Multi-sensor Inspection Trains

Framework agreement for the development, manufacturing, and delivery of up to 20 series-ready multi-sensor inspection trains: The vehicles must be complete, functional, approved, operational, suitable for economic and safe operation according to § 4 AEG, and designed for their service life. Maintenance services, delivery of complete vehicle documentation, assurance of spare parts supply, and delivery of special tools are also included. Technical requirements comprise a vehicle concept with 2x driver's cabs, a work area, a social area (including WC, kitchen, changing room), operating permit according to Ril 931, transport capacity for at least 8 employees, vehicle speed of 200 km/h in overhead line operation, train control systems (ETCS, PZB, LZB), and train radio (GSM-R and FRMCS pre-fitting). Operating conditions require restricted operation on the Hamburg and Berlin S-Bahn networks as a target option (e.g., traction by a towing vehicle), track curves ≤ 140 m (target), clearance profile G1 according to DIN EN 15273, temperature range T1 (-25 °C to +40 °C) according to EN 50125, overhead line diesel drive type with battery as a target requirement. The area of use is Germany, including German routes in Switzerland (e.g., Basel Badischer Bahnhof), with the vehicle intended for steep gradient operation. Measurement and testing technology includes inspection for internal and near-surface rail defects (e.g., ultrasound, eddy current), measurement of track geometry and rail profile (e.g., gauge, equivalent conicity, rail cross-section), inspection of the superstructure (e.g., defects in fasteners, cracks in sleepers, white spots in ballast), inspection of the substructure (e.g., drainage problems), measurement of sound levels (noise between wheel and rail), measurement of operational (GSMR) and public mobile radio, measurement and inspection of overhead line thickness, overhead line geometry, interaction between pantograph and overhead line, masts, and electric arcs, as well as point cloud recording including video documentation for clearance profile inspection.

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