Bombardier Itino is a diesel multiple unit manufactured by

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, originally developed by

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. It has two or three cars and is capable of . A total of 57 units were manufactured at the former

LEW Hennigsdorf The rail vehicle factory in Hennigsdorf, Germany, was founded in 1910 by AEG (German company), AEG. Locomotive production began in 1913, and in the 1930s absorbed the work of the August Borsig locomotive factory, being renamed the Borsig Lokomoti ...

factory between 2002 and 2010. It is in service in

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and

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Railways

Germany

it has been designated as DB Class 613 and is operated on Odenwaldbahn and

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. Twenty-seven units are currently operated by the two railways.

Sweden

the unit has the designation Y31 and Y32, the latter for the three-car formation. 30 units have been delivered and are currently operated by , Kalmar Länstrafik, Norrtåg, Värmlandstrafik and Västtrafik. The Itino replaced the Y1 railcars.

Technology

The trains have two

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diesel engine The diesel engine, named after the German engineer Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which Combustion, ignition of diesel fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to Mechanics, mechanical Compr ...

s. The engines are based on

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s, but larger (each /cylinder volume), also used for boats and electrical generators. They have hydraulic transmission. Units built between 2008 and 2010 feature two engines from

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(also based on truck engines) and they fulfill the latest environmental requirements for trucks. They also have mechanical automatic gearboxes from

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meant for trucks. The distinctive angled window pillar bodyshell construction was previously introduced by ABB/

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on the Regioshuttle.

Brake problems

The multiple unit got a bad start in

, when it was shown that the brakes could not cope with

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. This has led to the model being suspended during the winter for oversight, which mostly affected (and

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which at the time was taking them into service) with its traffic on

Västerdalsbanan The West Dalarna Line (), is a long, unelectrified railway line between Malung and the Dala Line near Borlänge, in Dalarna County, Sweden. It has only freight traffic. History The oldest part of the line is Repbäcken–Björbo, opened 1905. Th ...

(passenger traffic ceased in 2011) where the two first units were used. It has also from time to time affected other operators in Sweden, such as Norrtåg in the winter of 2011–12. There has been a lot of other quality problems with these trains. For this reason, the Swedish Y31 and Y32 trains will likely be replaced by new CAF Civity Nordic bi-mode trains between 2024 and 2027.

Gallery

File:EB Itino Erfurt.jpg, Erfurter Bahn Class 613 at

Erfurt Hauptbahnhof Erfurt Hauptbahnhof (Erfurt Hbf) or Erfurt Central Station''Erfurt Central Station''
at the ...

File:Krösatågen Y32.JPG, Krösatågen Y32 at

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Central Station Image:Fuehrerstand ITINO D.jpg, Driver panel (Odenwaldbahn version) Image:ITINO CrashElement.jpg, Crash element Image:ITINO Sitze 2Klasse.jpg, Second class seat Image:Itino VIAS FFM-Hauptbahnhof-BeschrSeiteMAN.jpg, Side labels of an Itino in service of VIAS GmbH

References

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