In the nineties, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) wanted to increase the seating capacity of its intercity trains as there was increasingly too little seating available at peak times and with agglomeration traffic. SBB commissioned the IC 2000 consortium, made up of Bombardier Transportation Switzerland (lead management) and Alstom, to develop and manufacture the IC 2000 double-deck train.
SBB's IC 2000 was the first double-deck intercity train in Europe. It heralded a completely new generation of vehicles - compared with a conventional single-deck train of the same length, the double-deck train increases seating capacity by around 40%.
The consortium delivered 341 carriages to SBB between 1996 and 2004 in five series. The double-deck units have been travelling since spring 1997 on the most important intercity lines in Switzerland.
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Development and construction of a double-deck train for intercity transport across the whole of Switzerland |
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Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) |
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| NUMBER OF VEHICLES / SERIES |
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341 carriages, in five series. 1st series (1997): 58 carriages, 2nd series (1998/99): 144 carriages, 3rd series (2000/01): 48 carriages, 4th series (2002/03): 70 carriages, 5th series (2003/04): 21 carriages |
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| INITIAL DELIVERY |
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1996 |
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| FINAL DELIVERY |
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2004 |
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| MAXIMUM SPEED |
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200 km/hr |
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| Further reference projects on Bombardier double-deck trains can be found at www.bombardier.com
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