All Darty received by PKP IC. The end of the most difficult contract Pesa – Onet.pl

On 11 February PKP Intercity was in possession of 18 vehicles PesaDart. Last came into operation on Saturday, February 20. Now we learn that the carrier is already in possession of all the new teams ED161 Dart. Information press office confirmed the PKP IC.

As reported recently, the routes from January through trains Pesa Dart ( m. in. from Warsaw to Lublin and Bialystok) record very large increases in the number of passengers.

the hardest contract

Receive the last train ends probably the most difficult contract in the history of Pesa. To build 20 trains Bydgoszcz factory was only a year and a half. Deliveries additionally hampered primarily the so-called. hill procurement related to the end of the old EU perspective. He talked about the president Pesa Tomasz Żaboklicki.

Late autumn of last year, it was already clear that the delivery of all trains until 14 December pesi fail to make it. However, failure to supply the date could mean the loss of PKP Intercity EU funding for the project. This matter settled only annex to the agreement introducing payment into an escrow account for the stores received conditionally. For this reason, Pesa will receive money for the train until now. – The alternative was not to renew the contract and the loss of over 600 million zł EU funds and probably in big trouble Pesa, and hence – the tragedy of 3,5 thousand employees and end the company that takes on one of the largest manufacturers of rolling stock in Europe – recently explained Minister for infrastructure and construction Andrzej Adamczyk.

trains Dart – the most modern trains Pesa

Agreement for the delivery of 20 EMUs for PKP Intercity Pesa signed in may 2014. the contract is worth the amount of 1 billion zł, and together with the package maintenance-repair – 1.3 billion zł.

Ordered by PKP IC trains is undivided rail vehicles with two cabs. The trains are equipped with pneumatic braking system, the electrodynamic allowing return of energy to the network. In addition, also in the magnetic rail brake.

The vehicles used were a number of ecological solutions, such as lighting made in LED technology or vacuum toilets closed circuit. Up to 80% recyclable components dart. High standard ordered by the carrier contains m. In. the use of the floor at the same height, air conditioning throughout the vehicle, as well as the separation of the bar area and kitchen, adjustment to passenger service wheelchair access, according to TSI PRM.

Selected technical data

• The maximum speed (operating) – 160 km / h

 
     

• The number of members – 8

 
     

• Length – 150 mm 230

 
     

• Width – 2 820 mm

 
     

• The amount of the vehicle without a current collector – 4 300 mm

 
     

• Doors page – 8

 
     

• Accelerate start-up – 0.6 m / s2

 
     

• The number of seats / with 1st class – 292/60

 
     

• The number of toilets for passengers – 6

 
     

• Construction material – steel (high strength)

 
     

• motion control system – ERTMS level 2

 
     

• The number of places for bicycles – 6

 
     

• Floor height – 760 mm above rail

 
     

• Strength collision – EN 15227

 
     

• Category strength – PII according to DIN EN 12663

 
 

Author: Jakub Madrjas