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BLS RABe 515
The BLS RABe 515, also known as MUTZ, is a class of bilevel electric multiple units manufactured by Stadler Rail for BLS AG. It is a derivative of the Stadler KISS. Formations are composed of four or six cars. They were the first bilevel cars used by BLS. History BLS ordered 28 four-car trainsets in March 2010 at a cost of . BLS planned to use the cars on various Bern S-Bahn routes. The first trains entered service on 19 September 2012. All 28 trains were in service by the December 2014 timetable change. BLS ordered three more trainsets in 2015, also for use on S-Bahn routes. In 2018, BLS exercised an option for eight more trainsets for use on long-distance routes between Bern and and Bern and . Five of these use an extended six-car formation. Design The four-car formation is long. Cars stand tall and are wide. The four-car trains have seating for 335 passengers; the six-car trains can accommodate 546. The design speed is . In both formations there are cabs at the fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadler Rail
Stadler Rail is a Swiss manufacturer of railway rolling stock, with an emphasis on regional train multiple units and trams. It is also focused on niche products, such as being one of the last European manufacturers of rack railway rolling stock. Stadler Rail is headquartered in Bussnang, Switzerland. The holding company consists of nine subsidiaries with locations in Algeria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Switzerland, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, Belarus and the United States, and upcoming joint ventures with INKA in Indonesia and with Medha Servo Drives in India. Stadler Rail employed approximately 6,100 employees by 2012, including 2,750 in Switzerland, 1,200 in Germany, 1,000 in Belarus, 400 in Hungary and 400 in Poland. By 2017, this had increased to 7,000 employees. History Stadler Rail traces its origins back to an engineering office established by Ernst Stadler during 1942. Three years later, the company begun to manufacture its first locomotive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilevel Rail Car
A bilevel car (American English) or double-decker coach (British English and Canadian English) is a type of rail car that has two levels of passenger accommodation, as opposed to one, increasing passenger capacity (in example cases of up to 57% per car). The use of double-decker carriages, where feasible, can resolve capacity problems on a railway, avoiding other options which have an associated infrastructure cost such as longer trains (which require longer station platforms), more trains per hour (which the signalling or safety requirements may not allow) or adding extra tracks besides the existing line. Double deck trains are claimed to be more energy efficient, and may have a lower operating cost per passenger. A double deck car may carry up to about twice as many as a normal car, if structure and loading gauges permit, without requiring double the weight to pull or material to build. However, a double deck train may take longer to exchange passengers at each station, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric Multiple Unit
An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number of the carriages. An EMU is usually formed of two or more semi-permanently coupled carriages, but electrically powered single-unit railcars are also generally classed as EMUs. The great majority of EMUs are passenger trains, but versions also exist for carrying mail. EMUs are popular on commuter and suburban rail networks around the world due to their fast acceleration and pollution-free operation. Being quieter than diesel multiple units (DMUs) and locomotive-hauled trains, EMUs can operate later at night and more frequently without disturbing nearby residents. In addition, tunnel design for EMU trains is simpler as no provision is needed for exhausting fumes, although retrofitting existing limited-clearance tunnels to accommodate th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bern S-Bahn
The Bern S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Bern; french: RER Berne) is an S-Bahn commuter rail network focused on Bern, the capital city of Switzerland. The network is roughly coterminous with Bern's urban agglomeration. With approximately 9 million train kilometres per year, the Bern S-Bahn is the second-largest S-Bahn in Switzerland. It handles around 100,000 passengers daily (175,000 on weekdays), and thus carries the majority of the agglomeration's regional public transport traffic. History As early as 1974, (VBW), forerunner of Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn (RBS), began operating S-Bahn-style clock-face schedule services in the Bern area. The next step came in 1987, when Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) began running trains from through to or on a half-hourly schedule. The second line began operation on 28 May 1995, operating from to . At this time the "S"-style designations were introduced to differentiate the lines. The next expansion occurred in 1998, with the commissionin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low Floor
