ICx
As ICx the German railway means a project for the procurement of up to 300 trains for long-distance transport of DB Mobility Logistics AG. In the course of the project are to be replaced until approximately 2020 sets of Intercity / Euro City trains, later, the vehicles of the ICE 1 and ICE 2 ( about 2025) (as of each 2008). Later the ICE 3 could be optionally replaced with the trains. They are manufactured by Siemens Rail Systems Division. The 12 - part version is set to start in December 2017, the 7 -piece from December 2020.
ICx is a working title. About the definitive denomination of multiple units is not yet decided (as of 2011).
- 2.1 prehistory
- 2.2 tender
- 2.3 award
- 2.4 procurement
- 2.5 Production and commissioning
- 2.6 Operation
- 2.7 Application
- 2.8 maintenance
Rolling stock
The trains are provided as multiple units (excluding locomotives) for passenger traffic. The drive of the train, in contrast to the previous ICE ranges over several autonomous and driven carriage ( Powercars ) which are distributed over the length of the train. The interior and exterior design of the vehicles is to substantially correspond to the ICE standard. In contrast to all previous ICE trains the longer at around 28 meters carbodies the ICx fleet are manufactured in steel and not aluminum.
At InnoTrans 2012, the German railway showed at their booth for the first time, a 1:1 model of a part of the ICx - end car. Since the end of 2013, a 1:1 model of an end car and another car in the DB Museum in Nuremberg is issued.
Basic configurations
The 5 - to 14 - car trains are formed from five types of cars: end cars, driven intermediate car ( " Powercar " ), non-powered intermediate cars, dining cars and service cars.
Provided by Deutsche Bahn is the procurement of two so-called basic configurations:
- Seven-Segment multiple units with three driven car. They offer 456 seats ( including 77 in 1st class ) over a length of 200 meters, can travel at a top speed of 230 km / h with a maximum acceleration of 0.55 m / s ². 17 seats are provided in the board the dining car, to a standing bistro and two wheelchair spaces. The trainset eight parking for bicycles are provided. This configuration was first referred to as K1n.
- Twelve -piece unit trains with six -driven cars. They offer 830 seats (of which 205 in 1st class ) over a length of 346 meters. The top speed of 250 km / h, the maximum acceleration of 0.53 m / s ². 23 seats are provided in the board the dining car, plus there is a standing bistro and three wheelchair spaces.
The reduced compared to the previous ICE trains top speed of 249 km / h costs should be saved.
The first series of 130 multiple units is divided into seven divider 45 and 85 Twelve divider. These are intended to replace the previous, locomotive-hauled IC sets. There will be a registration for Germany and Austria.
The planned 59 sets of the second series to 2025 to replace the current ICE 1 and ICE 2 fleet. These trains are being admitted for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. For the second series has been licensed for France, Luxembourg, Italy, Poland and the Czech Republic is provided as an option. The first series from the current 2030 framework agreement was obtained with signing the contract, the procurement of the second series is planned fixed.
An optionally provided third tranche would serve as a replacement of the ICE 3. These 80 units are available with a top speed of 249 km / h ( as of 2011). This option can be redeemed at any time.
Other configurations
Besides the two basic configurations 22 more, the manufacturer provided sets consisting of 5 to 14 cars are possible. Two seven -car multiple units may be operating in double traction. Five-part units should be formed here with two driven intermediate cars, 6 - and 7 -piece with three, 8 - and 9-piece with four 10 - to 12-piece with five as well as 13 - and 14-part six -driven cars. To be admitted first four of these additional variants. A 14 -car unit would be 400 meters long.
The sets are to be formed from five different types of cars. The means 2nd class cars are identical in both versions. The middle car used only in the tens of divider 1 class is derived from this type.
The intermediate cars are 27.9 m long, 28.6 m end cars. Thus, they are longer than most previous Intercity cars that have a length of 26.4 m. The outer carbody width is 2852 mm, the inner 2642 mm.
Equipment
Original planning
The seat pitch ( number of seats) in the first class should be 930 mm, 856 mm in the 2nd class. The legroom was given as 826 or 900 mm. The clear width of the aisle should be at 620 mm (1st class ) or 500 mm ( 2nd class) are. In 1st class the backrest up to 38 degrees tilt and seat by 5 cm should be extendable. When you lean back the seats no longer fold back. Pillows were provided only for the first class. The trains were beyond wall has window seats.
