Société du Métro Léger de Tunis operates ?? cars on a ?? mile system.  

Car Specifics
Manufacturer: Siemens
Vehicle type:  Bi-directional articulated vehicle
Developed by:
Date in service:
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Body
Type of construction: Welded lightweight steel
Seats: 54

Suspension, Propulsion, Braking
Trucks/Bogies: 2 powered and 2 non-powered
Suspension: Rubber-sprung wheelset (Primary); Double helical-spring with dampers (Secondary)
Truck centers:
Wheel diameter: 680-600 mm
Track gauge: 4 feet, 8 1/2 inches  (1435mm)  AA Standard
Motors:.
Gear ratio: 5.44:1
Gearbox: Quill-shaft wheelset
Service Brakes (Powered trucks): electro-pneumatic, spring brake pneumatic, stored spring brake
Track Brakes: 8 (2 per truck)
Air compressor output: 700 l/min

Vehicle Capacity
Seated Load: 54
Design Load: 235 (6 persons/m²)
Crush Load:

Passenger Comfort
Heating:
Air-conditioning:

Vehicle Dimensions
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Empty weight per car: 80,000 pounds
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Vehicle Performance
Maximum design speed: 70 km/h
Maximum designed train consist: Two cars/consist
Service acceleration on level tangent track: 1.1 m/s² (0 - 40 km/h empty)
Service braking deceleration at max. speed: 1.3 m/s²
Emergency braking on level tangent track: 2.8 m/s² (40 - 0 km/h)
Minimum horizontal curve radius: 20 m (17.5 m unloaded)

Electrical and Control Systems
Power Supply: 750 V DC (+20%, -30%)
Power controller: 2 DC choppers for driving and electrical or regenerative braking.
Low voltage power supply:
Interior Lights
Motor Control:
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NOTES:

Boarding and alighting arrangements for: low (180 mm) as well as high (900 mm) platforms
Traction motor: 240 kW motor (hourly rate) per powered bogie
Adhesive weight: Approx. 60%
Step heights of the folding steps from low platforms of 180 mm to the carriage floor height of 900 mm (180 mm + 267 mm + 236 mm + 217 mm = 900 mm)
Running gear: Monomotor powered bogie with DUEWAG drive suspended in the bogie frame or non-powered bogie in adapted design with driving parts, without spring accumulator

  Updated November 28, 1999