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Talgo 230: the lightest option, the complete range
Intercity Talgo 230 trains travel tens of millions of kilometres in America, Europe and Asia every year. Talgo offers a wide array of solutions that can meet every need, since its trains can improve speed and performance on conventional tracks, running at up to 250 km/h wherever infrastructure allows.
From the Eurasian steppe, along the Pacific Ocean coast of the United States and Canada, to major European cities, Talgo trains and their unique wheel technology are providing rail operators around the world with lower energy consumption and reduced maintenance costs. By using tilting technology, Talgo trains can typically increase speeds through curves by 20% without having to modify infrastructure. Even gauge differences are no obstacle for its trains due to the use of variable gauge technology.
With a catalogue that supports dozens of different configurations - and with vehicles currently in service in eight countries - Talgo manufactures trains certified to meet the requirements of the three main rolling stock standards in the world: UIC in Germany, Spain and Bosnia, FRA and CFR in the United States and Canada, and GOST in Kazakhstan.
North América
North American trains, especially in the United States, are subject to very strict passive safety specifications. To obtain maximum structural resistance, even when decelerating at eight-times the force of gravity, Talgo developed the Series 8, which comfortably complies with FRA regulations.
European Union
In Europe, Talgo has manufactured trains for over seven decades, and now builds the lightest high-speed trains on the planet. Talgo's cars conform with the Technical Specifications for Interoperability laid out by the European Union Agency for Railways (EUAR), which are applicable throughout the European Union.
Eurasia
GOST standards are applicable in the most extensive railway territory in the world, running from Saint Petersburg to the Bering Strait, from Siberia to the Aral Sea. The wide-bodyshell cars that Talgo manufactures in Kazakhstan can travel seamlessly across the borders of the 11 countries that make up the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Lighter cars with better results
- Lower energy consumption.
- Lower environmental impact.
- Lower operation costs.
The most accessible long-distance train
- Optimal passenger mobility within the train.
- Platform-level access along the entire train.
- Passengers board and disembark without having to use stairs.
- Reduces stop times by 50% at stations.
- Passengers with reduced mobility can access train unaided.
Total control and scalability
An that is not all. Talgo smart technology allows us to easily and cost-effectively upgrade conventional intercity trains into very high-speed units for a top speed of up to 330 km/h, whenever the client decides so.
- Cab-car, bogie-mounted passenger coaches
- Wholly designed & manufactured locomotives, 100% Talgo
- Easily upgradable to very-high speed: 330 km/h
Self-guiding wheel system
- Less stress in vehicle and track interaction.
- Improved safety: no flange climbing tendencies.
- Lower maintenance costs and increased reliability.
- Less track wear guaranteed.
- Makes the most of structure gauge.
- Lower aerodynamic losses, and
- More comfort: less noise and vibrations.
Automatic Gauge Changeover
- Gauge change without having to stop the train.
- All kinds of track gauge: standard, broad and narrow.
- System adaptable to all types of axles: Rodals (Talgo truck) with independent wheels, non-driving and driving bogies.
- Proven efficiency: tens of thousands of operations each year.
Maximum operability
- Natural tilting to increase speeds in curves and improve passenger comfort.
- Maximum speeds of up to 250 km/h with certain upgrades on any track gauge.
- Designed to operate in temperatures ranging from -50ºC to 50ºC.
- Fire detection and extinction systems, geolocation (GPS, GLONASS), and closed circuit television (CCTV).
- Electric range of up to 12 hours without a locomotive, thanks to the auxiliary generators: passengers do no perceive the change in traction and on-board services are guaranteed in the event of a fire.
The best on-board experience
- Wi-Fi access on every car.
- At-seat infotainment services.
- Individual lights and plug socket in every seat.
- High-range air conditioning.
- Fully adapted solutions for passengers with reduced mobility, thanks to its continuous, low-floor coaches at platform height
- Large luggage compartments with sufficient room for large items such as skis and bicycles.
- Modern and spacious WC, designed for easy maintenance.
- At-seat catering service.
A range with dozens of possibilities
Here are just a few of the configuration options available:
Cars for day-time services:
- Standard (economy class)
- Standard with WC
- Standard end car
- Standard with bicycle area
- Standard adapted to passengers with reduced mobility
- Standard 3+2 (five seats per row)
- Standard 3+2 with WC
- First class car
- First class with WC
- First class adapted for passengers with reduced mobility
- Club Car
- Car with super-reclining seats (ASPR).
- Bar-Buffet car
- Bar-Buffet with WC
- Bar-Buffet adapted for passengers with reduced mobility
- Restaurant car
- Restaurant car adapted for passengers with reduced mobility
- Converter power-car (adapts electric power from the power head for internal use)
- Converter power-car + freight
- Diesel generator power-car (independent electrical power supply)
Cars for night-time services:
- Car with super-reclining seats (ASPR).
- Standard Sleeping car: four berths per cabin
- Single Sleeping car: two berths per cabin
- Grand Class Car: two berths and WC per cabin
- Freight car
- Freight car + luggage area
- Converter power-car (adapts electric power from the power head for internal use)
- Converter power-car + freight
- Diesel generator power-car (independent electrical power supply)
- Bar-buffet with night-time service.
- Restaurant car
The flexibility of Talgo 230 offering enables us to design tailor-made cars for clients, and to adapt them to their every need.
Technical Features
Maximum speed | Up to 250 km/h |
Operating speed | Up to 230 km/h |
Capacity | Up to 54 passengers per car |
Configuration | Minimum 2 end and 1 intermediate car |
Traction & control | Locomotives, cab-cars available |
Track gauge (mm) | 1435-1520-1668-1676 |
Floor height (mm) | 680-760 mm from rail Other heights are possible depending on the project |
Length (m) | Minimum trainset length 40m |
Bodyshell width (mm) | 2942-3200 |
Unladen weight (tonnes) | 13-19 tonnes |
Number of axles | Minimum 4 axles per trainset / 3 coaches composition |
Passengers/ WC | |
Power supply | |
Power | Multi-system |
Brakes | Electric regenerative brakes / compressed air brakes / magnetic track brakes |
Standard | UIC/ETI/GOST/FRA |