SBB RABe 514 055-3

RABe 514

Data Photographed Locomotive
Road number: 055-3

Operation
Years of construction: 2004-2009
Road numbers (UIC): 514 001-061
Quantity built: 61 ()
Quantity today: 61

Technical data
Vehicle type: four-part EMU, Siemens Desiro Double Deck
Manufacturer: Siemens Transportation Systems, Stadler Rail
Wheel arrangement: Bo'Bo'+2'2'+2'2'+Bo'Bo'
Top speed: 140 kph
Acceleration: 1.1 m/s2
Continuous power: 3'200 kW
Starting tractive effort: 240 kN
Power system: 15 kV 16,7 Hz
Gauge: 1435 mm
Operation Range: S-Bahn Zürich

Mass and weight
Length over buffer: ~100'000 mm
Width: 2'780 mm
Height: 4'600 mm
Weight: 225 t

Other
Special Features: 1st class 74 seats, 1nd class 304 seats
Owner: S-Bahn Zürich, ZVV, SBB CFF FFS (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen)
Operator: S-Bahn Zürich, ZVV, SBB CFF FFS (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen)
Precursor:
Successor: Stadler KISS

Location: Aathal , Switzerland

Note: Something "new" I really put the effort into going into the region of Zürich and Bern to catch some of the S-Bahn lines, but times always too short. The RABe 514 is a four-car double decker electrical multiple unit used by the Swiss Federal Railways SBB-CFF-FFS for the Zürich S-Bahn. It is part of the Siemens Desiro Double Deck product family. The trains are also referred to as DTZ which stands for the German word Doppelstocktriebzug (English: double decker multiple unit).

The DTZ trains are the second generation double decker trains used on the Zürich S-Bahn. Compared to the Re 450, the first generation trains, the RABe 514 feature a low-level entrance for level boarding, air conditioning and vacuum toilets (in a washroom suitable for the disabled).

The four-car multiple unit consists of two powered end cars with two unpowered cars between them. Both bogies in an end car are driven by induction motors with a power output of 400 kW per axle providing a total of 3200 kW for the trainset. Since there was not enough space for a 15 kV power line through the train, both end cars draw their power from a separate pantograph.

An automatic coupling system allows for up to four trainset to be connected together for additional capacity, however in practice the maximum is three connected trains due to the limited platform lengths of 300 m at the train stations.
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