RegioSprinter
| RegioSprinter | |
|---|---|
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| Quantity |
DKB/Rurtalbahn: 17 Vogtlandbahn: 18 Nærumbanen: 4 |
| Manufacturer | Siemens AG/DUEWAG |
| Year(s) of manufacture | 1995–1999 |
| Axle arrangement | A+2+A |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Length over couplers | 24,800 mm (81 ft 4 3⁄8 in) |
| Height | 3,350 mm (10 ft 11 7⁄8 in) |
| Service weight | 49.2 t (48.4 long tons; 54.2 short tons) |
| Top speed | 120 km/h (75 mph) |
| Installed power | Rurtalbahn: 2×198 kW (269 PS; 266 hp) Nærumbanen: 2×228 kW (310 PS; 306 hp) |
| Acceleration | 1.1 m/s2 (3.6 ft/s2) |
| Motor make/model | 2× MAN D2865 LUH05 |
| Brakes |
electromagnetic rail brake retarder |
| Parking brake | spring-loaded brake |
| Seats | 74 |
| Standing places | 84 |
The RegioSprinter is a German diesel railcar built by Siemens-Duewag for rapid regional railway services. Originally the RegioSprinter was designated as a Regional Combustion-engined Railbus (Regional-Verbrennungstriebwagen or RVT) by Duewag AG.
Developed as prototypes for fast regional railway services on the plains, the RegioSprinter still has the fastest acceleration of any multiple unit or railbus in Germany. Due to several technical and conceptual defect, however, only very few were built. Based on their experience with the Regiosprinter Siemens developed its successor, the Desiro, which was initially marketed as the Regiosprinter 2.
In 1999, all the Vogtlandbahn vehicles were converted to meet tramway regulations (BO Strab), in order to be able to transfer to a tram line in the centre of Zwickau.
The vehicles are designed with three sections. In the two, single-axled end modules are the driver's cabs and the drive units like those on trams. In the middle is a twin-axled, unmotored module.
Two thirds of the vehicle has a low floor. The seats are arranged in a 2+3 configuration, there is no toilet due to the short journey distances envisaged. Late the Vogtlandbahn had to fit all its vehicles with toilets, because otherwise cross-border services to the Czech Republic would not have been possible.
In 1995 the Dürener Kreisbahn bought a total of 17 RegioSprinter for the Rurtalbahn (Rur Valley Railway), which were deployed to the two sections of line radiating from Düren, replacing the Uerdingen railbuses. Today (as at 2006), RegioSprinter are used on the following lines:
Under contract to DB Regio NRW there is also a railbus in service on the RB 39 route (Schwalm-Nette-Bahn) between Mönchengladbach Hbf and Dalheim.
Because the vehicle fleet of the Rur Valley railway has a large reserve, in past years RegioSprinters from this company have helped out on other private railways, for example on the Dortmund-Märkischen Eisenbahn, the Nord-Ostsee-Bahn and the VIAS.
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