According to the original plans, the end car, 1st class should take 52 seats, the end car, 2nd class 63 seats and eight bicycle parking spaces and two folding seats. In further means 2nd class cars ( driven and non-driven ) should be 100 seats will be housed. In the dining car of the seven -part units 29 seats in the first class and 17 seats were provided in the restaurant; the dining car of the ten -part units should have 23 seats in 1st class and 23 seats in the restaurant. The service car of the Seven divider should have 47 seats in the second class, seating for six in a multi-function compartment and two wheelchair spaces; in which the Ten divider next to an equally large multifunction share 43 seats and three wheelchair spaces were provided. The occurring only in the ten-part configuration means 1st class coaches have 66 seats ( powered car) and 69 seats ( non-driven cars).
For the seven -car trains twelve toilets were planned for the tens of divider 18 (the middle and end car, 2nd class two, in the end car, 1st class two and a staff and an accessible toilet in the service car ). You should also receive "WC defective " display.
The double seat (2nd class ) or per seat ( 1st class) an outlet was provided. Reading lamps and foot rests were provided only for the first class.
The basic technical configuration should remain the same throughout the entire series. In the interior were provided to distinguish between genres Intercity and Intercity-Express differentiation, especially in the dining car. A flexible design will allow, for example, the retroactive adjustment of seat pitch.
The seat numbers are attached to the back to the hallway and to get a tactile surface that is readable for the blind. With the exception of the dining car, which has only two-sided loading doors, two vestibules ( four exterior doors ) are provided for each car. In service car focus is on each side a board lift for wheelchair users. The entry should take place free of steps. In a service truck Zugbegleiterabteil and a break room is also housed.
The trains will also have a on-board Internet access. Also the installation of cell phone amplifiers is prepared. A UMTS support is sought.
Order Changes
Siemens introduced first prepared a 1:1 model of the planned passenger compartment. After review by the DB Management Board was decided that the previous design was not satisfactory. Discrepancies were due to the high seat density, insufficient luggage storage space, close to entrance areas and because of anticipated problems for the proposed bicycle transport. Furthermore expects higher ridership than was originally planned. The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bahn has therefore decided on 5 March 2013, an increase of ICx contract.
The previous ten-part sets be extended to twelve cars after a decision of the Board of Management of Deutsche Bahn in March 2013 decision. By total of 170 additional cars, the number of seats per train of 724 rises to 830 The interior is high quality designed, more space for luggage and the gears are enlarged. The light color should adapt to the time of day. The speed limit was raised from 249 to 250 km / hr.
The additional cost of the package is estimated at 600 million euros. The proportion Bombardier it is 336 million euros. The planned changes to the operation start delay for the 12 - car trains for one year, for the 7 - car trains as much as 4 years.
The screens dividers, the number of seats was reduced from 499 to 456, accounted for the equipment of the trains for various current systems. The trains can therefore no longer be used in the Netherlands.
The following table compares the changes:
Technology
The driven means cars are referred to as " power cars " and take each a transformer, a traction converters, auxiliary converters and a four traction motors on. The drive car of the two kind of connection differ only in their gear ratio for the two provided maximum speeds. Transformers and power converters are cooled via a common cooling system with oil or water. The DC components of the multi-system trains are mounted under the floor in non-powered intermediate cars. The installed traction power driven means each car is at 1.65 MW. The maximum allowable slope is 35 ‰. Each train has two pantographs for the network of DB and ÖBB, which are housed in the center car and drive 2 cars 2 ZUB. K3S trains with SBB received equipment on this vehicle ever a current collector for the network of the SBB.
The first two variants are designed to be delivered for an occupancy of up to four people per square meter.
The minimum curve radius is 150 m passable.
The 7- car trains will be designed according to TSI class 2, the 12-part Class 1 Admission to Class 1 requires, among other things, an advanced braking equipment and an Radsatzlagerüberwachung. Furthermore, the requirements for air pressure fluctuations are greater.
For passenger information up to six screens per car are provided. In the car TFT screens (19 inches ), also provided in the entry areas 15 -inch displays in blankets gondolas. The passenger information system can generate automatic, multilingual announcements.
