PKP tenders for Double Decker InterCity Trains

[Stephen Lee]

Who do you think will be the winner of the tender?

 

[James James]

Push-Pull (not EMU) - that really sounds like a deal for Pesa (although I suppose Skoda or Bombardier could also bid).

Interesting that they're not asking for EMU's, but that would really restrict it to Stadler and Bombardier. (That would e.g. allow for the flexibility of having a mixed single/double deck with Flirt+Kiss - OTOH push-pull lets you attach single deck carriages for peak services.)

 

[Richard Scott]

| assume new locos part of the deal? Shame, would like to have seen push pull EP07s!!!!

 

[43096]

| assume new locos part of the deal? Shame, would like to have seen push pull EP07s!!!!

They're already taking delivery of 30 new locos from Newag.

 

[Richard Scott]

They're already taking delivery of 30 new locos from Newag.

Thanks for that. Probably nail in the coffin of the EP07s then? I know there's lots of them but surely new units and this stock will see them off?

 

[James James]

Thanks for that. Probably nail in the coffin of the EP07s then? I know there's lots of them but surely new units and this stock will see them off?

There's bidding to upgrade EP07's to 160km/h they'll be around for a while I think - although it's unclear whether anyone will actually bid:

Prędkość 160 km/h dla 20 lokomotyw EP/EU07. Przetarg od nowa

Po przeszło dwóch latach PKP Intercity unieważniło przetarg na modernizację 20 lokomotyw serii EP/EU07 i podniesienie ich prędkości do 160 km/h. Teraz postępowanie rozpoczyna się od nowa.

www.rynek-kolejowy.pl

 

[Stephen Lee]

Push-Pull (not EMU) - that really sounds like a deal for Pesa (although I suppose Skoda or Bombardier could also bid).

Interesting that they're not asking for EMU's, but that would really restrict it to Stadler and Bombardier. (That would e.g. allow for the flexibility of having a mixed single/double deck with Flirt+Kiss - OTOH push-pull lets you attach single deck carriages for peak services.)

should PKPIC order Stadler Girunos EC250 to supplement their Pendolino Fleet for EIP services?

 

[F Great Eastern]

Push-Pull (not EMU) - that really sounds like a deal for Pesa (although I suppose Skoda or Bombardier could also bid)

PESA is now owned by the Polish Government and is need of some work as well...

Shame if they do get it, those PESA Darts that PKP have are horrible things.

 

[Bletchleyite]

Shame if they do get it, those PESA Darts that PKP have are horrible things.

Agreed, they are very much a Stadler FLIRT on the cheap. They do have some interior resemblence to 80x, that said.