V250 (train)
The AnsaldoBreda V250 is an electric high-speed train which traveled from 2012 under the brand name Fyra on the Dutch-Belgian high-speed line Antwerp - Schiphol. His scheduled deployment to the international connection between Amsterdam, Schiphol Airport, Rotterdam, Antwerp and Brussels, which began on December 9, 2012, was already stopped on January 18, 2013 by a driving ban of the Belgian supervisory authority and not resumed. Also on Dutch lines there was no further use.
History
The operating company High Speed Alliance, short HSA, a joint venture of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) and KLM had, in 2004 16 complete sets ( other source: 12) in the spring of marketed initially as Albatros V250 ordered the Belgian State Railways SNCB three. In addition, an option for 14 more trains has been agreed. Originally an operation beginning on 1 April 2007 was provided.
In early 2006, the delivery was scheduled for February 2008. In spring 2008 test runs were recorded on the railway test ring Velim. End of April 2009, the first train in the Netherlands was delivered. In mid-May 2009, the second train after the test drives in Velim was also transferred to Amsterdam.
On 7 July 2009, a train and the name Fyra were presented to the public. After test runs on the HSL Zuid and the HSL started 4 After foreseeable that the trains would not be in time for the opening of the HSL Zuid available, the HSA decided to traffic on the route in the fall of 2009 with conventional locomotive-hauled trains. start The operators were at this time on the assumption that the first trains would be operational in the course of 2010.
After further delays began 29 July 2012 successively the regular passenger service. From September followed until the timetable change in December 2012, subject to availability of train sets stakes in passenger service between Amsterdam and Rotterdam, in addition to the existing Fyra offer with locomotive-hauled trains between Amsterdam and Breda.
The planned use finally launched on 9 December 2012 daily ten connections. The V250 is wrong about the high-speed line Antwerp and Schiphol Amsterdam conjoining with the Schiphol, Rotterdam and Brussels Airport. The previously existing IC connection ( Beneluxtrein ) between the two endpoints with a stop in The Hague has been set for this date. In addition, a connection from Rotterdam to The Hague and links from Breda to Amsterdam and Antwerp should be established.
On 18 January 2013, the Belgian supervisory authority service Veiligheid en withdrew Interoperabiliteit the Spoorwegen the V250 approval for commercial operation with passengers until the operator is able to demonstrate the reliability of the fleet again. Covers from the underfloor area of the vehicles were found along the travel path, also damaged ice dropping days ahead of some trainsets. In June 2013, a temporary ban was issued by the Netherlands Authority Inspectie Leefomgeving s transport, which also includes test drives.
The Belgian railway announced on May 31, 2013 known to cancel their order on three vehicles because the vehicles would have to major deficits in terms of reliability and security. Within the identified three-month ultimatum for the decommissioning of the trains in mid-January 2013, the problems could not be solved satisfactorily. Also NS Hispeed does not want to use, as was announced on June 3, 2013, the vehicles. The lessor of the sixteen Dutch vehicles, NS Financial Services, said in June in court, yet remove the vehicles and to give to other transport companies, once they are free of errors. On August 30, 2013 informed NS that the purchase contract was terminated.
The NS, AnsaldoBreda and its parent company Finmeccanica ( FNM) have announced a solution to their dispute over the sixteen V250 features of NS Financial Services on 17 March 2014. The companies have agreed that all V250 trains go back to AnsaldoBreda to Italy, after the Nazi receive 125 million euros refundable. The V250 features offered by AnsaldoBreda other customers. The three SNCB trains are not included in the above arrangement.
Technology
The Pininfarina -designed trains can operate under three different traction power systems with 25 kV 50 Hz AC and 3 or 1.5 kV DC. In addition to used on the HSL -Zuid ETCS Level 2 trains are also equipped with the Dutch and the Belgian ATB TBL. They should be on the road with a top speed of 250 km / hr. The eight intermediate cars offer a total of 546 seats, of which 127 are in the first class. There are also outlets at places.
Gallery
1st Class
2nd class
2nd class
2nd class
Toilet
The Italian tow truck used to transport the V250 trains