SŽ series 713/715

SŽ 713/715
Manufacturer	MBB Donauwörth / TVT Boris Kidrič Maribor
Constructed	1983–1986
Number built	27
Formation	2-car sets (M+P)
Operators	Slovenian Railways
Specifications
Train length	48 m (157 ft 6 in)
Width	2.87 m (9 ft 5 in)
Maximum speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Weight	60 tonnes (59 long tons; 66 short tons)
Power output	400 kW (536 hp)
Transmission	Hydraulic
UIC classification	2'B' + 2'2'
Multiple working	4
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

SŽ series 713/715 is a two-car diesel multiple unit series of the Slovenian Railways, built between 1983 and 1986. A set consists of a motor wagon, numbered as 713, and a trailer, numbered as 715. These units operate on non-electrified tracks, mostly on the Ljubljana–Novo Mesto–Metlika, Sevnica–Trebnje and Ljubljana–Kamnik lines. Because of the previous colour scheme the units are popularly nicknamed "kanarček" (canary).

History

The units were designed in the MBB Donauwörth company in Germany with cooperation of Yugoslav engineers. The first five sets were built in MBB Donauwörth and finished in the TVT Boris Kidrič Maribor factory, and the rest of them (22 sets) were built in Maribor out of parts sent from Germany.

The series was built in two versions, as a first-class business train (5 sets of subseries 713-0xx, in green colour scheme, with 92 revolvable seats, a kitchen and loudspeakers) and as a standard commuter train (22 sets of subseries 713-1xx, in yellow-and-orange colour scheme, with 128 seats). All of the business trains were later converted into standard trains, and the colour scheme of all units is gradually being changed into red.

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  A SŽ 713/715 unit in legacy yellow-and-orange colour scheme
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  Former business unit, still bearing green colour scheme
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  Interior

References and external links

• Discussion about SŽ 713/715 on the Vlaki.info forum (in Slovene)
• SŽ 713 Kanarček - Tinetova stran o železnici (archived) (in Slovene)
• Slovenian Railways Rolling Stock by Bojan Dremelj - issuu

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