Siemens Transportation Systems - Driven and Non-Driven Bogies, Comfort Bogies and Jacobs Bogies

Forming the connection between the car body and the tracks, the bogie plays an important role in safety and comfort. The Siemens Transportation Systems plant in Graz, one of the largest producers of bogies for passenger coaches in the world, offers a wide range of products for all types of passenger rolling stock.

Our range of bogies includes universal bogies, driven bogies, non-driven bogies, Jacobs bogies and comfort bogies. We can provide bogies for use in the following applications:

• Electric locomotives
• Passenger coaches
• High-speed trains
• Tilting vehicles
• Diesel trains
• Electric and diesel-electric trains

BOGIES FOR ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES

The SF 1 bogie was developed for use in electric high-performance locomotives with a maximum speed of 230km/h. This universal bogie can be used for express passenger and goods transportation on high-speed European routes, and on alpine routes with many curves.

The SF 2 bogie was designed for locomotives with 6.4MW motors and speeds up to 140km/h. This bogie can be used in goods, shunting and passenger operations. The functional and compact design is based on proven components that were used for the bogies of the BR 152 locomotives of the German railways and the 1016 series of the Austrian railways.

BOGIES FOR PASSENGER COACHES

The SF 300 bogie was designed for passenger coaches with a speed of up to 200km/h (tested to 330km/h) and a maximum axle load of 16t. It has been the standard bogie for this purpose for the Austrian Railways since 1989.

The SF 400 was developed for locomotive-drawn passenger coaches in shuttle service at operating speeds up to 280km/h. This universal bogie is used on intermediate and control cars, on single and double-decker cars, and for mass transit and main-line railways.

DRIVEN AND NON-DRIVEN BOGIES FOR HIGH-SPEED TRAINS

The driven and non-driven SF 500 bogies are a further development of the SF 400. Over 950 of these bogies for high-speed trains are being used in the German railways, ICE 2. They were developed for use on electric trains and modern high-speed coaches at speeds up to 330km/h and they offer excellent passenger comforts.

Orders for over 900 units have been placed for the ICE 3 by German and Dutch railways.

BOGIES WITH TILTING SYSTEM FOR TILTING VEHICLES

The SF 600 was developed as a comfort bogie for coaches with active tilting technology for speeds up to 250km/h and free lateral acceleration up to 2m/s. It is based on proven components from the SF 500 and SF 400 bogies.

These units combine high speed with high curve-speeds and excellent passenger comfort. Over 160 are in use on the German railways' VT 605 tilting train.

DRIVE AND JACOBS BOGIE FOR DIESEL TRAINS

SF 4000 driven bogies and Jacobs bogies were developed to meet the requirements of modern regional trains. These bogies are designed for speeds of up to 120km/h and a maximum axle load of 15t. Typical applications for the SF 4000 include the VT642 series of the German railways.

SF 5000 driven and non-driven bogies were developed, in accordance with the requirements for modern regional trains, for speeds of up to 200km/h and a maximum axle load of 18.5t. Regional trains consisting of several cars can be equipped completely with these bogies. Such orders have been received from Westrail Goninan and IIRR Iran.

BOGIE FOR ELECTRIC AND DIESEL-ELECTRIC TRAINS

SF 5000 E drive and non-driven bogies were developed for speeds up to 200km/h and a maximum axle load of 18.5t, in accordance with the requirements for modern regional trains. The modular design of this bogie family allows for:

• Drive bogies and driven Jacobs bogies with electric drive
• Drive bogies for diesel-powered coaches with direct drive
• Non-driven bogies
• Non-driven Jacobs bogies