Flexity Swift

Flexity Swift
A low-floor 2010 Flexity Swift from Metro do Porto in Porto, Portugal.
Manufacturer Bombardier Transportation
Specifications
Train length See tables
Width See tables
Height (?)
Articulated sections 2
Maximum speed 80 km/h (50 mph)
Weight See tables
Steep gradient (?)
Minimum turning radius (?)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

The Flexity Swift is a series of urban and inter-urban tram, light rail and light metro vehicles manufactured by Bombardier Transportation. It is part of Bombardier's Flexity family of rail vehicles, and like the others, Flexity Swift vehicles can be customized to suit the needs and requirements of customers including legacy designs from its acquisition of Adtranz.

Railly News reported that, by the end of 2015, more than 1000 Flexity Swift vehicles had been sold.[1]

Overview

Vehicles in the Flexity Swift family vary in length, but are all articulated, usually with three sections. In most cases, the centre section is very short, but can be replaced with a longer section in order to increase capacity, as London is considering doing for future lines. The trams can also be coupled together into trains. Nevertheless, they are all bi-directional with cabs at both ends and doors on both sides. An emphasis is placed on speed with units capable of safely reaching speeds of 80 km/h (50 mph) when running on dedicated lines.

Most vehicles typically weigh between 35 and 40 tonnes (34 and 39 long tons; 39 and 44 short tons), though the ones made for the Minneapolis line are heavier due to stricter crashworthiness requirements in the United States (particularly buff strength) and the vehicles in Rotterdam and Karlsruhe are also heavier due to their use on a full, high-capacity rapid transit network and on mainline railway tracks, respectively.

The Flexity Swift family comes in two distinct versions with a 70% low-floor version to allow access to those in wheelchairs without requiring the construction of high platforms in city streets and a high-floor version with level boarding at raised platforms, generally to retain compatibility with stations built for older trams or trains. While they typically use DC overhead lines for power collection, the Rotterdam vehicles are also equipped with third rail power capability for use on the central sections of the network, while the Karlsruhe tram-trains are compatible with AC electrification which is used on the mainline railways.

Both the low and high-floor models were originally developed for use on the Cologne Stadtbahn in Germany. Other uses of Flexity Swift vehicles include London Tramlink, Manchester Metrolink,[2] the tram networks in Istanbul and Melbourne, Rotterdam Metro, Karlsruhe Stadtbahn, Stockholm light rail lines 12 and 22, and the METRO Light Rail in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota. The scrapped Merseytram plan for Liverpool in Merseyside planned to use the same model as London.

The Flexity Swift's closest competitors are Alstom's Citadis family (particularly the RegioCitadis, Citadis Dualis, and Citadis Spirit variants), Siemens's S70/Avanto, SD100/SD160, SD400/SD460 and S200, and Sirio from Ansaldobreda. Compared to Bombardier's other Flexity vehicles, these vehicles are not designed for streetcar operation with extensive mixed-traffic operations, although they do operate as such on a number of systems such as in London, Manchester, and Melbourne.

Technical specifications

Low-floor versions

City Operator Image Type designation Built in Number of
vehicles		 Length
m (ft)		 Width
m (ft in)		 Weight (empty)
t (LT; ST)		 Maximum power
kW (hp)
Cologne, Germany KVB K4000 1995–1999, 2002 124 28.40 m (93.2 ft) 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in) 35.50 t (34.94 long tons; 39.13 short tons) 4 x 120 kW (160 hp)
K4500 2004–2007 69 28.50 m (93.5 ft) 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in) 37.40 t (36.81 long tons; 41.23 short tons) 4 x 120 kW (160 hp)
Croydon (Tramlink)
Greater London,
United Kingdom 		TfL CR4000 1998–2000 24 30.10 m (98.8 ft) 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in) 36.30 t (35.73 long tons; 40.01 short tons) 4 x 120 kW (160 hp)
Istanbul, Turkey ITC A32 2003 55 29.70 m (97.4 ft) 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in) 39.20 t (38.58 long tons; 43.21 short tons) 4 x 120 kW (160 hp)
Karlsruhe, Germany AVG and VBK ET 2010 (Tram-train) 2011-2013 30 37 m (121 ft) 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in) 62.5 t (61.5 long tons; 68.9 short tons) 4 x 150 kW (200 hp)
Melbourne, Australia Yarra Trams E 2013-2018 50 (options for a further 100) 33 m (108 ft) 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in) 6 x 85 kW (114 hp)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
(METRO Light Rail), United States 		Metro Transit Type 1 LRV 2003–2007 27 28.65 m (94.0 ft) 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in) 48.50 t (47.73 long tons; 53.46 short tons)
Porto, Portugal Metro do Porto Traintram 2010 30 37.07 m (121.6 ft) 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in)
RijnGouweLijn,
Netherlands 		NS A32 1999–2003 6 (sold to
Stockholm
June 2010) 		29.70 m (97.4 ft) 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in) 37.50 t (36.91 long tons; 41.34 short tons) 4 x 120 kW (160 hp)
Stockholm, Sweden SL A32 1999–2008 31, additionally
6 second hand 		29.70 m (97.4 ft) 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in) 37.50 t (36.91 long tons; 41.34 short tons) 4 x 120 kW (160 hp)

High-floor versions

City Operator Image Type designation Built in Number of vehicles Length Width Weight (empty) Maximum power
Bonn, Germany SWB K5000 2003 15 28.40 m 2.65 m 37.80 t 4 x 120 kW
Bursa, Turkey Bursaray U5-2010 Bursa 2010 – 2011 30 28.00 m 2.65 m 38.00 t 4 x 120 kW
Cologne, Germany KVB K5000 2002–2003 59 28.40 m 2.65 m 37.80 t 4 x 120 kW
K5200 2010-2011 15 2.65 m
2020-2021 20 28 m 2.65 m
Düsseldorf, Germany Rheinbahn HF6 2017-2020 42 28 m 2.65 m
Frankfurt am Main, Germany VgF U5-25 (Bi-directional) 2008–2017 94 25.02 m 2.65 m 37.20 t 4 x 130 kW
U5-50 (Uni-directional) 2008–2017 130 24.764 m 2.65 m 36.15 t 4 x 130 kW
İzmir, Turkey İzmir Metro MD Ordered 2001 30 23.5 m 2.65 m 32.00 t 4 x 75 kW
M Ordered 2001 15 23.5 m 2.65 m 4 x 75 kW
Greater Manchester, England Metrolink M5000 2009 - 2017 120 28.40 m 2.65 m 39.70 t 4 x 120 kW
Rotterdam, Netherlands RET MG2/1, SG2/1 1998 - 2002 81 30.50 m 2.664 m 44.20 t 6 x 85 kW
RSG3, SG3, HSG3 2007 - 2016 86 42.00 m 2.664 m 64.30 t 8 x 130 kW

References

  1. ↑ "Bombardier to Supply Six Additional FLEXITY Swift Vehicles for Rotterdam". Railly News. 2015-12-23. Archived from the original on 2015-12-23. To date more than 1,000 FLEXITY Swift light rail vehicles have been sold worldwide. About 5,000 Bombardier trams and LRVs are in revenue service or on order in Europe, Asia, Australia and North America.
  2. ↑ Light Rail Transport Association since the first on 25 June 2008.

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