Projects
Low 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: 2002 - 2007
Project Locations: Frankfurt am Main, Bautzen, Siegen
Amount of Investment: Approx. Euro 110 million
Project Description
Within the context of the modernisation of the rolling stock in Frankfurt am Main, Bombardier was awarded the contract to build 65 vehicles. These new vehicles are from the FLEXITY Classic Vehicle family which was developed by the former DWA Deutsche Waggonbau and is now produced by Bombardier Transportation.
These three-section articulated tramcars for bidirectional operations with a low floor part of approx. 70% have a capacity of 179 passengers. Conventional motor bogies, high component redundancy as well as the technical solutions which have been tried and tested in use should be the guarantee for passenger comfort, reliability as well as low maintenance and operating costs.
VCDB was commissioned for this work on the basis of their vast experience in supervising the manufacture of rail vehicles, their geographical location being not far from the Bombardier Transportation production site in Bautzen and considering their knowledge exchange with the Dresden transport company DVB AG who have already purchased vehicles of the type FLEXITY Classic and have them in operation.
VCDB's Scope of Services
- Client consultation regarding technical and maintenance aspects of the vehicles
- Development of the documents for the acceptance and type tests
- Acceptance tests for the car body shells for all vehicles
- First Article Inspections of specific vehicle components at the manufacturer's premises, regular quality control at the production sites
- Type test of the first vehicle for conformity with technical specifications
- Execution and documentation for final acceptance test of the vehicles ready for delivery
- Representation of VGF's interests on site at the manufacturer's facilities
