committees smog around this article that describes the investment
of the Lombardy Region on the metropolitan rail transport
...
... and we?
Renzo Venturoli - Budrio (BO)
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New life for regional rail service
of Lombardy.
Three hundred million euro are spent on purchasing new
trains.
A decision is that the Regional Council on a proposal by the Directorate of Infrastructure and Mobility
,
has approved the "Programme for the purchase of rolling stock and
the text of an agreement with Ferrovie Nord Milano, who will
Responsibility for the management, maintenance and commissioning
operation of the new trains. It is a further significant
intervention - in addition to other
already implemented or in progress - of modernization and expansion of
'regional rail services'.
"The funding - said Cattaneo -
shall be fully borne by the regional budget and part of a wider investment
817 million allocated to improving
quality and safe service. "
By year's end it will come six new trains for the
connection with Malpensa and eight, two-story
for commuters that will be used on-line
Saronno Seregno. Successful completion of 48 new trains (42
service for commuters and 6 to link services with
the airport) will be carried out over a two to three
per month until August 2008. Soon after the start
delivery of the job done today.
Through this appropriation of 300 million, will be
purchased more than 140 double decker carriages pull
autonomous, each capable to offer about 110 seats. The
delivery, which will take place from 5:06 compositions vehicles,
is scheduled for December 2008.
"This means - from the commissioner said Cattaneo - new
availability, better quality and greater safety for travelers
but also a rejuvenation of
rolling stock so that it goes back at the most to
eighties, resulting in well, better than an average European
.
These are features that should have trains:
- electric-powered trains on two floors, a power
distributed, with at least one motor bogie for each vehicle,
maximum speed of not less than 140 km / h,
possibility of operation for control multiple trains
variously composed of 2 to 12 vehicles;
- 3000 V DC power control systems
train running on networks suitable for the exercise and
FERROVIENORD Rfi; annual mileage of 250,000 project
km
- period of maximum utilization of the project 20 hours -
technical useful life 30 years (20 for electronic parts and fittings
) - about 550 seats available for composition
5 elements and 670 elements for 6;
- step of seats less than 1600 mm - two toilets for
train
- space for bike transportation;
- Preparation for the disabled;
- space for parking of vehicles standing in the end;
- with two access doors on each side to 650 mm from the surface of
iron
- air conditioning;
- audio-visual system for informing the public; sign
indicator in front.
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