| V250 | |
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V250 at Vught (2009) |
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| In service | unknown |
| Manufacturer | AnsaldoBreda |
| Number built | ordered:[1] NS Hispeed: 16 SNCB :4 |
| Capacity | 546[2] 127 first, 419 second class[3] |
| Specifications | |
| Train length | 200.900 m (659 ft 1.4 in)[2] |
| Car length | driving cars 26.950 m (88.42 ft)[1] intermediate cars 24.500 m (80 ft 4.6 in)[1] |
| Width | 2,870 mm (9.42 ft)[2] |
| Height | 4,080 mm (13.39 ft)[2] |
| Floor height | 1,260 mm (4.13 ft)[4] |
| Maximum speed | 250 km/h (160 mph)[4] |
| Weight | 423 t full loaded service weight 485 t[2] |
| Acceleration | 0.58 m/s2 max[2] |
| Deceleration | 1.2 m/s2 max [2] |
| Power output | 5500 kW[2] |
| Electric system(s) | 25 kV AC, 3kV DC, 1.5kV DC[2] |
| Safety system(s) | TVM , BAcc/SCM ETCS Level 2[4] |
| Gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Standard gauge |
The V250, also known as Albatross, is a high-speed train to be built by AnsaldoBreda and designed to operate on the newly-built HSL-Zuid in the Netherlands and its extension HSL 4 in Belgium. The High Speed Alliance and SNCB will operate these trains on a service branded Fyra between several Dutch and Belgian cities.
Both the introduction of the signalling system on the Dutch high speed lines required for commercial operation, and the production of the V250 trainsets, were significantly delayed.
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NS Hispeed and SNCB ordered 19 trainsets in 2004[3] for operations between Amsterdam and Brussels and Breda on the HSL-Zuid and HSL 4 high speed railway lines.[1]
In 2008 expectations were for deliveries by 2009 and an introduction into service by the middle of 2009.[5]
The first trainsets had been manufactured by March 2009, and initial tests on the Velim test circuit in the Czech Republic took place in early 2009,[3] In April 2009 the first unit arrived in Arnhem in the Netherlands, and was towed to Amsterdam for tests.[6]
The High Speed Alliance had claimed that the delay of introduction of any trains was due to the lack of a formal ETCS level 2 specification; by March the company was close to financial ruin due to lack of any income, and a re-organisation of track access charges for the unused HSL-Zuid line had to be arranged with the Dutch government.[7]
The service, branded Fyra, was introduced along with the formal presentation of the prototype V250 train at the high speed train depot at Watergraafsmeer in the Netherlands on 7 July 2009.[1] The unfurnished prototype underwent testing on both high speed lines, with the ordered trains' expected in-service date of Autumn 2010;[1][8] introduction of any service on the HSL-Zuid had been delayed due to problems with the introduction of the ETCS signalling system; the line had been built without any legacy safety system.[5] Services on the line began in September 2009 with conventional locomotive haulage, but the introduction of level 2 ETCS on the whole line was not in place, and expected by June 2010.[8]
In 2010 the Dutch transport minister Camiel Eurlings stated that any introduction of a commercial V250 service on Dutch high speed lines would not take place until December 2011, four years later than was expected at the start of the project.[9]
The 8-car trainsets are designed to operate on 3kV DC, 1.5kV DC and 25kV 50 Hz AC overhead power supply, allowing operations on both Dutch and Belgian electrified networks. Traction is distributed with alternating powered and trailer vehicles in MTMTTMTM formation.[n 1] Electric traction power is controlled by water-cooled IGBT inverters powering asynchronous motors. They are fitted with ETCS Level 2 and local train safety systems.[4]
The carbodies are constructed of aluminium, except the driving cab which is of steel.[4] Three of the coaches are used for first class accommodation, giving 127 first class seats out of a total seated capacity of 546.[3] First class seating is in [2+1] formation, second in [2+2] formation.[4] The design company Pininfarina also contributed to the design.[10]
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