TALGO'S HIGH SPEED TRAIN CERTIFICATION

Beschreibung des Projekts

Staff

2 Project managers and 18 experts

Project’s description

The service consists in the assessment of Talgo’s high-speed trains which will be commissioned in Spain and between Spain and France.

The characteristics of the trains are as follow:

• Units: 15 units
• Maximum speed: 330 km/h
• Configuration: Train with twelve cars with two power cars, in configuration push-pull
• Car length: 201.8 m in simple composition
• Power supply: 25 kilovolts AC mono-phase and 3 kilovolts DC, with two pantographs in   each power car. Each power car has   8.000 kW at 25 kilovolts. For the   authorisation in France, the supply  capacity is 1.5 kV DC

• Signalling: For the train authorised in Spain:

• Ride system with variable gauge for traveling on both UIC and conventional gauge tracks.
• Wheels have a diameter of 920-840 mm in intermediate trailer cars and of 1040-950 mm in power cars.