Accessibility is the design of products, devices, services, vehicles, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design and practice of accessible development ensures both "direct access" (i.e. unassisted) and "indirect access" meaning compatibility with a person's assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). Accessibility can be viewed as the "ability to access" and benefit from some system or entity. The concept focuses on enabling access for people with disabilities, or enabling access through the use of assistive technology; however, research and development in accessibility brings benefits to everyone. Accessibility is not to be confused with usability, which is the extent to which a product (such as a device, service, or environment) can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency, convenience, or satisfaction in a specified context of use. Accessibility is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangway Connection
A gangway connection (or, more loosely, a corridor connection) is a flexible connector fitted to the end of a railway coach, enabling passengers to move from one coach to another without danger of falling from the train. Origins: Coaches in British and American railways The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) was the first British railway to provide passengers with the means to move from one coach to another while the train was in motion. In 1869 the LNWR built a pair of saloons for the use of Queen Victoria; these had six-wheel underframes (the bogie coach did not appear in Britain until 1874), and the gangway was fitted to only one end of each coach. The Queen preferred to wait until the train had stopped before using the gangway. In 1887, George M. Pullman introduced his patented vestibule cars. Older railroad cars had open platforms at their ends, which were used both for joining and leaving the train, but could also be used to step from one car to the next. This pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S1 (Bern S-Bahn)
The S1 is a railway service of the Bern S-Bahn that provides half-hourly service between and via . BLS AG, a private company primarily owned by the federal government and the canton of Bern, operates the service. The S1 is the oldest of the Bern S-Bahn routes, tracing its roots back to 1987. Operations The S1 operates every half hour between and via . In Fribourg, the S1 makes a connection with the IC 1 or IR 15 for . In Thun, the S1 makes a connection with the IC 6 or IC 8 for and . The S1 is joined between and by the S2, for a total of four trains per hour between those stops. The S2 makes local stops between and , which the S1 skips. , most services are operated by BLS RABe 515 multiple units. History Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) had run trains on a half-hourly schedule over the Lausanne–Bern and Bern–Thun railway line The Bern–Thun railway line is a double-tracked, electrified railway line that runs through the Aare valley in the Swiss canton of Bern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S3 (Bern S-Bahn)
S3, S-3 or S03 may refer to: Entertainment * ''Si3'' (flim), originally titled ''S III'' and also known as ''Singam 3'', the third film in the ''Singam'' franchise * ''Expedition to the Barrier Peaks'', code S3, a 1980 ''Dungeons & Dragons'' adventure module * S3 Plan, a fictitious program in the '' Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'' video game *SABC 3, South African public television channel, stylised as S3 Transportation Airlines * Ashland Municipal Airport, FAA Location identifier S03, in Oregon, US * SBA Airlines, IATA code S3, based in Caracas, Venezuela Locomotives * ALCO S-3, an American diesel switching (shunting) locomotive; see ALCO S-1 and S-3 * NER Class S3, a North Eastern Railway steam locomotive * Prussian S 3, a steam locomotive Rail lines * S3 (Berlin), an S-Bahn line * S3 (Munich), an S-Bahn line in Bavaria, Germany * S3 (Nuremberg), an S-Bahn line in Bavaria, Germany * S3 (RER Vaud), an S-Bahn line in Switzerland * S3 (Rhine-Main S-Bahn), an S-Bahn line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S31 (Bern S-Bahn)
S31 may refer to: Aviation * Blériot-SPAD S.31, a French racing aircraft * Letov Š-31, a Czechoslovakian fighter aircraft * Lopez Island Airport, in San Juan County, Washington, United States * Short S.31, a British bomber prototype * Sikorsky S-31, an American sesquiplane Naval vessels * , a submarine of the Argentine Navy * * , a submarine of the Royal Navy * , a torpedo boat of the Imperial German Navy * * , a submarine of the United States Navy Rail and transit * S31 (Long Island bus) * Warabitai Station, a closed station in Oshamambe, Hokkaido, Japan * S31, a line of the Bern S-Bahn, in Switzerland * S31, a line of the Hamburg S-Bahn, in Germany * S31, a line of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn, in Germany Roads * Mehran Highway, in Sindh, Pakistan * County Route S31 (California), United States * County Route S31 (Bergen County, New Jersey), United States * U.S. Route 206, partially numbered New Jersey Route S31 until 1953 Other uses * Sulfur-31 Sulfur (16S) h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
