Stadler DOSTO
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The Stadler DOSTO or KISS is a bilevel electric multiple unit
commuter train developed by Stadler Rail
of Switzerland. It is operated by the Swiss Federal Railways under the classification RABe 511.
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channels under the ceiling instead of the side panel. The headroom is still two meters, because friction stir welded
floor panels made from aluminium extrusions are used. The number of seats, however, is slightly lower than in the previous models. Like in the DOSTO's predecessors, low-floor entrances, vehicle air conditioning and vacuum toilets (two, including one wheelchair accessible) are available. There are also two multi-functional areas with storage space for strollers, bicycles and the like.
The six-car train set consists of two power cars and four trailers. In the power heads, all axles are powered.
, for use in the Zürich S-Bahn
. The first trains are scheduled to be delivered in 2010 and enter service starting in 2011 under the designation "RABe 511".
On 15 April 2010, prior to the delivery of the first train, SBB confirmed an option for purchasing a further 24 four-car trains of the same type. Of the total 74 units are 13 six-car and 24 four-car trains to be used on regional express lines between Geneva-Lausanne, Zürich, Schaffhausen, Basel-Frick, Zürich, Bern, Biel and Bern-Olten. The remaining trains are intended for the Zürich S-Bahn.
On 12 October 2010, Stadler announced an order of 8 dual-voltage, three-car KISS trainsets for Luxemburgian railways CFL. They will be used on the Luxemburg - Koblenz relation.
Electric multiple unit
An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number of the carriages...
commuter train developed by Stadler Rail
Stadler Rail
Stadler Rail AG , based in Bussnang, Switzerland, is a Swiss manufacturer of rail passenger cars.In 1942 Ernst Stadler founded the Stadler Engineering Office which later became Stadler Rail.- Factories :...
of Switzerland. It is operated by the Swiss Federal Railways under the classification RABe 511.
Name
The original name, "DOSTO", is derived from the German word Doppelstock, meaning "double decker". Since September 2010, Stadler refers to the train as "KISS", an acronym for komfortabler innovativer spurtstarker S-Bahn-Zug, meaning "comfortable, innovative, sprint-capable suburbanRapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...
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Features
The DOSTO vehicles are the third generation of vehicles for the S-Bahn Zürich. Compared to previous generations, they are characterized mainly by a higher number of standing passengers per car, in part because the longer trains have proportionately fewer cabs. Also, 15 cm width was won by placing the HVACHVAC
HVAC refers to technology of indoor or automotive environmental comfort. HVAC system design is a major subdiscipline of mechanical engineering, based on the principles of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer...
channels under the ceiling instead of the side panel. The headroom is still two meters, because friction stir welded
Friction stir welding
Friction-stir welding is a solid-state joining process and is used for applications where the original metal characteristics must remain unchanged as far as possible...
floor panels made from aluminium extrusions are used. The number of seats, however, is slightly lower than in the previous models. Like in the DOSTO's predecessors, low-floor entrances, vehicle air conditioning and vacuum toilets (two, including one wheelchair accessible) are available. There are also two multi-functional areas with storage space for strollers, bicycles and the like.
The six-car train set consists of two power cars and four trailers. In the power heads, all axles are powered.
Customers
In 2008, the Swiss Federal Railways ordered 50 units, at a price of 1 billion CHFSwiss franc
The franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; it is also legal tender in the Italian exclave Campione d'Italia. Although not formally legal tender in the German exclave Büsingen , it is in wide daily use there...
, for use in the Zürich S-Bahn
Zürich S-Bahn
The Zurich S-Bahn system is a network of rapid transit rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zurich and portions of neighboring cantons The Zurich S-Bahn system is a network of rapid transit rail lines that has been...
. The first trains are scheduled to be delivered in 2010 and enter service starting in 2011 under the designation "RABe 511".
On 15 April 2010, prior to the delivery of the first train, SBB confirmed an option for purchasing a further 24 four-car trains of the same type. Of the total 74 units are 13 six-car and 24 four-car trains to be used on regional express lines between Geneva-Lausanne, Zürich, Schaffhausen, Basel-Frick, Zürich, Bern, Biel and Bern-Olten. The remaining trains are intended for the Zürich S-Bahn.
On 12 October 2010, Stadler announced an order of 8 dual-voltage, three-car KISS trainsets for Luxemburgian railways CFL. They will be used on the Luxemburg - Koblenz relation.