Charter trains
EWI A – standard carriage I
Together with the nostalgic electric locomotive Ae 6/8 or the Ae 4/4, this passenger coach provided a real railway experience.
Commissioned between 1959 and 1977, the non-air-conditioned EW I passenger coaches had 48 1st class seats per car. Up to 4 wagons could be lined up (maximum 192 seats).
Today, the EWI A - Einheitswagen I is no longer roadworthy and is in the depot of Burgdorf.
- 48 per carriage Number of seats 192
- suitable for serving refreshments Special catering train
Rail vehicle details Technical data, features
General information EWI passenger carriage
- 4 Quantity
- 412–5, 414–1, 416–6, 417–4 Numbers
- 1970 Put into service
- Ae 6/8 Can be combined with
- Ae 4/4 Can be combined with
Technical data
- 23.7 m Length
- 48 t Weight
- 140 km/h Maximum speed
All standard carriage series have the following features:
- Two bogies, each with two axles (total of four axles)
- Entry at the bogies, WC and platform at the end of the carriage, large passenger compartment between the entrances
- Open coach
- Vis-à-vis seating arrangement with a centre aisle
- Separate smoking and non-smoking carriages on delivery (originally 50%-50%) Smoking was banned on all trains in December 2005, which led to the removal of the swing doors between the carriages.
- Lightweight design (up until the EW III)
Seating
- 48 Seats (first class)
- – Folding seats
- – Wheelchair spaces
- – Bicycle spaces
Features
- No Low-floor entrance
- No Air conditioning
- No Heating
- Yes Passenger information on the train Train route display boards
- No Passenger information in the train
- 2 WC not wheelchair-accessible
- No Baby changing facilities in WC
- No Video surveillance
- No Power sockets for electronic devices
- Carpet Flooring
- Yes Rubbish bin at seats
- No Newspaper collection box
History historic rail vehicle
The standard carriages replaced the last of the wooden carriages and the heavy steel carriages, and for a long time they were used together with light steel carriages. After the introduction of clock-face schedules in 1982, combinations of the same type of carriages only were increasingly used.
A total of four series of standard carriages were produced.
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