| Kolzam RegioVan | |
|---|---|
 SA109-005 ofKoleje Śląskie | |
| Manufacturer | Kolzam,Fablok |
| Number built | 13 |
| Specifications | |
| Width | 2900 mm |
| Height | 3800 mm |
| Maximum speed | 120 km/h (75 mph) |
| Weight | Mini 23.3 t (22.9 long tons; 25.7 short tons) Midi 45 t (44 long tons; 50 short tons) Maxi 60 t (59 long tons; 66 short tons) |
Kolzam RegioVan is a series ofrailcars produced inPoland, produced byKolzam inRacibórz in 2003–2005 and byFablok inChrzanów in between 2011 and 2012.Kolzam jointly produced: two single units (SA107 – 211M type) and 10 double units (SA109 – 212M type), the eleventhrailcar was produced byFablok. There have never been any triple units produced.[1]
In the 1990s, thePKP Group owned 6railcars produced byKolzam (SN81 [pl]) and 6 byZNTK Poznań (Class 207M).
The PKP planned a rolling stock renewal programme in the 1990s in which they were to receive the 16 orderedPendolinoETR 460s,[2] 50EU11/EU43 fromBombardier Transportation Polska and a few hundredrailcars for local connections. The order for the Pendolinos was cancelled in 2000 after theSupreme Audit Office identified serious shortcomings in their tender processes, and also due to the precarious financial situation PKP was in.[3] In 2002 all of the delivered EU11 locomotives were sold to theItalian passenger transportation companyFerrovie dello Stato Italiane.
The order for the latterrailcars never happened. But bothKolzam and ZNTK Poznań had drawn up plans and began a full structural project to create therailcar, and built the high-floorKolzam 208M [pl] (SA104 and SA122) which was commercially used from 1996–2013.[4]
By the end of 2000 after the restructure[5] of the financing of the PKP for regional transportation, which created thePrzewozy Regionalne which allowed the company to use finances forrolling stock. Which meant the company chose to order one, two and three unitrailcars.[6]
Together withKolzam ZNTK Poznań built the ZNTK Poznań Regio Tramp andPesa with the Pesa 214M.[7]
After the declaration of bankruptcy by the manufacturer in August 2005, the documentation and the right to produce of the RegioVan was bought byFablok.Kolzam itself was bought by theHungarian company MAVEX-Record in 2007.[8]
The RegioVan is a single-level, partly low-floorrailcar for regional passenger service on less busy, mostly non-electrified railway lines. Produced in single and double units. The triple unit although being a project did not become realised.
In contrast to the previous designs of theKolzam SN81 and SA104/122, the RegioVans have a modular lightweight body structure with a low floor in the entrance area. The height of the floor in the lower level is 575–600 mm and in the partly high level with steps and a ramp the height is 1090 mm.[9]
The units havedouble slide doors on both sides with a width of 1300 mm, located in the low floor area. Under each door there is a sliding step for easy boarding and access to the vehicle.
Both the 211M unit, the 212M one-axle unit (18MNb) and the (31ANb) are a one-axle unit. The planned three-axle unit, was to have had a third unit. The drive unit had an integrated engine with a power transmission and reverse shuttle which was placed under the floor in the power-pack engine system.
The units are equipped with standard safety automation equipment: automatic train braking and Radio-Stop.[10]
| Type | Name | Number of units | Axle formation | Service weight | Length | Number and power of engines | Number of seated places | Number of places | Number of units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 211M | Mini | 1 | A'1' | 23,3 t | 14 645 mm | 1 × 190 kW | 42 / 39 | 84 | 2 |
| 212M | Midi | 2 | A'1'+1'A' | 45 t | 26 630 mm | 2 × 190 kW | 62+11 / 64+9 | 180 | 11 |
| 210M | Maxi | 3 | A'1'+1'1'+1'A' | 60 t | 38 350 mm | 2 × 275 – 315 kW | 114 | 270 | 0 |