X'Trapolis 100

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Alstom X'Trapolis 100 (Melbourne)
Connex Melbourne X'Trapolis at Mount Waverley
Connex Melbourne X'Trapolis at Mount Waverley
X'Trapolis Interior
X'Trapolis Interior
Manufacturer Alstom
Built at La Rochelle, France (complete first 10 units), La Rochelle, France (bodyshells for unit 11 onwards), and Alstom Ballarat, Australia (final assembly and fitout)
Replaced 'Hitachi/Silvers'
Number built 58
Number in service 58
Formation Currently one or two 3-car sets (motor-trailer-motor)
Fleet numbers 851M-1626T-852M, through 965M-1683T-966M
Capacity 264 seated, 133 standing per 3-car unit [1]
Depots Most 'Connex North' depots
Specifications
Car length 24.46m (Motor car), 22.75 (Trailer car)
Width 3050mm
Height 4210mm
Intercar connections Between all carriages in unit
Maximum speed Max 140km/h by design, 115km/h allowed.
Weight 43 tonnes (Motor car), 35 tonnes (Trailer car)
Traction system 4x Alstom ECA 1836
Voltage 1500V DC overhead
Alstom X'Trapolis 100 (Valparaiso)
Metro Valparaiso
Metro Valparaiso
Formation Two motor cars
Specifications
Intercar connections Between all carriages in unit
Maximum speed Max 120km/h
Voltage 3kV overhead

The X'Trapolis 100 is a single deck electric passenger train, one of Alstom's X'Trapolis family of trains, used in Melbourne, Australia and Valparaiso, Chile.

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[edit] Melbourne

Melbourne Transport Enterprises (MTE), now known as Connex Melbourne, was required to replace Hitachi/'Silver' rollingstock as part of its original contract to operate the 'Hillside' network, one of two operations that the Melbourne's suburban railway system had been split into. Connex Melbourne contracted to Alstom to maintain the trains and infrastructure so that Connex could concentrate on the service, so X'Trapolis trains were ordered. In comparison, National Express, who gained the franchise for the other half of the system, ordered Siemens MOMO rollingstock to operate their Bayside/M>Train franchise. (Connex Melbourne now operates the entire network, including the Siemens trains)

[edit] Construction

58 three-car trains were ordered,[2] 56 to replace Hitachi stock, plus two to replace the failed experimental double deck train. The first ten units were completely assembled at Alstom, La Rochelle in France, however, from unit 11 onwards, only body shells were assembled at La Rochelle, with the rest of the train being assembled in Victoria at Alstom's Ballarat plant. [3]

[edit] In service

The first X'Trapolis train entered revenue service on 27 December 2002, the last on 17 December 2004.[1] It ran a special trip from Flinders Street to South Kensington and back to mark the event.

X'Trapolis trains currently do not operate on former M>Train, or 'Connex South' lines in revenue service, although they have and do operate on some of those lines for testing and driver training. Although Melbourne's trains operate as either one or two 3-car units, it was not until September 2007 that the X'Trapolis trains were permitted to operate as single-units in revenue service.[4]

The trains have power-operated doors that open when a button on the door is pressed and are closed by the driver. The X'Trapolis trains are the only trains in Melbourne with external destination displays on the sides of the trains, but the external destination displays on the ends of the trains are harder to read than ones on Siemens rolling stock ordered by M>Train.

Several trains were given names: Croydon West (primary school that won a naming contest)[5], Don Corrie (deceased railway employee)[6] Flash, Flinders Flyer, Iramoo (primary school that won a naming contest), Melbourne Rocks , and Westernport.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b VICSIG - Suburban Trains - X'Trapolis. www.vicsig.net. Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
  2. ^ Media Release: X’TRAPOLIS WELCOMED TO MELBOURNE’S RAILWAYS. www.dpc.vic.gov.au. Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
  3. ^ Media Release: MINISTER FOR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY: '$150 MILLION INVESTMENT IN RAIL MANUFACTURING. www.legislation.vic.gov.au. Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
  4. ^ Finally - 3 car XTraps - Railpage Australia Forums (Melbourne suburban). www.railpage.com.au. Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
  5. ^ Vicsig Forums • View topic - X'Trapolis train names. forums.vicsig.net. Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
  6. ^ XTrapolis unit 38 named Don Corrie after the Epping foreman that passed away in April 2004. VICSIG - News. www.vicsig.net. Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
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