ÄŒD Class 380
The vehicles of the ČD - 380 series are multi-system electric locomotives of the Czech railway company České Dráhy ( ČD ), corresponding to the type 109E by Czech manufacturer Škoda.
History
ČD sought for cross -border high-speed and two power-driven domestic traffic in the late 1990s, a successor for the two-system locomotive ČD - series 371/372, which can be used in freight transport both passengers as well. In 2003, 20 locomotives were added at Škoda Transportation Plzeň in order. Since the series are designed 371/372 only for cross- border traffic to Germany and therefore can only drive under the existing to the north of the Czech Republic 3 kV DC power, the new engine should also dominate the existing southern rail power system with 25 kV/50Hz AC and thus can go to Austria. The new multi-system locomotive should also take into account the routes now upgraded for higher speeds and can at least 200 km / h in order, inter alia, to serve Vienna without changing locomotives - the relation of the EC Vindobona Hamburg - Berlin - Prague. Approvals for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Germany and Poland were planned.
Škoda presented on 24 July 2008, the first locomotive, the 380 002 later, at a press conference at the factory before. The official presentation of the locomotive took place in Berlin on the InnoTrans in September 2008.
In the course of development, there were delays because at times the purchase or manufacture under license by Bombardier Transportation multisystem locomotives was considered and the introduction of Crash standard EN 15227, which defines the behavior of railway vehicles in collisions, a review of the mechanical design of the locomotive body made necessary. After various designs by Porsche Design today's design was developed which was first shown at InnoTrans 2008. The tests on the test ring Velim and further testing lasted about four years. For December 2009, the first regular use before the EC trains on the line Berlin - Prague-Vienna was provided.
In June 2010, began the first regular freight operations in the 380 007. The use of series in passenger transport in Germany was planned for September 2010 and was implemented in December.
In the years 2010 and 2011 Škoda delivered the 20 series locomotives ordered from the ČD. Since then, they come primarily from fast moving trains between Prague and Brno to use.
The original collaboration with Bombardier led to litigation, which meant that the she was having for licensing runs in Austria locomotive 380 004 by the local authorities on 18 May 2011 (according to other sources, May 22, 2011 ) was seized in November of the same year but again was released.
On 27 June 2013, the series after the long-distance runner Emil Zatopek (1922 - 2000) was baptized won 1948 and 1952 Olympic gold medals over the years and nicknamed the " Czech Locomotive" was wearing.
Same type locomotives
The Slovak railway companies Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko ( ZSSK ) ordered in 2009 two specimens at 160 km / h and GSM-R/ETCS Level 1 The locomotives were delivered in 2012.
In Germany, DB Regio Upper Bavaria won the tender of the Bavarian Railway Company (BEG ) for the " ring pull West / NBE " in June 2013. For the Munich -Nuremberg Express are to be used from December 2016 new double-deck push-pull trains with the 109E. These are structurally designed for 200 km / h, with DB Regio Upper Bavaria demanded only one admission for 190 km / h. For these transports six trains (6 locomotives and 36 cars ) worth 100 million euros were ordered.
Technical Features
The locomotives are equipped with two water-cooled IGBT power converter with four four-quadrant, a brake plate and four drive inverters for the Einzelachssteuerung the traction motors, which are executed in binary circuit - a circuit that was otherwise used only by Bombardier Transportation for locomotives. The locomotives are AC 50 Hz, 15 kV, so that it is ready for use 16.7 Hz AC and 3 kV DC designed and prepared for the equipment with ETCS in several countries of Central Europe for three -phase systems 25 kV.