Newag Impuls

The Newag Impuls is family of electric multiple units constructed by Newag of Poland.

Newag Impuls
Newag Impuls at Wrocław, Poland
ManufacturerNewag
Family nameImpuls
ReplacedATR220 (Bari-Putignano Line)
Number built138 (+ 28 on order)
Formation2 to 6-car
Capacity107–218 seats
Specifications
Car length42.4–113.2 m
Width2.84 m
Height4.15 m
Maximum speed160 km/h (99 mph)
Traction system1600–3200 kW
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge

Description

The Impuls family of trains are low-floor, electric multiple units equipped with a full interior monitoring system, air-conditioning, passenger information system and can have ticket dispensers if requested.

Their interior is suitable for the needs of passengers with reduced mobility. It features sloping floors, folded steps, broad aisles and a designated space for wheelchairs and bicycles. In the vehicle, motor bogies are used as well as Jacobs bogies (mounted between each two cars). The bogies have a modern gear system and two-stage spring suspension systems that effectively muffles vibrations, thus enhancing comfort while travelling.[1]

The trains can be built in various configurations. The two-car variant is known as "37WE", three-car "36WE", four-car "31WE", five-car "45WE" and six-car "35WE". The trains can have interiors built suitable for commuter and suburban trains but also for long distance routes.[2]

The first design was launched in 2012. One of the trains produced for Koleje Dolnośląskie, broke the Polish speed record of 211 km/h (131 mph) in 2013 on the test track, on 7 September 2015, a Newag Impuls 45WE unit for Koleje Mazowieckie once again topped this record with what is now the current one, 226 km/h (140 mph) which makes it the fastest passenger train produced in Poland.

Newag launched a second generation of the design, named Impuls II, in 2017 with an order of 14 trainsets from Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna.[3]

Usage
CountryOperatorClassPictureNumberYear
 Poland Koleje Dolnośląskie31WE102013, 2015
Koleje Dolnośląskie36WEa62014-2015
Koleje Dolnośląskie45WE112017
Koleje Małopolskie31WE82016-2017
Koleje Małopolskie45WE52016-2017
Koleje Mazowieckie45WE122015
Koleje Śląskie35WE12012
Koleje Śląskie36WEa32014
Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna36WEd4 out of 14from 2018
PKP Szybka Kolej Miejska w Trójmieście31WE22016
Przewozy Regionalne31WE32017
Przewozy Regionalne (Lubusz Voivodeship)31WE32014-2015
Przewozy Regionalne (Lesser Poland Voivodeship)36WEa62014-2015
Przewozy Regionalne (Opole Voivodeship)36WEa72016-2018
Przewozy Regionalne (Podkarpackie Voivodeship)36WE12013
Przewozy Regionalne (Podkarpackie Voivodeship)37WE22014
Przewozy Regionalne (Podkarpackie Voivodeship)36WEa12015
Przewozy Regionalne (Pomeranian Voivodeship)45WE2 out of 92018-2019
Przewozy Regionalne (Silesian Voivodeship)36WEa32015
Przewozy Regionalne (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship)36WEa62014-2015
Przewozy Regionalne (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship)31WE22018
Przewozy Regionalne (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship)37WE12015
Przewozy Regionalne (West Pomeranian Voivodeship)31WE222013-2015, 2017-2018
Przewozy Regionalne (West Pomeranian Voivodeship)36WEa182017-2018
Szybka Kolej Miejska w Warszawie35WE92012-2013
 Italy
Ferrovie del Sud Est36WEb5 out of 11 (15)2016

Speed records

Newag Impuls unit number 31WE-001 for Koleje Dolnośląskie had reached 200 km/h, and the speed record of 19 February 2013 was 211.6 km/h. On 7 September 2015 a Newag Impuls 45WE unit for Koleje Mazowieckie once again broke this record reaching 226 km/h, this is the current (2020) speed record for the type. This was again achieved on the Centralna Magistrala Kolejowa, on the section between Psary and Góra Włodowska, a speed greater than that achieved by the Japanese 0 Series Shinkansen.

Ferrovie del Sud Est's plans to replace PESA-made DMUs

Ferrovie del Sud Est has been using PESA-made ATR220s since 2008, now that Bari-Putignano Line has been electrified, the operator plans to use New Newag Impuls II Sets on that line to replace ATR220s currently on the line. The withdrawals of ATR220s will start in september, however Pesa DMUs Will Be Moved to the south of Apulia Region to replace the older DMUs there


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See also

References
  1. "Description of Newag Impuls". Archived from the original on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
  2. "Description of Newag Impuls". Archived from the original on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
  3. "First Newag Impuls II EMU nears completion". Railway Gazette International. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

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