Projects
High floor Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs) for Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Scope of Business: Rail Vehicle Technology
Focus: Supervision of the Manufacturing Process and Technical Acceptance Tests
Client: Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main mbH
Project Term: 2007 - 2011
Project Location: Bautzen
Amount of Investment: Approx. Euro 300 million
Project Description
Within the context of the modernisation of the rolling stock for the Frankfurt am Main transport company (VGF), Bombardier was awarded the contract to build 100 vehicles from the FLEXITY Swift family. These new vehicles are made up of 54 units 'U5-25' each two sections and 25m long and 46 units 'U5-50' with four sections and a length of 50m. The vehicles will be delivered between 2008 and 2015.
The design for the interior is based to a large extent on the 'S-wagen' (NGT8) which has been in operation since 2003 and incorporates improvements concerning the use by people with limited mobility and in 2009 even received the 'Universal Design Consumer Favourite 09 Award' in the category 'Mobility'. A further special feature in comparison to the predecessor, the 'U4', is the integration of air-conditioning.
VCDB was commissioned for this work on the basis of their vast experience in supervising the manufacture of rail vehicles for VGF and other clients and their geographical location being not far from the Bombardier Transportation production site in Bautzen.
VCDB's Scope of Services
- Development of the documents for the acceptance and type tests
- First Article Inspections of specific vehicle components at the manufacturer's premises, regular quality control at the production sites
- Final acceptance test and function tests of all vehicles
- Type test of the first vehicle for conformity with technical specifications
- Representation of VGF's interests on site at the manufacturer's facilities
- Documentation for all acceptance tests and checks
