TÜVASAŞ 2000 | |
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In service | 1993–present |
Manufacturer | TÜVASAŞ (Past), TÜRASAŞ (Present) |
Built at | Adapazarı Plant |
Constructed | 1993–2005 |
Entered service | 1993–present |
Number built | 321 |
Formation | various types of individual cars to be coupled together to form a passenger train |
Capacity | 60 (Coach car) 40 (couchette car) 20 (sleeping car) 12 (conference car) |
Operators | TCDD Taşımacılık |
Depots | Marşandiz Yard, Halkalı Yard, Mithatpaşa Yard, Alsancak Yard |
Lines served | All TCDD lines where trains are locomotive-pulled |
Specifications | |
Car body construction | Welded steel |
Car length | 26.4 m (86 ft 7 in) |
Width | 2.825 m (9 ft 3.2 in) |
Height | 4.05 m (13 ft 3 in) |
Floor height | 1.25 m (4 ft 1 in) |
Platform height | 480 millimetres (19 in) preferred |
Entry | step entry, with a possibility of level entry from a high platform |
Doors | Swing plug with electro-pneumatic controls |
Maximum speed | 160 km/h (99 mph) |
Weight | 48 tons minimum |
Axle load | 65 tons maximum |
Power supply | external (1,000 V, 800 A) |
HVAC | yes |
Bogies | Y32 |
Coupling system | Screw and buffer coupling |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
The TÜVASAŞ 2000, more commonly known as TVS2000, is a series of intercity railcars built by TÜVASAŞ for the Turkish State Railways between 1993 and 2005. They were built in order to revive TCDD's failing image in the early 1990s, for use on the Capital Express. Today they are the most common railcars in Turkey.