DBAG Class 430

The railcars of series 430 are S-Bahn railcar, which is expected to replace since April 2013, the trains of the 420 series of the Stuttgart S- Bahn network and timetable from 2015, even with the S-Bahn Rhein- Main. Originally they were also from 2011, replacing the remaining trains from x - cars and locomotives of Class 143 S-Bahn Rhein- Ruhr.

Generally

The Series 430 was designed as a successor to the 420 series for Stuttgart. The tender was published in January 2007. Was later informed that the used in the S- Bahn Rhein -Ruhr series is not built 422, but that there are also vehicles of 430s should be provided, where it turned out in April 2011 that probably no other vehicles on the Rhine and Ruhr needed werden.Quelle? In May 2009, the German railway awarded the contract for the construction of 83 vehicles to the company Bombardier and Alstom. This contract has a value of 452 million euros. An option for the construction of 83 additional vehicles was agreed. 24 December 2010 it was announced that the German railway has increased the option from 83 to 166. This increase is related to the tender of the S- Bahn Rhein -Main.

According to original plans, the manufacturer, the series should have 430 by June 2012 received authorization. However, this schedule could not be met. The 430 series vehicles received on February 21, 2013 by the Federal Railway Authority because of problems with the multi- controller first only an authorization for the Kurzzugbetrieb. The approval for full and long trains on 25 March 2013. Since April 8, 2013, the acceptance by DB Regio by the manufacturer Bombardier takes place.

Use

Stuttgart

The remaining ninety railcars of Class 420 S-Bahn Stuttgart should be replaced by 83 trains of specifically for the S -Bahn Stuttgart newly developed unit train of series 430 in 2013.

In October 2011, the Transport Committee of the Verband Region Stuttgart decided to appoint four other vehicles in the 430s for the Stuttgart S-Bahn to cover additional services can. The purpose overdue fees in the amount of 23 million Euros partly financed with penalty payments that were due by the non- timely delivery of the vehicles. The 87 vehicles cost a total of around 500 million euros.

The use of series 430 in Stuttgart was originally supposed to begin in late 2012 and be the first nationwide. At the beginning of the transport contract on June 1, 2013, should all 87 cars ordered are available.

However, due to the delays in the approval of the first train could be used only in April 2013. On April 25, 2013, the first trains of 430s operated on the S1 line of Plochingen to Böblingen. At this time there were only twelve cars available. Delivery of the remaining trains will run until mid-2014.

In June 2013 several unit trains stopped due to problems with the door and step control. Then should first be used and additionally accompanied by technicians only three of the delivered until then twelve trainsets. After July 2, 2013, a multiple unit train was stopped 26 minutes with the doors open on the platform, decided the German railway discontinue their use and return all trainsets to the manufacturer for repair. After that time the manufacturer of mechanical and electronic adjustments were necessary to resolve the problem that made partly for a new authorization is required. Since the timetable change on 15 December 2013, the drive trains back on track on the line S1; until further notice, however, the deployable side steps are switched off. Since 16 January 2014, drive trains run on a trial basis on the line S2 ( Rems Railway ).

Rhine and Ruhr

In December 2009, the transport association Rhein- Ruhr announced that the series will be 430 also used in the S- Bahn Rhein -Ruhr. Delivery of the vehicles should be completed by the end of 2012. A total of 116 series vehicles should be 422 and 430 used in the VRR. In April 2011 it was announced that the appointment of additional railcars for the S- Bahn Rhein -Ruhr was canceled. The reason the upcoming tender for the associated S -Bahn lines S5 and S8 is called by the VRR. The there vacant units of class 422 are then instead of 430s to replace the locomotive-hauled trains.

Rhein -Main

In November 2011, the Rhine- Main Transport Association that the vehicles still in use the series to be 420 replaced after the successful tender of the rapid transit network, the timetable change 2014/15 by railcar 430s announced. This is part of the contract between the RMV and the DB. According to 91 railcars are procured that come on the lines S1, S7, S8 and S9 are used. In December 2011 announced the German Railway and Bombardier that the German Rail ordered ninety railcars for the S- Bahn Rhein -Main. Early 2014 [ deprecated] are the trains are used for testing and training purposes in Frankfurt route network.

Technology and equipment

The consistently walk-in multiple units of class 430 are similar to those of series 422 you have an air-conditioned passenger area and the ordered Stuttgart trainsets are equipped to avoid getting in and out of accidents with a gap-bridging. The vehicles ordered for the Stuttgart region are equipped with a video surveillance with 16 cameras per short train, have glazed shelves and LED lighting. They offer in each train eight screens with connection information to S-Bahn, regional and long-distance trains in real time. As soon as the technical conditions are available therefor, whether light rail connections are to be taken into account.

Furthermore, the trains at start lower noise emissions than the trains which also employed in Stuttgart Series 423 In comparison with the vehicles to replace the 420 series, the energy consumption is much lower.

The car bodies are manufactured from continuously cast sections. The transitions between the cars have corrugated bellows. The cooling and air conditioning systems are on the car roofs; these have a continuous lining. On the second car roof is the pantographs. Three trains can be operated as a long stretch of a driver's cab. Mixed operation with multiple units of other series is not possible.

A short stretch will have a length of 68.3 meters and is therefore 0.9 meters longer than the 423 series, but also 1.1 meters shorter than the 422 series The molded of fiberglass-reinforced plastic head is at the standard EN 15227 (requirements meet the crashworthiness of railway vehicle bodies ) and is therefore longer than that of the Class 423, but corresponds to the series 422 the opposite of class 422 lower vehicle length is achieved that in the trailers, a seating group is replaced by a single-breasted - row seat with a separate window and the car body is shortened accordingly. This measure was necessary in order for a long stretch with 204.9 meters in length may hold on the platforms with 210 meters length yet. The vehicles are equipped with an electro-dynamic brake as a service brake, air brakes with magnetic brake and a spring brake as a parking brake. The electrodynamic brake feeds the energy back into the grid.

The train is divided into two separate power units.

The door control of the twelve doors on each side is changed. There will then be two options for the engine driver to release the doors or open. First variation: as for the vehicles of the series 423 by releasing the exit side and the passengers open the doors by pressing a button itself Second variant: by code by the engineman that when the doors are released at a standstill all the doors of the vehicle are opened. Also they get more hung windows as the 423 series and larger displays on the car transitions for the passenger information system (FIS ) in the interior ( similar to the 425 series ). The FIS indicators on the vehicle outside pages are double-spaced. The passenger seating corresponds to the current corporate identity of the railway for the transport, but with headrests in leather ( far from stock). The seats are molded and padded ergonomically favorable in pelvic area. Originally, the trains should be made ​​by a consortium of Alstom Transport in Salzgitter and Bombardier Transportation in Hennigsdorf. 29 trains are currently being built in Salzgitter, 54 more at Bombardier in Aachen. Nine vehicles will be subjected to extensive testing and thereby cover 50,000 km.