Stadler_KISS

Stadler KISS

Stadler KISS

Swiss bilevel commuter train


The Stadler KISS is a family of bilevel electric multiple unit commuter trains developed and built since 2008 by Stadler Rail of Switzerland. As of 2016, 242 KISS trainsets comprising 1,145 cars have been sold to operators in eleven countries.[6] Boarding is done into the lower deck.

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Name

In the early stages of its development, the KISS was known as the Stadler DOSTO. This name was derived from the German word Doppelstock, meaning "double decker". This is still the name used for the Swedish market because "kiss" means "pee" in Swedish.

Since September 2010, Stadler refers to the train as "KISS", an acronym for "Komfortabler Innovativer Spurtstarker S-Bahn-Zug", meaning "comfortable, innovative, sprint-capable suburban train".[7]

In Swiss Federal Railways service, the train is classified as RABe 511. For the Eastern European market (specifically in Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan), it is branded "Eurasia".

Features

The KISS vehicles are the third generation of vehicles for the S-Bahn Zürich. Compared to previous generations, they are characterized mainly by a higher number of standing passengers per car, in part because the longer trains have proportionately fewer cabs. The trains are 15 cm (5.9 in) wider due to placing the HVAC channels under the ceiling instead of behind side panels. The headroom is still two meters, because friction stir welded floor panels made from aluminium extrusions are used. The number of seats, however, is slightly lower than in the previous models. Like in the KISS's predecessors, low-floor entrances, vehicle air conditioning and vacuum toilets (two, including one wheelchair accessible) are available. There are also two multi-functional areas with storage space for strollers, bicycles and the like.

The six-car train set consists of two head power cars and four intermediate trailers. In the power heads, all axles are powered. The "Eurasia" version for the Russian gauge railways, in a six and four-car formation, has two trailer heads and two shorter intermediate power cars, and also two intermediate trailers in a six car formation.[5] A special diesel-electric version of the "Eurasia" train, which first appeared in 2021, is manufactured in an eight-car formation, including 2 double-deck head cars, 2 diesel generator cars, 3 intermediate double-deck cars and 1 single-deck car.[3][8][9]

The upcoming Iberian gauge KISS vehicles for Renfe in Spain, expected to enter service in 2024, will feature a combination of single-deck FLIRT end cars joined by either two double-decker KISS intermediate cars or with two extra single-deck FLIRT intermediate cars.[10]

The train's power plant is capable of delivering brief bursts (several minutes) of "sprint" power, over 6,000 kilowatts, enabling it to overtake other trains on short express tracks.[11]

Customers

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See also

Notes

  1. Production relocated to Siedlce following the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war[1]

References

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  2. "Electric Double-Deck train DOSTO" (PDF). Train data sheet. Stadler Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  3. "Electric Double-Decker multiple unit KISS Eurasia" (PDF). Train data sheet. Stadler Rail.
  4. Vantuono, William C. (16 August 2016). "For Caltrain, 16 KISSes from Stadler (but no FLIRTs)". Railway Age. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  5. Stadler press release Archived 2011-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, 22 September 2010
  6. , February 2012
  7. "Neues Rollmaterial für 1,5 Milliarden". Tages-Anzeiger. 30 June 2008. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
  8. Bloch, Urs (23 September 2016). "Stadler Rail präsentiert den neuen Doppelstockzug erstmals im Ausland: Auf den Flirt folgt ein Kiss". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  9. SBB bestellt weitere 24 RegioExpress-Doppelstockzüge. Press release of SBB. Retrieved on 17. April 2010.
  10. "A Kiss for Luxembourg - News - Stadler" (Press release). Stadler Rail. 12 October 2010. Archived from the original on 15 October 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  11. Scheeder, Fabian (2017). "Weitere RABe 515 für die BLS". Schweizer Eisenbahn-Revue (in German) (1): 2. ISSN 1022-7113.
  12. "Zürich, Waadt und Zug: SBB kauft weitere Züge für S-Bahnverkehr bei STADLER". Bahnonline.ch. 4 June 2015. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  13. Reidinger, Erwin (7 July 2016). "Stadler presents first Kiss 2 EMU to Westbahn". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  14. "Stadler KISS Trains to Operate DB IC2 Services". Railway-News. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  15. "DOSTO Mälartåg" (PDF). Stadler Rail. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  16. "Caltrain to increase Stadler EMU order". International Railway Journal. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  17. "Dubbeldäckare ska rädda Upptåget". Upsala Nya Tidning (in Swedish). 15 May 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  18. "Slovenian Railways orders 26 multiple units from Stadler". International Rail Journal. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  19. "Aktuálne: ZSSK nasadzuje nové vysokokapacitné vlaky KISS na rušné trate západného Slovenska". Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  20. "Renfe y Stadler firman la compra de 59 trenes para Cercanías". Economia3 (in Spanish). 15 July 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  21. Deia (8 March 2021). "Alstom y Stadler se llevan el gran contrato de Renfe". www.deia.eus (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  22. "Stadler Wins Order for 18 KISS for DB Regio". Stadler Rail. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  23. "Stadler KISS", Wikipedia (in German), 23 June 2023, retrieved 25 June 2023
  24. "Stadler KISS", SEENews, 23 June 2023, retrieved 26 April 2024

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