CityRail Endeavour railcar

CityRail Endeavour railcar
Endeavour Railcar

Refurbished Endeavour set 2809 at Wollongong

Inside a refurbished Endeavour railcar carriage
In service 1994 – present
Manufacturer ABB
Constructed 1994–1996
Refurbishment 2009-2010
Formation 2 and 4 car
Capacity 95
Operator RailCorp as the product group CityRail
Line(s) served Hunter Valley lines Southern Highlands Line and South Coast Line
Specifications
Car length 25.250 m (82 ft 10 in)
Width 2.921 m (9 ft 7 in)
Height 4.11 m (13 ft 6 in)
Maximum speed 145 km/h (90 mph)
Weight 57 tonnes
Engine(s) Cummins KTA19
Transmission Voith T311R KB260, with Voith Turbo V15_20 final drive
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

The Endeavour railcar is a class of Diesel multiple unit operated by CityRail in New South Wales, Australia. Built by Adtranz, they were designed to replace some of the ageing 620 & 720 railcars from 1994. The Endeavours were built in conjunction with the CountryLink Xplorer. This means the two types of trains are very similar, the basic design was adjusted to be suitable for relatively short journeys in the Endeavours and for long distance journeys in the Xplorers.

Contents

Features

Endeavour set 2803 in original livery departing Warabrook

There are two carriage types of the Endeavour, one having a wheelchair-accessible toilet (TE), and the other having luggage space and bicycles racks (LE). Both cars have driver compartments, like other DMUs in the Cityrail Fleet. All cars are air-conditioned.

Endeavours are designed to run as two car blocks (TE-LE). Two two car blocks can be coupled together to form 4 car sets for the peak period (TE-LE-LE-TE). There were 15 TE and 15 LE carriages built, although the 15th set was converted to Xplorer cars for the Broken Hill Service.

In service

Endeavours operate on three lines:

Refurbished Endeavour railcar at Kiama on service to Bomaderry (Nowra).
  • Southern Highlands line: Campbelltown to Moss Vale, sometimes extending to Goulburn and Central.
  • South Coast line: Nowra to Kiama, sometimes proceeding to Dapto and Wollongong.
  • Hunter line: Newcastle to Maitland and Telarah, with some services extending to Scone and Dungog.

Refurbishment

In 2009-2010, the Endeavour railcars, along with the Xplorer railcars were refurbished by Bombardier Transportation at their plant in Dandenong, Victoria. The refurbishment includes:[1]

  • New reversible 3x2 seats, as found in the Hunter Railcars and H Sets. The seat covers are made of Woollen Moquette Farbric which is more durable and vandal proof.
  • Vinyl flooring, replacing the original carpet flooring.
  • Voiceovers to closing the doors.
  • Improved air-conditioning system.
  • Improved crew facilities.
  • A new livery (Blue and Yellow front, black window band and underskirts, and yellow doors).

  • Sideview of drivers end carriage with door open.

  • Wheelchair and other wheeled vehicle parking area

  • Door leading to Vestibule area

  • Train door as viewed from vestibule area

  • Train Intercarriage area as seen from the Vestibule

  • Area leading to toilet and seating area

  • Toilet

  • Button for toilet access

  • Luggage racks

  • Large item storage compartment

  • Lockers, and rubbish bin

  • External speaker, adjacent to door

Conversions to Xplorers

There have been several conversions from Endeavour carriages to Xplorer carriages, due to shortages in Xplorer carriages. The similarities of the two trains allowed easy conversions to the Xplorer. Endeavour carriages LE 2865 and TE 2815 were converted Xplorer carriages EA 2508 and EC 2528. Endeavour carriage TE 2805 was temporarily converted to an Xplorer carriage between September and November 2007. The CityRail logos were removed and its skirts painted black, but it otherwise retained its livery. It also retained its carriage number.

See also

The VLocity DMUs operating under V/Line are an evolution of the Endeavour/Xplorer structural design.

References

  1. ^ CountryLink train refurbishment. Hansard. 1 September 2010.

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