03.07.09
Modern electric shunting locomotive delivered to the SBB
Today, Stadler Winterthur AG is handing over the first of 21 newly developed electric shunting locomotives to the SBB. The SBB needs these modern, powerful locomotives for the composition of passenger trains and the addition of extra carriages. Following an international call for tenders, the SBB awarded to contract, which has a value of 40 million Swiss Francs, to Stadler Winterthur AG in December 2007.
Strong workhorse
Seven major railway stations of the SBB will be receiving a total of 21 modern shunting locomotiveswith the designationEe 922 by the end of 2010. They will replace the vehicles of the Ee 3/3 series, which are between 40 and 70 years old. The new dual-frequency locomotivescan also be used in frontier railway stations such as Basle. They are able to pull a 700 t train up a ramp with a gradient of 0.6 percent. The locomotive has a power rating of 750 kW.
The Ee 922 is based on a product family developed by Stadler Winterthur AG for shunting and freight service. This product family comprises two power categories of 750 kW and 1500 kW and, as an option, can also be supplied as a hybrid locomotive with an additional diesel drive. It is very economical in terms of energy consumption, is low noise and free of emissions, and requires less maintenance. This makes a more economic and low emission deployment possible. At the same time, it also enhanced reliability in train composition thanks to its high availability.
Satisfaction regarding the successful new development
Jürg Gygax, the CEO of Stadler Winterthur AG, is proud of this new development and the fact that we were able to successfully meet the tight deadlines: „We were able to hand over the vehicle to the customer within only one and a half years from the award of the contract. We have thereby provided an impressive demonstration of our capability. The Ee 922 is also the first electrical locomotive to leave our factory that has been completely manufactured by Stadler Winterthur.“
Stadler Rail Group, the system provider for customised solutions in rail vehicle manufacture, has locations in Switzerland (Altenrhein, Bussnang and Winterthur), in Germany (Berlin-Pankow and Velten), in Poland (Siedlce), in Hungary (Budapest, Pusztascabolcz and Szolnok), as well as in Algeria (Algiers). More than 2,400 people are employed group-wide. The best-known vehicle families of the Stadler Rail Group are the GTW articulated railcar (470 trains sold), the RS1 Regio Shuttle (402 trains sold), the Fast, Light, Innovative Regional Train FLIRT (515 trains sold) the DOSTO double-deck trains (50 trains sold) in the complete train sector and the Variobahn (255 vehicles sold) and the newly developed Tango (90 vehicles sold) in the streetcar sector. In addition, Stadler manufactures passenger coaches and diesel electric locomotives, and is the leading manufacturer of rack railway vehicles worldwide.
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