The Euskotren 200 series is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Euskotren in the Basque Country, Spain from 1986 to 2018.

Euskotren 200 series
Image of a 200 series train
Set 205 in Lasarte-Oria, March 2005
In service1990–2018
ManufacturerCAF, B&W, Westinghouse
Built atBeasain, Erandio, and Sestao; Spain
Constructed1985–2000
Entered service1 February 1986
Number built20
Number preserved1
Formation
  • 3 cars
  • 4 cars
Fleet numbers201–220
Capacity386 (260 seated)
OperatorsEuskotren
Specifications
Car body constructionAluminium
Train length
  • 51,650 mm (169 ft 5 in)
  • 68,830 mm (225 ft 10 in)
Width2,450 mm (8 ft 0 in)
Height3,620 mm (11 ft 11 in)
Doors3 (per side and car)
Maximum speed80 km/h (49.7 mph)
Weight
  • 92.5 tonnes (204,000 lb)
  • 120 tonnes (260,000 lb)
Power output960 kW (1,290 hp) (total)
Electric system(s)1,500 V DC overhead line
Current collector(s)Pantograph
UIC classification
  • Bo'Bo'+2'2'+Bo'Bo'
  • Bo'Bo'+2'2'+2'2'+Bo'Bo'
Coupling systemScharfenberg
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)

History

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The trains were ordered by Euskotren in 1983, with the first unit being delivered in 1985. They entered service on 1 February 1986, originally in the Bilbao-Plentzia line, where they replaced the rolling stock inherited from FTS.[1] The trains had been intended for use in the Bilbao metro (which took over most of the Bilbao-Plentzia railway), but ultimately new trains were built for it. Thus, with the opening of the metro in 1995, the trains were transferred to the Txorierri, Urdaibai and Bilbao-San Sebastián lines.[2] The trains were built entirely in the Basque Country: the motor cars by CAF in Beasain, the non-powered cars by Babcock & Wilcox in Sestao and the electrical equipment by Westingouse in Erandio.[2][1]

The 20 trains originally consisted of 3 cars each. In 1996, 10 of them had a fourth car added, with the tree-car trains being used together with the 3500 series in the Urdaibai and Bilbao-San Sebastián lines. The remaining three-car trains had a fourth car added starting in 1999. All the new cars were built by CAF.[2]

The 900 series, intended as a replacement of the 200 series, entered service in 2011.[3] Starting in late 2017, the last 200 series units were retired from active service, with the trains being put up for auction in January 2018.[4] On 24 November 2018, the last remaining unit was retired after a farewell trip, the train was then sent to the Basque Railway Museum for preservation.[5]

Formations

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Designation Mc R R Mc
Numbering[6] 2xx-1 2xx-2 2xx-4 2xx-3

Originally, each trainset was formed by two motored cars and two non-powered cars. Between 1996 and 2000 all units had a fourth (non-powered) car added.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "UT-200". Vía Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Olaizola, Juanjo (2001). Bilbo eta Donostia arteko trenaren material motorea / Material motor del ferrocarril de Bilbao a San Sebastián (in Spanish and Basque). Bilbao: Eusko Trenbideak Ferrocarriles Vascos , S.A. pp. 138–141. ISBN 84-920629-3-2.
  3. ^ "En servicio las tres primeras unidades de la serie 900 de Euskotren". Vía Libre (in Spanish). 27 July 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Euskotren subasta unidades de la Serie 200". Vía Libre (in Spanish). 12 January 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  5. ^ Olaizola Elordi, Juanjo (2020). Línea 3, eslabón clave (PDF) (in Spanish). Servicio Central de Publicaciones del Gobierno Vasco. p. 208. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  6. ^ "UNIDAD ELÉCTRICA SERIE 200". Euskotren (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 31 July 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
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