Adelaide Metro A-City Class 4000

Adelaide Metro A-City Class 4000
Manufacturer Bombardier Transportation
Built at Dandenong
Replaced 2000 class railcars
Entered service 2014-2015
Number built 22 sets
Number in service 22 sets
Formation 3 carriages
Fleet numbers 4001-4022
Capacity 222 seated
Operator(s) Adelaide Metro
Depot(s) Seaford
Line(s) served Seaford
Tonsley
Specifications
Car length Driving cars: 25.26 metres
Trailers: 24.96 metres
Width 3.05 m (10.0 ft)
Height 4.01 m (13.2 ft)
Floor height 1,200 mm (47 in)
Wheel diameter 920/850 mm (new/worn)
Maximum speed 110 km/h (68 mph)
Traction system 8 x 200kW per three car set[1]
Acceleration 0.8 m/s2 (2.6 ft/s2)
Deceleration 1.12 m/s2 (3.7 ft/s2)
Electric system(s) 25 kV AC overhead lines
Current collection method Pantograph
Track gauge 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)

The Adelaide Metro A-City Class 4000 is a class of electric multiple unit trains built by Bombardier Transportation, Dandenong for the electrified Adelaide Metro rail network. The class are the first electric trains to operate in South Australia.

History

In March 2011 Bombardier Transportation was awarded a contract to build 22 three-carriage trains for the Adelaide rail network that was in the process of being electrified.[2][3][4]

The design uses a similar shell to that of the V/Line VLocity diesel multiple units first introduced in 2004. The first was delivered in July 2013 entering service on 23 February 2014.[5][6][7][8][9] The last was completed in October 2015.[10][11] They operate services on the Seaford and Tonsley lines.[12]

When they were ordered it was proposed the Gawler line would be electrified, which would allow them to access Adelaide Metro's Dry Creek depot. However, before they were delivered, this was cancelled. Whilst light maintenance is performed at their primary stabling point at Seaford, heavy maintenance needs to occur at Dry Creek with each being hauled by a pair of 3000 class railcars from Adelaide station when required. With the Gawler line to be electrified to Salisbury in 2020, this will cease.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Adelaide A-City EMU" (PDF). Fact Sheet. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Bombardier preferred supplier for Adelaide's electric trains" Railway Digest January 2011 page 6
  3. ↑ Bombardier Wins Contract to Supply 25 kV Railcars for Adelaide, Australia Bombardier Transportation 31 March 2011
  4. ↑ Bombardier scores Adelaide rail contract Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Rail Express 6 April 2011
  5. ↑ First of 22 Bombardier electric trains to arrive in Adelaide this week Adelaide Advertiser 14 July 2013
  6. ↑ Bombardier delivers on train contract Dandenong Star Community 25 July 2013
  7. ↑ Adelaide's new A-City Class 4000 class electric trains have arrived! Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure
  8. ↑ The Seaford line is now electrified Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure
  9. ↑ "Seaford Rail Extension opens for business" Railway Digest April 2014 page 16
  10. ↑ Bombardier Complete $220 Million Project for South Australia South East Melbourne Manufacturers Alliance 19 October 2015
  11. ↑ "Bombardier completes Adelaide EMU project" Track & Signal January 2016 page 82
  12. ↑ "Adelaide's A-City EMU Surburban Trains" Railway Digest December 2014 pages 44/45
  13. ↑ $615m Gawler electrification deal signed Rail Express 22 January 2018

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