Presumably they will be based at Otto Busses Vej indtil the new depot at Naestved (no Scandinavian characters on my iPad) opens in 2025 (or later).
I'll bet that, after the AnsaldoBreda fiasco, DSB are glad they went for a standard product that has many hundreds of units in service with a proven record of performance. Rather than going for, say, Skoda as an alternative.And now the EBs are in use, according to a photo DSB posted on Facebook. I'm sure there will be more photos and videos as well soon. https://www.facebook.com/DSBdintrafik/photos/a.1516462768388799/3323162991052092
I'll bet that, after the AnsaldoBreda fiasco, DSB are glad they went for a standard product that has many hundreds of units in service with a proven record of performance. Rather than going for, say, Skoda as an alternative.
Think that’s correct, which rather begs the question as to why Skoda bothered bidding!That was one of the requirements if I'm not mistaken, an off the shelf product proven to work.
And for DSB, they were useful in keeping Siemens honest. There was only ever going to be one winner of that contract, though.I suspect that it was, at least in part, showing that they could play on the same field as the big boys.
3203 worked the first (flag-bedecked) train with invited guests at 09.43 from Copenhagen H.
Were these trains when hauled by the diesel ME locos previously operating entirely under the wires then, given the change to electric or has DB altered the services the double deckers work?
(They have also experimented with wireless electrification, here you can see an IR4 EMU departing Århus station)
how did they do that?, BMU?
how did they do that?, BMU?
ah so more a drag than actually powering it?It is coupled to an IC3 DMU, they can run in multiple with each other. And the IC3 can supply power to the IR4, not much but enough to power the headlights, the cab and other essential functions for it to be used as a driving trailer for the DMU.
ah so more a drag than actually powering it?
The first EBs have replaced the older electrics EA. But yes, many of the MEs operate entirely under wires, and even more so after the recent electrification projects. And Denmark plans to electrify more in the coming years, there is a map here: https://www.bane.dk/Borger/Baneproj...Kort-_-faa-et-overblik-over-elektrificeringen The UK has a larger proportion of the railway network electrified than Denmark but the danes are trying to change that and have a pretty ambitious plan. It should be noted that before the line to Esbjerg was electrified, basically the only electrified lines in the country was a line from Copenhagen to Padborg for transit traffic between Sweden and Germany and some suburban lines around Copenhagen.
(They have also experimented with wireless electrification, here you can see an IR4 EMU departing Århus station:)