TYNESIDE REPORT 8. PART 1: ROLLING STOCK

This article is part of a series of three describing: (1) the rolling stock, (2) the construction and (3) the operation of the Tyne and Wear Metro. The Metro is of standard BR width track, using a 1500 volt DC overhead catenary. There will be 90 metro cars used, each with 84 seats per car and a crush capacity of 272 passengers. Opening of the doors installed in a 1.3 M wide aperture will be by passengers after the trainman has operated a door release button at a station. The doors can only be closed by the driver. Superb riding quality has been achieved by the use of an air body suspension and a rubber axle suspension. Drivers are able to couple and uncouple metrocars from their cabs without shunters. Control equipment, based on the air/oil camshaft uses automatic acceleration. Braking is mainly rheostatic, supplemented by electro-pneumatic disc brakes and electro-magnetic track brakes. Electronic equipment measuring the speed of each independent axle, protects the car against wheel-spin during acceleration and braking. Safety devices fitted include a passenger emergency brake and an emergency door handle. For abstracts of parts 2 and 3 of this article see IRRD nos 248773 and 248774.

• Corporate Authors:

  Ian Allan Limited

  Terminal House
  Shepperton, Middlesex  England  TW17 8AS
• Authors:
  • Haywood, P G
  • Price, J H
• Publication Date: 1980-5

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 150-156
• Serial:
  • MODERN TRAMWAY AND LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: 509

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Braking; Braking performance; Comfort; Control; Control devices; Door handles; Dynamic braking; Electricity; Electronic control; Electronics; Equipment; Light rail vehicles; Passenger cars; Public transit; Railroad tracks; Rubber; Safety; Subways; Suspension systems; Vehicle capacity; Vehicle design; Vehicles; Wheel slip
• Identifier Terms: Tyne and Wear Metro
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Door operating mechanisms; Passenger car design
• ITRD Terms: 5405: Acceleration; 1874: Braking; 1251: Capacity (veh); 9138: Comfort; 3874: Control; 6954: Electricity; 6965: Electronics; 3674: Equipment; 744: Public transport; 7494: Rubber; 1665: Safety; 1329: Suspension (veh); 1191: Underground railway; 8119: United Kingdom; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Design; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00322566
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 30 1981 12:00AM