⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ P86/P89 Cars from London's Docklands Light Railway on the Essen Stadtbahn
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- The Essen Stadtbahn is a 19.6-kilometer (12.2 mi) light rail (Stadtbahn) network in Essen and the two neighboring towns of Mülheim an der Ruhr and Gelsenkirchen in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia. It forms part of the Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn. Like the Frankfurt U-Bahn, it is a mixed system of light rail and underground railway.
The Essen Class P86 (5231-5240) and P89 (5221-5230) light rail vehicles were purchased second-hand from London's Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in 1991. The class P86 (P for Poplar DLR depot, 86 for the year) vehicles were originally built by Linke-Hofmann-Busch for the DLR's opening in 1986. However, since they did not meet British safety standards for use in tunnels, the DLR could not use these vehicles on the DLR's extension to Bank, which was opened in 1991. Therefore, DLR sold its 11 P86 vehicles, which were only a few years old at that time, to EVAG for service in Essen, which at the time needed more vehicles for its planned route extensions.
In 1989, DLR procured ten P89 vehicles from British Rail Engineering Limited for route extensions. These cars were similar to the P86 vehicles but could be operated to Bank. Due to strong traffic growth and other route extensions, DLR procured new, more modern vehicles for trains of up to three sets. The installation of DLR's new Alcatel SelTrac train control system would have meant that the P89 sets would have had to be rebuilt to maintain them in operation. They also could not be operated in coupled sets in the DLR's tunnel sections due to their lack of connecting doors. As a result, after only a few years of operation in London, the P89 sets were also sold to EVAG, where both fleets continue to reliably provide service.
Both the P86 and P89 fleets are slated to be replaced by a new order of cars from CAF in the upcoming years. Enjoy this look at a fascinating system and rolling stock!
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Taken in September 2024.
Love how modern they look compared to the standard Stadtbahnwagen B design.
AFAIK the DLR got rid of them due to them not being allowed into the tunnels into Bank Station. I believe they didn't meet the safety regs to use the tunnels.
They sound like they had their traction package replaced, I'm guessing when converted to run off of OLE.
Unfortunately, as per the current timeline, these will likely be retired before I get a chance to travel to Germany (I haven't made any plans), so I'm glad to see this video!
It’s good that they found use here. It did come with a lot of changes though; the main ones were new pantographs and drivers cabs.
i find it a shame that they didnt retain the old DLR livery, i know some did for a while, but not anymore...
Nice video!
Nice video !
I would not like to be the person(s) that had to go through the laws, vehicle characteristics and law requirement adjustments to make it suitable from use in mixed urban traffic.
That should have been a nightmarish job.
Glad you enjoyed! Yes, it does seem like a very complicated process to have these cars converted!
Nice Video
Fascinating system.😀😀👌
Excelente vídeo
Wish we got these larger types of trains for Manchester Metrolink instead of the smaller trams. Having said that though the upcoming new fleet of CAF trains do look very similar to the current Metrolink trams.
These DLR cars are no bigger than Manchester Metrolink vehicles.