SBB EuroCity coaches

SBB EuroCity coaches

From 1989 onwards, the SBB put a new series of coaches into service for international traffic. These coaches, called EuroCity coaches, were a further development based on the previous RIC Bpm and Einheitswagen IV coaches that SBB had purchased in the early 1980s.
Like their predecessors, these new coaches complied with the dimensions of the UIC-Z1 standard, but in contrast to the previous generation, they now had open-plan compartments in both first and second class. The car bodies for both classes were identical, and each had 10 windows in the passenger compartment. As a great novelty in Switzerland, the coaches were approved for 200 km/h and were thus the first Swiss rolling stock that could reach these speeds. However, at first only abroad, as the first line for this speed was not built in Switzerland until 2004.
In addition to the first and second-class coaches, 12 first-class panoramic coaches were purchased, which, in contrast to the normal coaches, are 40 cm higher and have large windows up to the roof.
Some second-class coaches were also equipped with handicapped accessible toilets and folding seats for wheelchair users. Some more coaches were built as bicycle coaches, for which the first three compartments were replaced by bicycle hooks.
From 2004, some coaches were leased to Cisalpino AG and given a new livery in the Cisalpino AG design. After the end of Cisalpino, the coaches retained their look, but the logos and decorative stripes were removed. These coaches continued to run like this until they were refitted.
From 2009 onwards, the entire fleet underwent a major refit to ensure that they could be used for a long time to come. The biggest points in the refit were:

Closed WC system
Removal of one WC and replacement with two bicycle parking spaces
Equipment for push-pull trains
A new design like it was already used on the EW IVs
Installation of digital displays outside and inside
Power sockets at all seats
At the beginning of 2014, the last coach left the Olten industrial plant in its new condition.

Despite their advancing age, the coaches have repeatedly voted SBB’s most comfortable coaches and are in use almost all over Switzerland.
From 2021, the coaches will gradually receive a new livery that complies with the standards of the Disability Equality Act.

Name:
Availability
Description
Coaches
Eurocity Design
1989-2014
Coaches in the original grey livery.
Apm, Apm Panoramic, Bpm, Bpm with wheelchair spaces, Bpm with bike spaces
Cisalpino Design
2004-2009
Coaches were loaned to Cisalpino and received the livery.
Apm, Bpm with wheelchair spaces
Cisalpino mit SBB Logo
2009-2014
Cisalpino coaches after the end of the Cisalpino coaches, are now fitted with SBB Logos.
Apm, Bpm with wheelchair spaces
Europameisterschaft 2008
2008
Second class coach with an advertisement sticker for the UEFA Euro 08.
Bpm mit Rollstuhl WC
IC Design
2009-2023
Coaches after the refit in the new IC livery.
Apm, Apm Panoramic, Bpm, Bpm with wheelchair spaces, Bpm with bike spaces
Gotthard Panorama Express
2017-2023
After the opening of the Gotthard base tunnels, no trains, that could use the panoramic coaches, used the old route. The SBB then invented the Gotthard Panorma Express for tourists, using the old route and panoramic coaches in the new livery
Apm Panoramic
BehiG Design
2020-
Coaches in the new handicapped-friendly livery.
Apm, Apm Panoramic, Bpm, Bpm with wheelchair spaces, Bpm with bike spaces

Mod Optionen:
All designs can be switched on and off individually.
Fake variants yes/no
Selection of different Eurocitys for the route board: EC Vauban, EC Rätia, EC Hans Dampf (fictional), EC Albert Einstein, EC Rembrandt, EC Transalpin, EC Hermann Hesse, random selection, and no board.
Display of bicycles in the bicycle parking spaces (needs Fahrradständer und Mountainbike by Maverick2002)
Soundest change between vanilla and TRAIN SOUND MOD by Jay_Emanuel
Availability

A big thank you to:
Sir Ludicrous, who made the soundset
Mark_86 who loaned me his advertisements