Euskotren is a public railway operator in the Basque Country, Spain. Its rolling stock is formed by electrical multiple units used for Euskotren Trena commuter rail services, trams running on the Bilbao and Vitoria-Gasteiz tramway networks, and locomotives for hauling freight trains.

Current and future

Electrical multiple units

Class Image In service Number Notes
900 series 2011-present 30[1] EMUs composed of four cars, with a top speed of 90 km/h (56 mph).[1] The first were introduced in 2011, operating services on the Topo (San Sebastián Metro) line.[2] A total of 30 units were delivered between 2011 and 2014 to replace the 3500 series trains. Currently, they operate services throughout the network.
940 series[3] TBD 4 A series of four trains ordered by Euskotren in 2021. They will be similar to the 950 series trains but will have four cars instead of three.[4]
950 series 2016-present 28 A series of 28 EMUs, delivered between 2016 and 2018.[5] They are similar to the 900 series trains, but have three cars instead of four.[6] The first trains started operating services on the Txorierri line,[7] and gradually replaced the 200 and 300 series trains.[6] Now, they also run local services between Eibar and Ermua, on the Urdaibai line, and on line 3 of the Bilbao metro.

Locomotives

Class Image In service Number Notes
TD2000 series 2009-present 12 A series of 12 electro-diesel locomotives, built for hauling freight trains. Due to lack of use, one of the locomotives was leased to FGC from 2012 to 2017.[8] In 2015, three of the locomotives were sold to FE EP, the national railway of Ecuador.[9]

Trams

Class Image Number In service Notes
400 series (CAF Urbos 1) 8 2002-present The 400 series consists of 8 vehicles (numbered 401-408),[10] built for the Bilbao network. The trams are 24.4 m (80 ft) long, have 70% low floor access and are made up of three cars. Each tram can carry 196 passengers.[11] They are the only CAF Urbos 1 trams to have been built.[12]
500 series (CAF Urbos 2) 11 2008–present The 500 series consists of 11 vehicles (numbered 501-511), originally built for the Vitoria-Gasteiz network.[13] The trams are 31.4 m (103 ft) long, have 100% low floor access and are made up of five cars. Each tram can carry 261 passengers.[14] Due to the introduction of the larger 600 series in Vitoria-Gasteiz, three vehicles have been transferred to Bilbao.[15][16]
600 series (CAF Urbos 3) 7 2020–present The 600 series consists of 7 vehicles[16][17] (numbered 601-607), built for the Vitoria-Gasteiz network. The trams are 44.2 m (145 ft) long, have 100% low floor access and are made up of seven cars. Each tram can carry 398 passengers.[14]

Retired

When Euskotren (known at the time as Basque Railways) was founded in 1982, it inherited the rolling stock FEVE had been using in the Basque Country until then. However, most of FEVE's rolling stock had previously been operated by different private companies, notably Ferrocarriles Vascongados and FTS. Rolling stock acquired during the FEVE years (1972 to 1982) and since the creation of Euskotren (1982 to present) is listed under the section newly built and inherited from FEVE. Rolling stock built for Ferrocarriles Vascongados and FTS before 1972 is listed under different sections.

Newly built and inherited from FEVE

Class Image Type In service Number Notes
200 series EMU 1986-2018 20 The 200 series EMUs were built by CAF, Babcock & Wilcox and Westinghouse in 1985.[18][19] They replaced the trains that Euskotren had inherited from its predecessor Ferrocarriles y Transportes Suburbanos (FTS) on the Bilbao-Plentzia line.[18] After that line was incorporated into line 1 of the Bilbao metro in 1995, the 200 series trains operated services throughout the Euskotren network.[18] The trains originally had three cars, but all were added a fourth one between 1996 and 1999.[18] The last trains were withdrawn from service in late 2018.[20]
300 series EMU 1990-2018 12 The 300 series EMUs were built in by CAF and Babcock & Wilcox in 1990.[21] These two car trains were conceived to substitute the 3500 series trains on the Topo (Metro Donostialdea) line; but some of them were used (painted in red) between 1998 and 1999 for the Euskopullman service, a limited express service between Bilbao-Atxuri and San Sebastián.[22] After the inauguration of the line 1 of the Bilbao metro in 1995, 200 series trains started operating services on the Topo line. As a consequence, 300 series trains were reassigned to the Txorierri and Urdaibai lines.[21]
3000 series EMU 1958-1990 3 Three permanent multiple units composed of a former FEVE 3000 series railcar, a 5000 series non-powered car, and a 6000 series control car.[23]
3500 series EMU 1978-2013 15 The 3500 series was originally built for FEVE, entering service in 1978. Of the thirty one trains that constituted the series, fifteen (eleven of them with three cars, the rest of them with four) were transferred to Euskotren.[24] Replaced by the 900 series, their last service was on 6 July 2013.[25]

