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Siemens lands San Francisco LRV contract San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has awarded Siemens a $648 million contract for 175 S200-SF light rail vehicles for its Muni transit system. With an option for an additional 85 cars, this is one of the largest LRV orders ever placed in the U.S. Siemens will build the LRVs at its Sacramento, Calif., plant. The first cars are scheduled to be delivered at the end of 2016. Three carbody designs (pictured) have been proposed; one will be selected by SFMTA with input from the public. The S200-SF is a newly-developed high-floor (with street-level accessibility) LRV for San Francisco based on the Siemens Model S200. The car is described as “especially
energy-efficient thanks to a lightweight drive system with regenerative braking, and an LED lighting system that uses up to 40% less electricity than standard neon lighting.” The 75-foot (length over couplers), 11.5-foot-high (pantograph locked down), 104.3-inch-wide, 39.4-ton (empty weight) vehicle features a 50-mph maximum operating speed and capacity for 60 seated passengers (203 with standees), plus room for up to four bicycles or wheelchairs. Four traction motors generate 696 hp, drawing power for the LRV’s Siemens IGBT propulsion system from 600 v.d.c. catenary. Minimum turning radius is 42 feet, 7 inches; maximum operating grade is 9%.
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ALL ABOARD FLORIDA: Selected Siemens to provide both locomotive and passenger equipment for the company’s planned intrastate higherspeed rail (HrSR) service linking Florida’s east coast and Orlando.
INDONESIAN RAILWAYS: Placed an order with GE Transportation for 50 additional class CC206 diesel locomotives, which will be used on passenger and freight services on the narrow-gauge networks in Java and Sumatra.
OKLAHOMA CITY: Prepared to solicit bids from streetcar manufacturers to provide five dual-power vehicles for its proposed $130 million streetcar line. PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY: Approved redevelopment of Greenville Yard in Jersey City, N.J., to include a new ExpressRail facility that will support the adjacent Global Marine Terminal, and allow the terminal to ship and receive containerized cargo by rail. 8
RAILWAY AGE
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NETHERLANDS RAILWAYS (NS): Began sending the first V250 Fyra high speed trainsets back to AnsaldoBreda’s Pistoria, Italy, plant, following a settlement reached between AnsaldoBreda and two customers, Netherlands Railways (NS) and Belgian National Railways (SNCB). SERBIAN RAILWAYS: Awarded a consortium of Alstom, Russian Railways subsidiary RZD International, and
Belgrade, Serbia-based Mikhaljo Pupin a contract to supply signaling systems to upgrade a section of the Serbian Railways line linking Belgrade and Vrsac, near the Romanian border, and including the city of Pančevo. STAGECOACH (ENGLAND): Ordered 30 five-car Desiro City electric multiple-unit (EMU) trains from Siemens Mobility and train lessor Angel Trains, intended for use by Angel Trains in South West Trains suburban commuter services to and from London Waterloo. TRANSPORT FOR GREATER MANCHESTER (ENGLAND): Placed a £34 million ($55.6 millon) order with a consortium of Bombardier and Vossloh Kiepe for 16 additional M5000 Flexity light rail vehicles.