The air conditioning of the trains will be designed for ambient temperatures of -25 to 45 ° C. Without loss of comfort to outdoor temperatures can be processed from -20 to 40 ° C. The air conditioners are supplied by Faiveley Transport. A passive pressure protection system is provided. The interval for ultrasound Achsprüfungen should be at 240,000 kilometers.
As train control PZB, LZB and ETCS are provided.
The energy consumption per passenger is compared to the ICE 1 fall by 30 percent. In addition to a weight loss greater seat density, improved aerodynamics and improved recovery of braking energy is to contribute to this result. They should be quieter than previous trains.
The non-powered bogies are supplied by Bombardier and to obtain an active wheelset for active control of the bogie in the bow. The driven bogies were constructed by Siemens on the basis of the SF500.
A modular structure enables to swap entire assemblies and repair outside the train.
The floor pans get a shock protective coating against dirt flight.
History
Prehistory
As early as 2003 the German railway had planned the tender of 1000 new intercity carriages. Plans under which the successful bidder maintenance facility Delitzsch would have to assume, had forbidden the Federal Cartel Office. The new vehicles should be replaced as of 2015 cars of model years 1971 to 1991. These had been modernized from 2002 for use until then. The tender was ultimately not implemented.
Announcement
The tender of the ICx trainsets was summer of 2008. According to the company, these were the biggest bid of the company. The approximately 300-page, technical and functional specifications of the tender lie approximately 8900 individual needs basis. These were derived from approximately 900 points of an operational and commercial specifications of the future operator, taking it for example to use, appearance, seating, comfort but also about service and maintenance here. The detailed functional specifications to serve high quality, for whose implementation the manufacturing industry is responsible. 27 percent of the criteria are to fulfill mandatory, 22 percent are desirable from the point of view of the customer, three percent are optionally provided. In the concept flowed timetable concepts and demand concepts and for the years 2015, 2020 and 2025. For the ICE trains successor in the tender a top speed of 250 km / h was initially provided. A top speed of 280 km / h was to offer optional. After the planning status of 2009, two preseries trains should be used in test mode runs regularly from 2012.
The development costs are to be borne entirely by the industry. In addition, the trains will be paid only on acceptance. A previously normal pre-financing is not provided. The German railway expects the constant utilization of production capacities over a long period cost advantages in prices per seat, which should be well below today's ICE. The aim was in 2009 ( at the price level of 2015) cost per seat of about 25,000 euros - a little above the level of high-quality regional traffic. About so-called quality milestones, the quality of the procured trains should be ensured.
Seven industrial companies have requested the tender documents. The contract should be awarded to a single supplier, but not to a consortium in order to avoid additional costs and unclear responsibilities.
Award
Six bidders showed interest, including Alstom with the AGV and TGV Duplex. Two bidders made concrete offers, was negotiated: A consortium of Siemens and Bombardier called around six billion euros for the approximately 300 trains, while Alstom took up with various equipment options in the amount of five to eight billion euros. The Alstom's offer did not meet the requirements of the tender.
After the end of January 2010, Siemens has been named as preferred bidder was planned that should provide Bombardier as a supplier of Siemens more than a third of the performances of the entire order. This was followed by price negotiations. The job should come from 2013/2014 to support and utilize the production capacity of Siemens in Krefeld- Uerdingen 2025. The Uerdinger plant will go through it.
The trains should first be ordered by the state of planning from January 2010 until 16 June 2010. The company had in mid-2010 expected to award the contract in the fall of 2010. According to industry information to the end of July 2010, the price expectations of DB and industry have still been far apart. Deutsche Bahn CEO Rüdiger Grube here included a re-tendering of the contract can not be made , as far as no agreement could be reached. According to information from the company, DB throbbing in the negotiations on a price per seat of 30,000 euros.
End of 2010, the German railway had not yet agreed by its own account with Siemens for the price. At issue in particular liability rules had been with which the web wants to hedge comprising, after the experience with margins for ICEs.
Procurement
On 11 April 2011 agreed the boards of directors of DB and Siemens about the purchase. On 21 April 2011, the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bahn agreed to the contract. The contract is valued at five billion euros. The German Railways ordered it immediately 130 train sets that should be delivered by the end of 2016. Under the current 2030 contract terms are determined to purchase additional trains. Bombardier acts as a preferred supplier, with a value- share of the total order of about one third. The purchase price is to be paid in installments, a deposit is not provided. 60 percent of the purchase price to be paid upon delivery.
