Transperth C-series train

Transperth C-series train
Order no. 41
Built at Bellevue
Constructed 2021-2030 (planned)
Number under construction 41 6-carriage sets (planned)
Number built none (planned entry to service in 2021)
Number in service none (17 to enter service in 2021)
Formation 6 car sets
Operator(s) Transperth
Depot(s) Bellevue, Nowergup, Mandurah
Line(s) served Armadale/Thormlie, Fremantle, Midland, Joondalup, Mandurah, Forrestfield-Airport Link, Ellenbrook line
Specifications
Train length approx. 144 m (472 ft 5 in)
Doors 8 per car (4 per side)
Maximum speed 130kp/h (160kp/h design)
Electric system(s) 25 kV AC overhead lines
Current collection method Pantograph
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The C-series trains are a planned class of electric multiple unit for Transperth. The new trains will be longer than existing Transperth trains and will feature four doors along the side of each carriage, rather than the two on the A and B series trains.

History

The C-series trains will be roughly equivalent to two three-car B-series trains coupled together, which is normal practice on the North-South (Joondalup-Mandurah) lines of the Perth urban network.

On the 17th of April 2018, the Minister for Transport, Rita Saffioti announced that the Public Transport Authority was going to market with a request for information (RFI) for the manufacture and supply of 41 new railcars (to be called C-series), to be constructed at a rate of at-least five trains per year from 2021 to 2030 as part of the state governments Perth Metronet plans .[1] The RFI specified that the railcars:

  • be able to match current timetables (with speeds of at least 130 km/h)
  • have at least four doors per carriage to allow faster loading and unloading at station platforms
  • be able to couple together with existing A and B series trains for rescue purposes.

On Tuesday the 28th of August 2018 it was announced by the Transport Minister Rita Saffioti and Premier Mark McGowan that a new manufacturing and maintenance facility would be built on the Midland line at Bellevue.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Government looks at next generation of railcars". WA Government Media Statements. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

http://www.metronet.wa.gov.au/news-info/news/category/railcar-program/procurement-process-begins-for-new-metronet-railcars

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