innovations of the Mannheim type:

Larger side windows, whole window between the hinge and the middle door in the outer car, so only two windows between the two entrances of a car part

Window panes about ten centimeters higher, reaching up to the edge of the roof - to give standing passengers a better view

Door windows drawn further down, which are significantly higher than the usual side windows and thus enable exiting passengers to get an overview of the situation at the stop or on the platform in advance, in particular to be able to recognize people with restricted mobility from the inside during one-man operation Need to get started

central double headlight instead of the previously common single headlight (for Mannheim)

Merging the rolling band display for the line designation with the rolling band display for the destination ( VÖV -dimensions) in a common box in the roof area (except Braunschweig and Vienna), resulting in higher windshields

Rear line number display also fully integrated into the car body instead of protruding slightly, resulting in higher rear windows

End -to-end face -to-face seating in the interior, even in the case of furniture trolleys, supplemented by small storage tables

Seats are suspended from the ceiling by handrails, making the floor of the car easier to clean

Articulated portal with newly designed plastic cladding for noise insulation in the interior

Resistors below the floor instead of on the roof of the car as before

Equipment with air conditioning

Top-hung windows instead of sliding windows

The aforementioned equipment features were not implemented consistently in all cities. For example, the Mannheim and Vienna types had larger displays for the line numbers above the destination signs. The Brunswick and Augsburg vehicles have no air conditioning, the Augsburg railcars have passenger seats arranged in rows on the floor and the Viennese E ₆ carry the resistors on the vehicle roof. Right from the start, all cars were designed for operation without a conductor .

Closely related to the Mannheim type are the 25 eight-axle Freiburg-type vehicles built between 1971 and 1991 , which, however, due to their four-axle intermediate car with two semi-mounted end cars, do not have Jakobs bogies and are therefore regarded as a separate type.

Overview of railcars

network	Years of construction	number	Art	Gauge	axes	width	Numbers	Manufacturer	Remarks
Mannheim	1969-1971	020th	Furniture trolley	1000 mm	6th	2200 mm	451-470	Duewag	Delivered to Görlitz (460, 465, 468), Helsinki (451, 453, 455–457) and Zagreb (461–463, 466, 467), others scrapped in Mannheim, 455 back to Mannheim as a museum car
Duisburg	1971-1974	018th	Furniture trolley	1435 mm	8th	2250 mm	1077-1094	Duewag	Retired in 1086 after the fire in 1983, the rest of them handed over to Graz in the years 1988–1991 , there new numbers 521–537
Dusseldorf	1973-1975	069	Bidirectional car	1435 mm	8th	2400 mm	3001-3065, 3101-3104	Duewag	Locally designated as type GT8S, carriages 3101–3104 initially with dining compartment, carriages 3101–3104 and 3201–3236 in the years 1981–1983 a. a. retrofitted with folding steps and raised vehicle floor for use in the Düsseldorf Stadtbahn network and henceforth referred to as type GT8SU, 32 of these cars were modernized again between 2011 and 2013. Cars 3101 and 3206 are preserved as unmodernized historic vehicles.
Braunschweig	1973-1977	026th	Furniture trolley	1100 mm	6th	2200 mm	7351-7358, 7551-7556, 7751-7762	Duewag / LHB	intended for double traction , wagon 7762 was subsequently expanded to an eight-axle vehicle with a low-floor center section in 2000
augsburg	1976	012	Furniture trolley	1000 mm	8th	2200 mm	801-812	MAN	out of service since 2010, 806 work cars , 807 museum cars, the rest of them handed over to Iași in 2012
Vienna	1977-1990	122	Furniture trolley	1435 mm	6th	2265 mm	4001-4098, 4301-4324	SGP / wages	locally as Type E ₂ denotes
Graz	1978	010	Furniture trolley	1435 mm	8th	2260 mm	1-10	SGP	later renumbered 501-510
Vienna	1979-1990	048	Bidirectional car	1435 mm	6th	2305 mm	4901-4948	Wages	Locally designated as type E ₆ , procured for use on the Viennese electric light rail or later on the U6 line of the Vienna subway , traction capable , no longer in use in Vienna, delivery to Utrecht and Krakow
Vienna	1979-1993	026th	Bidirectional car	1435 mm	8th	2400 mm	101-126	SGP	Procured by Wiener Lokalbahnen (WLB) for use on the Lokalbahn Wien – Baden , designated on site as series 100 , capable of traction, wagons 102 and 107 retired in 2010

Overview sidecar

network	Years of construction	number	Art	Gauge	axes	width	Numbers	Manufacturer	Remarks
Braunschweig	1974-1977	012	Furniture trolley	1100 mm	4th	2200 mm	7471-7476, 7771-7776	Duewag / LHB	7471, 7472, 7475 and 7476 rebuilt in the years 2007–2009 for operation behind low-floor multiple units, with the last entrance closed
Vienna	1978-1990	117	Furniture trolley	1435 mm	4th	2265 mm	1401-1517	Wages	locally as type c ₅ denotes
Vienna	1979-1990	046	Bidirectional car	1435 mm	6th	2305 mm	1901-1946	Wages	Locally designated as type c ₆ , procured for use on the light rail or later on the U6 line of the Vienna underground, no longer in use in Vienna, delivery to Utrecht and Krakow

literature

Modern articulated multiple units for local public transport , In: nahverkehrs praxis , December 1970, pages 553–555

Mannheim type

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Overview of railcars

Overview sidecar

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