Stadler DOSTO | |
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Unit 002 on a trial run |
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In service | 2011– (scheduled) |
Manufacturer | Stadler Rail |
Constructed | 2008– |
Entered service | 2011 (scheduled) |
Number under construction | 50 |
Formation | 6 cars per train[1] |
Fleet numbers | RABe 511 |
Capacity | 1,694 passengers |
Operator | Swiss Federal Railways |
Line(s) served | Zürich S-Bahn |
Specifications | |
Car body construction | Aluminium[1] |
Car length | 25 meters (82 ft)[1] |
Width | 2.8 meters (9.2 ft)[1] |
Height | 4.595 meters (15.08 ft)[1] |
Floor height | 440 millimeters (17 in)[1] |
Maximum speed | 160 kilometres per hour (99 mph)[1] |
Weight | 296 tonnes (650,000 lb)[1] |
Acceleration | 1.1 m/s2[1] |
Electric system(s) | 15 kVAC, 16.7 Hz[1] |
Gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Standard gauge [1] |
The Stadler DOSTO or KISS is a bilevel electric multiple unit commuter train developed by Stadler Rail of Switzerland. It is operated by the Swiss Federal Railways under the classification RABe 511.
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The original name, "DOSTO", is derived from the German word Doppelstock, meaning "double decker". Since September 2010, Stadler refers to the train as "KISS", an acronym for komfortabler innovativer spurtstarker S-Bahn-Zug, meaning "comfortable, innovative, sprint-capable suburban train".[2]
The DOSTO vehicles are the third generation of vehicles for the S-Bahn Zürich. Compared to previous generations, they are characterized mainly by a higher number of standing passengers per car, in part because the longer trains have proportionately fewer cabs. Also, 15 cm width was won by placing the HVAC channels under the ceiling instead of the side panel. The headroom is still two meters, because friction stir welded floor panels made from aluminium extrusions are used. The number of seats, however, is slightly lower than in the previous models. Like in the DOSTO's predecessors, low-floor entrances, vehicle air conditioning and vacuum toilets (two, including one wheelchair accessible) are available. There are also two multi-functional areas with storage space for strollers, bicycles and the like.
The six-car train set consists of two power cars and four trailers. In the power heads, all axles are powered.
In 2008, the Swiss Federal Railways ordered 50 units, at a price of 1 billion CHF, for use in the Zürich S-Bahn.[3] The first trains are scheduled to be delivered in 2010[4] and enter service starting in 2011 under the designation "RABe 511".[1]
On 15 April 2010, prior to the delivery of the first train, SBB confirmed an option for purchasing a further 24 four-car trains of the same type. Of the total 74 units are 13 six-car and 24 four-car trains to be used on regional express lines between Geneva-Lausanne, Zürich, Schaffhausen, Basel-Frick, Zürich, Bern, Biel and Bern-Olten. The remaining trains are intended for the Zürich S-Bahn.[5] [6]
On 12 October 2010, Stadler announced an order of 8 dual-voltage, three-car KISS trainsets for Luxemburgian railways CFL. [7] They will be used on the Luxemburg - Koblenz relation.