Electro-diesel multiple unit
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An electro-diesel multiple unit (EDMU) or bi-mode multiple unit (BMU) is a form of a multiple unit that can be powered either by electric power picked up from the overhead lines or third rail (like an electric multiple unit – EMU) or by using an onboard diesel engine, driving an electric generator, which produces AC or DC electric power (like a diesel-electric multiple unit – DEMU).[1][2]
List of BMUs[]
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Oceania[]
Australia[]
NSW TrainLink Regional Train Project is building 117 bi-mode carriages (1.5 kV DC) to replace its diesel fleet of interstate and regional XPT, Xplorer and Endeavour trainsets to be delivered by CAF from 2023.
Europe[]
France[]
Bombardier has built dual-mode variants of its AGC series[3] for the French operator SNCF; the electricity is collected by means of a pantograph.
- B 81500 – multiple unit trains using 1.5 kV DC catenary. In service since 2005.
- B 82500 – multiple unit trains using both 1.5 kV DC and 25 kV AC catenary. In service since October 2007.
- Alstom Règiolis (B 83500, B 84500, B 85000, B 85900). In service since April 2014 (B 83500 and B 84500).
Italy[]
- ,[4] first electro-diesel version of the Stadler Flirt, service in the Valle d'Aosta region.[5] In service since October 2019.
Norway[]
- 14 bi-modal variants of the Stadler Flirt trains, called "Type 76" (Class 76)[6] in Norway, held by the state owned Norske Tog and operated by the line operator SJ AB (as SJ Nord) entering service in 2021. [7]
Poland[]
- Newag Impuls is offered in electro-diesel (hybrid) version.[8] First units were delivered to West Pomeranian Voivodeship and started regular revenue service in early 2021.[9]
Russia[]
- DT1 (ДТ1) Russian-gauge multiple unit. In service since 2009.
United Kingdom[]
Electro-diesel multiple units whose electricity source is 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead line include:
- British Rail Class 800 – high-speed multiple unit for use on Great Western Railway and London North Eastern Railway inter-city services. In service since October 2017.
- British Rail Class 802 – high-speed multiple unit for use on Great Western Railway, Hull Trains and TransPennine Express inter-city services. In service since August 2018.
- British Rail Class 768 – multiple unit converted from Class 319 (with external dual-system/voltage support), for use by Rail Operations Group on parcel services.
- British Rail Class 769 – multiple unit converted from Class 319 (with external dual-system/voltage support), for use on Great Western Railway, Northern and Transport for Wales regional services. Introduction from December 2019.
- British Rail Class 755 – multiple unit for use on Greater Anglia regional services. In service since July 2019 (755/4).[10][11]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "[UK] Greater Anglia: First FLIRT UK on the tracks for testing". Railcolornews. 15 May 2018.
- ^ "Bi-mode multiple unit – FLIRT" (PDF). Stadler.
The bi-mode units enable an interruption-free service on electrified and non-electrified lines. The necessary power is generated by diesel engines[…]. When running under catenary the diesel engines can be shut off
- ^ "MITRAC Hybrid The Dual Power Propulsion Chain" (PDF). Bombardier.
- ^ (in Italian) it:Treno Bimodale Stadler BTR.813
- ^ "First electro-diesel Flirts ordered".
- ^ "Bi-mode Multiple Unit – FLIRT Nordic" (PDF). Stadler Rail.
- ^ "[NO / Expert] Bi-mode Flirt for Norske Tog leaving the Stadler factory [updated]".
- ^ "Hybrid Multiple Unit | NEWAG SA". Newag. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ ms (21 January 2021). "Pierwszy dwunapędowy Impuls 2 pojechał z pasażerami [zdjęcia]" [First bi-mode Impuls 2 carried passengers [photos]]. Rynek Kolejowy (in Polish). Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ Roden, Andy (8 October 2016). "New trains as Abellio scoops East Anglia franchise". Rail.
- ^ Government gives green light for more state-of-the-art intercity trains, Department for Transport, 18 July 2013
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