On 9 May 2011, the 8,000 -page contract work in the DB Academy in Potsdam, in the former imperial railway station, the CEO of DB, Rüdiger Grube and the Chairman of the Managing Board of Siemens AG, Peter Loescher, signed. The order volume for the first 220 trainsets is 6.3 billion euros. On the supplier Bombardier thereby accounts for 2.1 billion euros.
It is the largest ever awarded in Germany contract for the rail industry, the largest order from Deutsche Bahn and the largest order for Siemens.
According to the framework contract up to 300 trains were provided including supplies after the 2020 original. 130 firm orders trains will be delivered as planned from 2017 to 2020. Mid- September 2013 it was announced by a press report that the German railway had in the course of " service changes " in early 2013, the number of trains to be procured after 2020 to 31, to 59, reduced. The value of these trains was given a total of one billion euros. Instead of trains double-decker trains to be procured from Bombardier. For hundreds of millions of euros could be saved.
According to Siemens ran in 2012 talks with European companies on the ICx. The company would be in negotiations with Deutsche Bahn relating to the payment of a premium to the DB in the case of exports of ICx concept.
For the education and training the procurement of a corresponding simulator is provided. The approximately 1.8 million euro simulator to be built in Fulda.
Production and commissioning
The design and construction phase should be completed in April 2014 and the production of preseries trains are started.
The development of the ICx trainsets will take place at the Siemens locations in Erlangen and Krefeld -Uerdingen. Large parts of the installation, including all intermediate cars, as well as the Werksinbetriebssetzung also be handled at the Siemens plant in Krefeld -Uerdingen. The motor bogies are from the Siemens factory in Graz.
The shell of the steel car bodies as well as the final assembly of all final and some intermediate cars takes place at Bombardier in Görlitz. The bogies are manufactured by Bombardier in Siegen.
Prior to delivery of the first series should, according to the planning status of mid-2012, from September 2015, two preseries trains are delivered, which are tested for 14 months under real conditions: First, two months without and then twelve months passengers. This testing is now planned for the years 2016 and 2017 (as of December 2013).
From the end of 2017, the use in passenger transport is provided. 50 of 130 trainsets are to be observed increasingly as part of a seven-year monitoring phase during operation. The planned life of the trains is 30 years.
In early 2012, a 1:1 wooden model was manufactured. 2012, the construction of the first components begin (April 2012). Production of preseries trains to start in mid 2013. The delivery is scheduled for 2014, thereafter to be made an eleven-month operational trials. Mass production is scheduled to begin in 2015. Production takes place at the Krefeld (Siemens ) or in Görlitz and Hennig village (each Bombardier ). The train formation to take place in Wegberg -Wildenrath. 20 trains will be manufactured per year.
The closer the project team comprises around 60 people. In the wider community, including developers, around 500 people were involved in the project. Including pavers from among subcontractors are tens of thousands of people involved in the project.
Operation
Manufacturers and operators are planning to exchange operational data about the reliability of the vehicles over seven years.
After realization of the first two stages (replacement for IC, ICE 1 and ICE 2 ) about 70 percent of sales from DB long-distance transport is to be provided with ICx trainsets.
Use
According to the original plan (May 2011), the first ICx trains to be used during the year 2016 on the following lines:
- Hamburg-Rhein/Ruhr-Rhein/Main-Süddeutschland
- Berlin -Hannover- Amsterdam
- Berlin-Kassel-Rhein/Main-Stuttgart-München
- Berlin-Kassel-Rhein/Main-Basel
After completion of the new lines Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle and Ebenfeld -Erfurt (2017) is also planned a bet on the line Hamburg-Berlin-Leipzig/Halle-Erfurt-Nürnberg-München.
Maintenance
First Instandhaltungsort planned for EMUs is the operating station Berlin- Rummelsburg. There are two 370 m long elevated tracks with two-sided roof maintenance work platforms, catwalks and crane installations are completed by mid-2016. The large storage building should this be extended to about 50 m and the engine shed around 26 m, about the construction of an office building is provided. The cost is estimated at 27 million euros net.
A 220 million euro more expensive expansion of the ICE facility in Cologne serve, according to the Deutsche Bahn, above all, the maintenance of the ICx trains.