Škoda 30 T
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| Škoda 30 T | |
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| Manufacturer | Škoda Transportation |
| Assembly | Plzeň, Czech Republic |
| Constructed | 2014–2015 |
| Specifications | |
| Width | 2,480 mm (98 in) |
| Height | 3,596 mm (141.6 in) |
| Low-floor | 92% |
| Doors | 5 |
| Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
Škoda 30 T (also ForCity Plus) is a five carbody low-floor bi-directional tram, developed by Škoda Transportation for the Bratislava tram system based on an earlier model Škoda 26 T designed for Hungarian Miscolc. Just as Škoda 26 T, the tram was designed by Aufeer Design.[1][2]
Vehicle Design
The tram is a five section fully air-conditioned high capacity electric multiple unit with four bogies and five pairs of doors on each side of the carriage. 92% of the tram has a low-floor area.[3] Two of the four bogies are fixed and the outer two can pivot to adapt to curvature of the track. One of the inner and both outer bogies have driving axles.[4] The vehicle is equipped with 2 driving stations, each has separate air-conditioning, fridge and equipment to switch the crossroads manually. The driver controls the tram with a hand-controller.
Tram Controls
The hand controller is the main way of controlling the tram. It has an integrated dead-man feature and 2 buttons on each side (left is light-horn, right is the bell). The bell can also be activated with a button on the control panel, or with the right pedal. The left pedal activates sanding. The control panel consists of many buttons, vehicle computer and the on-board computer BUSE BS 301. The vehicle computer and the on-board computer BUSE BS 301 are both controlled by a touchscreen. The vehicle computer diagnoses the tram, shows the speedometer, gives access to the sander status and more. The on-board computer BUSE BS 301 takes care of the camera system, ticket validation machines, manages the outside and inside displays and controls the acoustic announcement system, as well as the dispatch system and crossroad controls. The on-board computer has GPS, the stops are announced automatically, according to the GPS position, door status (opened, closed) and distance travelled. Since the vehicle is bi-directional, one BUSE computer has to be suspended when driving, to prevent accidental crossroad switching.
The vehicle is equipped with 3 types of brakes: eletrodynamic (standard), electromagnetic (emergency) and disk brakes (used to bring the tram to 0 km/h).
Electrodynamic brakes can bring the tram to as low as 5 km/h and they recycle the energy gained from braking and dispense it back into the trolley wire.
Electromagnetic brakes are used only in emergency. There are 8 electromagnetic brakes in the vehicle, and are activated with either a button (used mainly for testing), when emergency brake button is pressed, or when the hand controller is pushed back entirely.
Disk brakes are used to bring the tram into a complete stop. They are equipped with wheel slide protection.
The tram is able to operate without electricity, up to 700 meters can be travelled on emergency batteries.
The maximum speed is limited by either the driver or by the tram itself. The default tram limit is set to 90 km/h, but the transport company of Bratislava set it to 65 km/h. The vehicle computer does not allow to disable the 90 km/h limit. The on-board computer BUSE keeps track of the speed of the tram.
Interior
The interior for the passanger is equipped with air-conditioning, Wi-Fi, automatic touch-enabled ticket validation machines, 12 Full-HD displays displaying stops, acoustic announcement system and a heating system.
There are 5 doors on each side of the tram (10 total). Doors will open on demand (passanger has to push a button). Above each door, there is a infrared photobank system used for counting passangers boarding the tram. It can be used to automatically close the doors, if noone has passed through for a certain amount of time.
Deliveries
| Country | City | Number of vehicles |
Years | Numbers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | Bratislava | 30[5] | 2014–2015 | 7501 – 7530 |
First Škoda 30 T tram #7501 was put in service on 25 April 2015 assigned to the route 4.[6][7]
Gallery
References
- ^ "Škoda 29T/30T tram design". Behance. 3 August 2014.
- ^ "Railway Vehicles". Auffer Design.
- ^ "Reference list" (PDF). skoda.cz (in Czech and English). 24 September 2015.
- ^ "Dopravný podnik podpísal kontrakt na dodávku 15 obojsmerných električiek Škoda 30T s opciou na ďalších 15 električiek". imhd.sk (in Slovak). 5 August 2013.
- ^ "Ďalšie nové električky v premávke". imhd.sk (in Slovak). 7 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
Spolu tak bude do premávky zasahovať už 30 obojsmerných nízkopodlažných električiek a 15 jednosmerných nízkopodlažných električiek.
- ^ "Obojsmerná električka Škoda 30T začala jazdiť s cestujúcimi (od 25.4.2015)". imhd.sk (in Slovak). 24 April 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ "Prvá nová obojsmerná električka začne jazdiť už v sobotu" (in Slovak). Dopravný podnik Bratislava, a.s. 24 April 2015.
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