NS SM’90 Railhopper
NS SM’90 Railhopper
The Stop Train Equipment ’90 (SM ’90), officially nicknamed Railhopper, was a series of electric railcars of the Dutch Railways, which were built in 1992-93 and were in service from 1994 to 2005.
During the design process in 1988, the introduction of the OV student card was announced. Due to the potential high growth in the number of travelers, it was necessary that new equipment was delivered quickly.
Because the design for the Railhopper was not on the drawing board, it was decided to purchase a well-known concept: double-decker cars with a locomotive series 1700 in pull-push formation as DD-AR equipment.
Maintenance and deployment of small, deviating train sets are relatively expensive. That is why, with the end of the 2005 timetable, NS Passengers put the train sets SM ’90 out of service.
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Features:
Reversible
Interior
Visible passengers
Animated doors
Working destination display
Working lights for night mod
Specs:
cost: €7.71 M
top speed: 140 km/h
power: 1112 kW
tractive effort: 160 kN
capacity: 40
loading speed: 8x
weight: 98 t
length: 53 m
running cost: €1.29 M/year
lifespan: 50 years
available from: 1994
available until: —
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