Stadler will unveil at InnoTrans 2024 its RS Zero Regio-Shuttle with a fully decarbonised drive being available with either battery or hydrogen drive.
The Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 has been one of the most popular vehicles in German regional rail transport for 25 years. Around 500 vehicles of this successful model are currently in use in Germany. They have helped to create economical and attractive options on secondary routes with low traffic density.
Thanks to this innovation, Stadler can offer the best of both worlds: it has retained the advantages of the tried-and-tested RS1 but integrated the most modern and environmentally friendly drive technologies. In addition, the transport transition intended to stop climate change will shift considerably higher volumes of traffic to the rails. To do so, old lines in Germany and Europe, most of which are not electrified, need to be reactivated.
RS Zero Regio-Shuttle bridges this lack of electrification and offers a choice between the two most future-proof technologies, depending on the customer’s needs in a battery-electric model and a version with a hydrogen power pack. This enables the RS Zero to close the gap for CO2-emission free operation of local branch lines. Like the RS1, the RS Zero is available as a one-or two-part vehicle, offers a seating capacity of 70 to 150, and has the largest low-floor area of any vehicle in its class.
The model that will be visible at InnoTrans is the prototype of the RS Zero as a one-part vehicle with hydrogen drive. Stadler illustrates the numerous design options available with a multi-purpose area suitable for leaving bicycles, pushchairs and bulky luggage etc., lounge and comfort zones, standard and privacy seats, a wheelchair space, a WC and a train office.
At InnoTrans, Stadler will also present the first completed CityLink tram-train for Saarland, developed under a contract signed with six transport companies from Germany and Austria. This is the largest order in Stadler’s history to date and consists of the delivery of 504 low-floor CityLink vehicles, 246 of which have already been ordered. In addition to vehicle production, the framework agreement also includes a maintenance contract for up to 32 years.
Class 99, the bi-mode Co’Co’ locomotive for flexible freight transport for the UK market will be also presented in Berlin. 30 of these locomotives are being built for Beacon Rail for operation by GB Railfreight. The Class 99 is based on the proven Eurodual locomotive concept and has a dual drive which allows purely electric as well as combined diesel-electric operation. .
Kiss Cityjet double-decker multiple unit built for ÖBB will be will also be on display at InnoTrans. 79 of these vehicles have been ordered so far as part of a framework contract for 186 multiple units. It comes in four versions: four-and six-car units for local transport, six-car units for long-distance transport and five-car units for the CAT airport train (Vienna Airport).
For ÖBB Infrastruktur, Stadler will also unveil the innovative Servicejet firefighting and rescue multiple unit. In terms of technology, the vehicle stands out for its trimodal electric hybrid drive, which can be supplied with energy from the overhead contact line as well as from powerful underfloor traction batteries or from a diesel generator. This makes it completely self-sufficient when deployed and allows it to operate independently in smoke-filled tunnels to bring people to safety and extinguish burning vehicles, for example. In an emergency, the rescue train can accommodate over 300 people.
Battery-powered Flirt Akku train will be unveiled as a battery-electric customer version. The model presented is one of 44 vehicles ordered by DB Regio, which will be put into CO2-free local operation on the south-west German Palatinate network in the future, and the diesel vehicles currently in use are to be replaced step by step.
Stadler presents the next generation of electric low-floor train, specially designed for the Centovalli railway. Stadler is introducing one of a total of eight metre-gauge multiple units that will be delivered in three-and four-car versions to Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi (FART), the Swiss operator of the narrow-gauge railway. If required, the vehicles can be split and also used as two-part sets.
The underground trains for the Berlin’s BVG will be also displayed designed to specific customer needs. Two vehicle types had to be developed for the legacy underground system in the German capital: the JK series with a car width of 2.40 m for the lines with a small profile and the J series with a car width of 2.65 m for the newer lines with a large profile.
They can be operated with different train lengths and configurations to suit the traffic frequency. The JK series consists of two-or four-car vehicles that can be combined to form six-or eight-car trains. The J series consists of a combination of end and centre cars that can be coupled to form two-, four-and six-car vehicles. A total of up to 1,500 vehicles will be delivered according to the framework agreement between the BVG and Stadler.
At InnoTrans, the Signalling division of Stadler will also introduce its Eurolocking and Nova Pro signalling systems. Nova Pro is a high-quality, lean and modular solution for driverless communication-based train control (CBTC). It is compatible with any wireless network and is ideal for integration into an existing infrastructure. Another example is Stadler Nova Pro GoA4 -Depot, which will make shunting operations fully automatic on the Waldenburg railway near Basel in the future.
The newly developed Eurolocking electronic interlocking system is freely scalable and can be used for standard and narrow-gauge railways as well as mountain railways and trams. Centralised or decentralised interlocking architectures can be implemented, and customised solutions can be planned and put into practice based on the generic system architecture. The hardware is modular and can be expanded to meet virtually any requirement.
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