Train-trams for the Balearic island of Mallorca

Delivery: 2011

Mechanics and electrics from a single source

SFM (Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca), the transport authority of the Balearic island of Mallorca, has ordered six new train-trams equipped by Vossloh Kiepe with its innovative drive technology.

The bidirectional vehicles will be in operation on the Manacor-Artá route. From Manacor, the existing railway line to Artá is being electrified and rehabilitated so that the new vehicles can go into passenger service in spring 2011.

The train-trams serve as suburban trains in the metropolitan area and as trams in the urban context. There they can achieve top speeds of 100 and 70 km/h respectively.

Within Vossloh AG, this order is of special importance as it is the first time in corporate history that the mechanics and electrics are being supplied from a single source. Vossloh Espana S.A. based in Albuixech in Valencia, Spain, is responsible for the design, construction and supply of the new train-trams. Like Vossloh Kiepe, the company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Vossloh AG.

Vossloh Kiepe is responsible for the planning, supply and commissioning of the traction kits of the bidirectional vehicles.

The train-tram drive is equipped with three IGBT direct pulse inverters (DPU). Each of these controls two low-maintenance 4-pole 3-phase asynchronous motors. Thanks to the use of the latest IGBT module generation, it has been possible to develop highly compact and low-weight DPUs. As a result, all of the sensors and the inverter control have been integrated as well.