Inherited from Ferrocarriles Vascongados

Class Image Type In service Number Notes
1-10 (Brown Boveri) Electric locomotive 1928-1999 10 A series of ten electric locomotives, originally operated by Ferrocarriles Vascongados. Later operated by FEVE and Euskotren.[26]
11-14 (ASEA) Electric locomotive 1931-2016 4 Four electric locomotives bought by Ferrocarriles Vascongados to supplement the Brown Boveri locomotives.[27]
15-17 (ASEA) Electric locomotive 1950-2010 3 Three electric locomotives built in 1950. Mechanically similar to the older ASEA locomotives, they featured a more modern exterior design.[28]
3150 series Railcar 1962-1997 4 Originally built for Ferrocarriles Vascongados in the 1960s. After Ferrocarriles Vascongados was absorbed by FEVE, they were renumbered as the 3150 series.[29]

Inherited from FTS

Class Image Type In service Number Notes
3100 series EMU 1965-2005 8 These EMUs were originally built between 1965 and 1975 as the Ferrocarriles y Transportes Suburbanos 100 series. They were refurbished between 1988 and 1991. They were withdrawn from service in 1998.[30] Units 3107 and 3108 remained in reserve in Eibar until their definitive retirement in 2005.

References

  1. 1 2 "Commuter train Euskotren S/900". CAF. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "En servicio las tres primeras unidades de la serie 900 de Euskotren". Vía Libre (in Spanish). 22 July 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Commuter train Euskotren S/940". CAF. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Euskotren adjudica a CAF la fabricación de cuatro nuevos trenes". EITB (in Spanish). 1 February 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Euskotren. Memoria 2018 (PDF). euskotren.eus (Report) (in Spanish). p. 37. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Commuter train Euskotren S/950". CAF. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Así son las nuevas unidades de la serie 950 de Euskotren". Vía Libre (in Spanish). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "FGC incorpora a su flota la locomotora dual 255.01". Vía Libre (in Spanish). 20 January 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  9. ↑ García, Josu (1 April 2015). "Euskotren vende por 9 millones a Ecuador tres de las siete locomotoras sin uso que compró en 2006". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  10. ↑ Peris Torner, Juan (12 February 2015). "Tranvías de Bilbao, desde 2003 (tranvía de la 2ª generación)". Spanish Railway (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Bilbao tram". CAF. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  12. ↑ "Urbos3, la nueva generación de tranvías" (PDF). Vía Libre (in Spanish). May 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-24. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  13. ↑ Peris Torner, Juan (8 August 2014). "Tranvias de Vitoria-Euskotren Trambia". Spanish Railway (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  14. 1 2 "Vitoria tram". CAF. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  15. ↑ "Los tranvías largos circularán por Bilbao en abril de 2020". Deia (in Spanish). 3 October 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  16. 1 2 "Material móvil". euskotren.eus (in Spanish). 19 March 2021.
  17. ↑ Bravo, Oier (19 March 2021). "Vitoria-Gasteiz ya tiene sus siete tranvías extralargos". GasteizHoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  18. 1 2 3 4 "UT-200". Vía Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  19. ↑ "Unidad eléctrica serie 200". euskotren.eus (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  20. ↑ Olaizola Elordi, Juanjo (2020). Línea 3, eslabón clave (PDF) (in Spanish). Servicio Central de Publicaciones del Gobierno Vasco. p. 208. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  21. 1 2 "Unidad eléctrica serie 300". euskotren.eus (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  22. ↑ "UT-300". Vía Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  23. ↑ Salmerón i Bosch, Carles; Olaizola Elordi, Juanjo (1990). Eusko Trenbideak - Ferrocarriles Vascos: Historia eta teknika - Historia y técnica (in Spanish and Basque). Barcelona: Terminus. pp. 92–95. ISBN 84-404-8322-8.
  24. ↑ "UT-3500". Vía Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  25. ↑ "Actividades para el fin de semana en torno al ferrocarril". Vía Libre (in Spanish). 5 July 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  26. ↑ Olaizola, Juanjo (2001). Bilbo eta Donostia arteko trenaren material motorea / Material motor del ferrocarril de Bilbao a San Sebastián (in Spanish and Basque). Bilbao: Eusko Trenbideak Ferrocarriles Vascos , S.A. pp. 91–99. ISBN 84-920629-3-2.
  27. ↑ Olaizola, Juanjo (2001). Bilbo eta Donostia arteko trenaren material motorea / Material motor del ferrocarril de Bilbao a San Sebastián (in Spanish and Basque). Bilbao: Eusko Trenbideak Ferrocarriles Vascos , S.A. pp. 109–112. ISBN 84-920629-3-2.
  28. ↑ Olaizola, Juanjo (2001). Bilbo eta Donostia arteko trenaren material motorea / Material motor del ferrocarril de Bilbao a San Sebastián (in Spanish and Basque). Bilbao: Eusko Trenbideak Ferrocarriles Vascos , S.A. pp. 112–115. ISBN 84-920629-3-2.
  29. ↑ Olaizola, Juanjo (2001). Bilbo eta Donostia arteko trenaren material motorea / Material motor del ferrocarril de Bilbao a San Sebastián (in Spanish and Basque). Bilbao: Eusko Tren. pp. 119–122. ISBN 84-920629-3-2.
  30. ↑ Martínez Suero, Estela (27 June 2001). "Adiós a los trenes multicolores". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 May 2021.
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