Euskotren 200 series

Euskotren 200 series
Image of a 200 series train
Set 205 in Lasarte-Oria, March 2005
In service1990–2018
ManufacturerCAF, B&W, Westinghouse
Built atBeasain, Erandio, and Sestao; Spain
Constructed1985–2000
Entered service1 February 1986
Number built20
Number preserved1
Formation
  • 3 cars
  • 4 cars
Fleet numbers201–220
Capacity386 (260 seated)
OperatorsEuskotren
Specifications
Car body constructionAluminium
Train length
  • 51,650 mm (169 ft 5 in)
  • 68,830 mm (225 ft 10 in)
Width2,450 mm (8 ft 0 in)
Height3,620 mm (11 ft 11 in)
Doors3 (per side and car)
Maximum speed80 km/h (49.7 mph)
Weight
  • 92.5 tonnes (204,000 lb)
  • 120 tonnes (260,000 lb)
Power output960 kW (1,290 hp) (total)
Electric system(s)1,500 V DC overhead line
Current collector(s)Pantograph
UIC classification
  • Bo'Bo'+2'2'+Bo'Bo'
  • Bo'Bo'+2'2'+2'2'+Bo'Bo'
Coupling systemScharfenberg
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

The Euskotren 200 series is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Euskotren in the Basque Country, Spain from 1986 to 2018.

History

The trains were ordered by Euskotren in 1983, with the first unit being delivered in 1985. They entered service on 1 February 1986, originally in the Bilbao-Plentzia line, where they replaced the rolling stock inherited from FTS.[1] The trains had been intended for use in the Bilbao metro (which took over most of the Bilbao-Plentzia railway), but ultimately new trains were built for it. Thus, with the opening of the metro in 1995, the trains were transferred to the Txorierri, Urdaibai and Bilbao-San Sebastián lines.[2] The trains were built entirely in the Basque Country: the motor cars by CAF in Beasain, the non-powered cars by Babcock & Wilcox in Sestao and the electrical equipment by Westingouse in Erandio.[2][1]

The 20 trains originally consisted of 3 cars each. In 1996, 10 of them had a fourth car added, with the tree-car trains being used together with the 3500 series in the Urdaibai and Bilbao-San Sebastián lines. The remaining three-car trains had a fourth car added starting in 1999. All the new cars were built by CAF.[2]

The 900 series, intended as a replacement of the 200 series, entered service in 2011.[3] Starting in late 2017, the last 200 series units were retired from active service, with the trains being put up for auction in January 2018.[4] On 24 November 2018, the last remaining unit was retired after a farewell trip, the train was then sent to the Basque Railway Museum for preservation.[5]

Formations

Designation Mc R R Mc
Numbering[6] 2xx-1 2xx-2 2xx-4 2xx-3

Originally, each trainset was formed by two motored cars and two non-powered cars. Between 1996 and 2000 all units had a fourth (non-powered) car added.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "UT-200". Vía Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Olaizola, Juanjo (2001). Bilbo eta Donostia arteko trenaren material motorea / Material motor del ferrocarril de Bilbao a San Sebastián (in Spanish and Basque). Bilbao: Eusko Trenbideak Ferrocarriles Vascos , S.A. pp. 138–141. ISBN 84-920629-3-2.
  3. ^ "En servicio las tres primeras unidades de la serie 900 de Euskotren". Vía Libre (in Spanish). 27 July 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Euskotren subasta unidades de la Serie 200". Vía Libre (in Spanish). 12 January 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  5. ^ Olaizola Elordi, Juanjo (2020). Línea 3, eslabón clave (PDF) (in Spanish). Servicio Central de Publicaciones del Gobierno Vasco. p. 208. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  6. ^ "UNIDAD ELÉCTRICA SERIE 200". Euskotren (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 31 July 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2022.