Early fire detection using the stand-alone principle for Dortmund light rail vehicles
Retrofit of high-floor city railcars
More than 130 million passengers use the light rail system in Dortmund every year. Rapid evacuation of passengers in the event of a fire, with simultaneous safety from false alarms, is the operator's primary protection goal. This is achieved by the solution from WAGNER Rail.
In the densely populated and congested Ruhr region, buses and light rail are a popular means of transportation. Some tramways are now getting on in years, and the requirements for accessibility, fire protection and safety have also increased. Now the operator, Dortmunder Stadtwerke AG, or DSW21, is investing in the purchase and modernization of new light rail vehicles.
The Düsseldorf-based company KIEPE Elektric, which is also responsible for the installation of WAGNER Rail's fire protection technology, is responsible for the electrical system. Among other things, KIEPE Elektric had been given the task of finding a fire protection solution for the vehicle equipment that is suitable for areas that are at high risk of vandalism. The TITANUS® air sampling smoke detectors from WAGNER Rail are particularly suitable for this purpose, as the system's intake points can be routed through the false ceiling and are thus barely visible to passengers.
With the investment of more than 200 million euros in the acquisition of 26 new light rail vehicles and the modernization of the 64 existing vehicles of the same design, DSW21 is setting the course for the implementation of the nationwide vision "Verkehrswende 2030" (engl.: engl.: Transport Turnaround). Its goal is to encourage significantly more car drivers to switch to public transport and thus to significantly reduce CO2 emissions in road traffic.
DSW21's entire tramway fleet has been running on 100% green electricity since 2007.
The new light rail vehicles will have insulation that is unique in Germany. The installed heating capacity will be reduced by 70 percent in the future, and the electricity consumption of the entire fleet by 12.5 percent. DSW21 is thus redefining the standards for the industry.
