SŽ series 713/715

SŽ series 713/715 is a two-car diesel multiple unit series of the Slovenian Railways, built between 1983 and 1986.[2] A set consists of a motor wagon, numbered as 713, and a trailer, numbered as 715. These units operate on non-electrified tracks, mostly on the Ljubljana–Novo Mesto–Metlika, Sevnica–Trebnje and Ljubljana–Kamnik lines. Because of the previous colour scheme the units are popularly nicknamed "kanarček" (canary).

SŽ 713/715
ManufacturerMBB Donauwörth / TVT Boris Kidrič Maribor
Constructed1983–1986
Number built27
Formation2-car sets (M+P)
Operator(s)Slovenian Railways
Specifications
Train length48 m (157 ft 6 in)
Width2.87 m (9 ft 5 in)
Maximum speed120 km/h (75 mph)
Weight60 tonnes (59 long tons; 66 short tons)
Power output400 kW (536 hp)
TransmissionHydraulic
UIC classification2'B' + 2'2'
Multiple working4
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge[1]

History

The units were designed in the MBB Donauwörth company in Germany with cooperation of Yugoslav engineers.[3] The first five sets were built in MBB Donauwörth and finished in the TVT Boris Kidrič Maribor factory, and the rest of them (22 sets) were built in Maribor out of parts sent from Germany.[3]

The series was built in two versions, as a first-class business train (5 sets of subseries 713-0xx, in green colour scheme, with 92 revolvable seats, a kitchen and loudspeakers) and as a standard commuter train (22 sets of subseries 713-1xx, in yellow-and-orange colour scheme, with 128 seats).[2] All of the business trains were later converted into standard trains, and the colour scheme of all units is gradually being changed into red.

  • A SŽ 713/715 unit in legacy yellow-and-orange colour scheme
    A SŽ 713/715 unit in legacy yellow-and-orange colour scheme
  • Former business unit, still bearing green colour scheme
    Former business unit, still bearing green colour scheme
  • Interior
    Interior
Specific
  1. "Slovenian Railways Rolling Stock". Issuu. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  2. "SŽ 713, kanarčki - Stran 36 - VLAKI.INFO". www.vlaki.info (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  3. "SŽ 713, kanarčki - Stran 36 - VLAKI.INFO". www.vlaki.info (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2018-02-03.
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