The Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) have actually granted Stadler a structure arrangement for as much as 120 battery trains of the type Flirt Akku. The structure arrangement has actually not yet been signed, however the Austrians are holding out the possibility of purchasing 16 systems in the preliminary.
According to Stadler, the finalizing of the structure arrangement and the very first order for 16 Flirt Akku is scheduled for fall 2023. Technical modifications for the ÖBB order are not discussed in the statement. According to Stadler, the battery-electric design of the Flirt type series has a functional variety of around 100 kilometres.
The 100 kilometres use without an overhead line. On amazed areas with overhead lines, the traction motors can draw their power from the grid, while the batteries are charged in parallel. The Flirt battery can likewise recover energy throughout braking. “This means that the regional train can be battery operated on almost all of the non-electrified routes in Austria,” the maker composes.
Stadler’s battery trains are meant for usage on non-electrified or just partly amazed lines, particularly in eastern Austria, where they will change the existing diesel fleet. By charging the traction batteries while taking a trip under catenary, the Flirt Akku allow “sustainable rail operation on non-electrified line sections”.
A couple of days earlier, the Italian train operators Azienda Regionale Sarda Trasporti (ARST) and Ferrovie della Calabria (FdC) granted Stadler 2 structure arrangements for the shipment and upkeep of as much as 25 hydrogen-electric trains. The initially twelve cars have actually already been bought on a binding basis.
