Stadler KISS

Stadler KISS
In service with the Zürich S-Bahn
In service 2011–
Manufacturer Stadler Rail
Constructed 2008–
Entered service 2011
Formation Up to 6 cars per train[1]
Fleet numbers RABe 511
Capacity First class: 112
Second class: 414
Operator(s) Swiss Federal Railways and others
Specifications
Car body construction Aluminium[1]
Car length 25 m (82 ft 1⁄4 in)[1]
Width 2.8 m (9 ft 2 1⁄4 in)[1]
Height 4.595 m (15 ft 7⁄8 in)[1]
Floor height 440 mm (17 in)[1]
Maximum speed 160 km/h (99 mph)[1]
Weight 296 t (291 long tons; 326 short tons)[1]
Power output 6,000 kW (8,000 hp) Max
4,000 kW (5,400 hp) Cont
Acceleration 1.1 m/s2 (3.6 ft/s2)[1]
Power supply For HVAC
Electric system(s) 15 kV AC 16.7 Hz
overhead catenary[1]
Current collection method Pantograph
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge [1]

The Stadler KISS is a family of bilevel electric multiple unit commuter trains developed and manufactured by Stadler Rail. In Swiss Federal Railways service, it is classified as RABe 511.

In the early stages of development, the KISS was known as the Stadler DOSTO, derived from the German word Doppelstock, meaning "double decker". Since September 2010, Stadler refers to the train as "KISS", an acronym for komfortabler innovativer spurtstarker S-Bahn-Zug, meaning "comfortable, innovative, sprint-capable suburban train".[2] The KISS acronym is generally applied across all trains except for those owned by Transitio AB in Sweden, where the original DOSTO name is used instead, because "kiss" means "pee" in Swedish.

As of 2016, 242 KISS trainsets comprising 1,145 cars have been sold to operators in nine countries.[3]

Features

The KISS vehicles are the third generation of vehicles for the S-Bahn Zürich. Compared to previous generations, they are characterized mainly by a higher number of standing passengers per car, in part because the longer trains have proportionately fewer cabs. Also, 15 cm width was won by placing the HVAC channels under the ceiling instead of the side panel. The headroom is still two meters, because friction stir welded floor panels made from aluminium extrusions are used. The number of seats, however, is slightly lower than in the previous models. Like in the KISS's predecessors, low-floor entrances, vehicle air conditioning and vacuum toilets (two, including one wheelchair accessible) are available. There are also two multi-functional areas with storage space for strollers, bicycles and the like.

The six-car train set consists of two power cars and four trailers. In the power heads, all axles are powered. The "Eurasia" version for the Russian gauge railways, in a six and four-car formation, has no power heads.

The trains's power plant is capable of delivering brief bursts (several minutes) of "sprint" power, over 6,000 kilowatts, enabling it to overtake other trains on short express tracks.[4]

Customers

Year of orderYear of trafficCustomerCountryNo. of trainsetsNotes
2008
2015		2012
2016		Swiss Federal RailwaysSwitzerland69
(50+19)		For use in the Zürich S-Bahn[5][6]
20102012BLS AGSwitzerland28For use in the Bern S-Bahn[7]
20102012Ostdeutsche EisenbahnGermany16For regional lines in Berlin/Brandenburg[8]
20102011WESTbahnAustria7For service between Vienna and Salzburg[8]
20102012Swiss Federal RailwaysSwitzerland24For use on regional express lines[9][10]
20102014CFLLuxembourg8For service between Luxembourg and Koblenz[11]
20152017WESTbahnAustria10For service between Vienna and Salzburg[12]
20132016AeroexpressRussia11[13]For the Moscow airport shuttle service[14][13] as ESh2 "Eurasia"
2015Azerbaijan RailwaysAzerbaijan5[15][13]Labelled as EŞ2 "Eurasia"[13]
2016Georgian RailwaysGeorgia4[13]Labelled as GRS "Eurasia"[13]
2016MÄLAB (leased from Transitio)Sweden33For use in the Mälaren Valley. Max speed 200 km/h. Designated as ER1.[16]
2016CaltrainUSA1696 cars, with an option of 96 more[17]
2017 Kollektivtrafikförvaltningen UL (leased from Transitio) Sweden 8 For the "Upptåget" service between Uppsala-Gävle.[18]
20172019MÁV-StartHungary196-section variants. Contract has option to buy additional trainsets, up to 40 in total[19]
20182020 [20] Slovenske železnice Slovenia 10[20] 3-section variants[20]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Electric Double-Deck train DOSTO" (PDF). Train data sheet. Stadler Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-09-20. Retrieved 2008-12-17 and 2010-11-06. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ↑ Stadler press release Archived 2011-04-27 at the Wayback Machine., 22 September 2010
  3. ↑ Editor-in-Chief, William C. Vantuono, (16 August 2016). "For Caltrain, 16 KISSes from Stadler (but no FLIRTs)". Railway Age. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. ↑ , feb. 2012
  5. ↑ "Neues Rollmaterial für 1,5 Milliarden". Tages-Anzeiger. 30 June 2008. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
  6. ↑ "Zürich, Waadt und Zug: SBB kauft weitere Züge für S-Bahnverkehr bei STADLER". Bahnonline.ch. 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  7. ↑ "BLS buys double-deckers for Bern S-Bahn". Railway Gazette. 30 March 2010.
  8. 1 2 Bloch, Urs (23 September 2016). "Stadler Rail präsentiert den neuen Doppelstockzug erstmals im Ausland: Auf den Flirt folgt ein Kiss". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  9. ↑ SBB bestellt weitere 24 RegioExpress-Doppelstockzüge. Press release of SBB. Retrieved on 17. April 2010.
  10. ↑ "Option im Umfang von 350 Millionen Franken bei der Firma Stadler eingelöst: Weitere Doppelstockzüge für die SBB". 15 April 2010 – via NZZ.
  11. ↑ "A Kiss for Luxembourg - News - Stadler" (Press release). Stadler Rail. 12 October 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-10-15. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  12. ↑ Reidinger, Erwin (7 July 2016). "Stadler presents first Kiss 2 EMU to Westbahn". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "ESh2 (rolling stock list and image gallery)". TrainPix.
  14. ↑ UK, DVV Media. "Stadler wins Moscow double-deck train order".
  15. ↑ UK, DVV Media. "Stadler to supply double-deck EMUs to Azerbaijan".
  16. ↑ "DOSTO Mälartåg" (PDF). Stadler Rail. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  17. ↑ http://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail/news/Caltrain-inks-contracts-with-Balfour-Beatty-Stadler-for-electrification-project
  18. ↑ "Dubbeldäckare ska rädda Upptåget". Upsala Nya Tidning (in Swedish). 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
  19. ↑ http://fonodo.reblog.hu/ket-ev-mulva-keszul-el-dunakeszin-az-elso-emeletes-magyar-vonat
  20. 1 2 3 "Slovenian Railways orders 26 multiple units from Stadler". International Rail Journal. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
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