Bombardier Zefiro

Bombardier Zefiro (proper spelling of Bombardier Transportation: Bombardier Zefiro ) is called a type family of high-speed trains, Bombardier Transportation for use at speeds of 250 km / h to 380 km / h The older series for the People's Republic of China were derived from the Regina type family, later, a newly developed platform for trains with top speeds of over 300 km / h

Variants

China

The first trains from the Zefiro family are built for CRH in the People's Republic of China. For the construction of Chinese trains, Bombardier Transportation founded with Nanche Shifang ( South China Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry) the joint venture Bombardier Sifang ( Qingdao) Transportation Ltd. ..

Zefiro250

2007 ordered the Chinese Ministry of Railways total of 40 multiple units, each with 16 cars. According to the manufacturer, it involves the largest order to date in the passenger area in the history of Chinese railways. The production of the trains will be in China. The first trains went in April 2009. The trains will be built in the versions CRH1B and CRH1E.

CRH1B

The CRH1B are day trains which are equipped with 1 299 seats in two classes. They are in use since April 2009.

CRH1E

The CRH1E are night trains, which are equipped with 618 seats in two classes and sleeper seats in the cab control car. They are since November 2009 on the Beijing - Shanghai in use.

Zefiro 380

End of September 2009, the Chinese Ministry of Railways ordered 80 more trains for an operating speed up to 380 km / h The original order included 20 trains with 8 cars and 60 trains with 16 carriages, which are scheduled for delivery from 2012 to 2016. Now 70 trains can still be retrieved with 8 cars. This version was developed at the Bombardier site Hennig near Berlin. The detail design of the production was the joint venture partner Bombardier Sifang Transportation ( BST) in Qingdao. The trains will get the name and CRH380D CRH380DL.

Italy

ETR1000 - V300ZEFIRO

On August 5, 2010 Trenitalia awarded a contract to supply 50 high-speed trains based on the Zefiro platform to a consortium of Bombardier Transportation and AnsaldoBreda. The multi-system, 200 m long and 600- seating trains are (TSI ) are highly customizable by European standards. The maximum operating speed of the trains should be at 360 km / h. A first prototype should be available within 300 days; commercial operation is planned from 2013. An offer of the competitor Alstom ( 35 million euros ) was not successful. On March 26, 2013, the first train was introduced in AnsaldoBreda factory in Pistoia to the public.