Bombardier Incentro AT6/5

The Bombardier Incentro AT6/5 is a 100% low floor tram used by Nottingham Express Transit (NET) in Nottingham, England. It is a variant of Bombardier Transportation's Incentro design.

Bombardier Incentro AT6/5
Bombardier Incentro AT6/5
Interior of 205
In service	2004–present
Manufacturer	Bombardier Transportation
Built at	Derby Litchurch Lane Works
Family name	Incentro
Constructed	2002–2003
Refurbished	2013, 2019
Number built	15
Number in service	15
Fleet numbers	201–215
Capacity	54/8 seats, 129 standing per tram
Operator(s)	Nottingham Express Transit
Specifications
Car body construction	Stainless steel, GRP cladding side windows and door frames, aluminium roof
Car length	33 m (108 ft 3+1⁄4 in)
Width	2.40 m (7 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Height	3.35 m (10 ft 11+7⁄8 in)
Floor height	352 mm (13.9 in)
Platform height	317 mm (12.5 in)
Articulated sections	5
Wheel diameter	660–580 mm (26–23 in) (new–worn)
Wheelbase	1,800 mm (5 ft 11 in)
Maximum speed	80 km/h (50 mph)
Weight	39.3 tonnes (38.7 long tons; 43.3 short tons) per tram
Traction motors	8 × 45 kW (60 hp) asynchronous
Power output	360 kW (480 hp)
Acceleration	1.2 m/s^2 (2.7 mph/s)
Deceleration	1.4 m/s^2 (3.1 mph/s) (service) 2.5 m/s^2 (5.6 mph/s) (emergency)
Electric system(s)	750 V DC overhead catenary
Current collector(s)	Pantograph
UIC classification	Bo′+2′+Bo′
Safety system(s)	CITYFLO 150
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Notes/references
Sourced from ^[1] unless otherwise noted.

Incentro AT6/5

Bombardier Incentro trams were designed and built by ADtranz for the Tramway de Nantes in 2000–2001, and the AT6/5 is almost identical but 3.4 metres shorter. In 2000 ADtranz signed a package deal for the construction of the NET tramway and for the delivery of 15 trams but in 2001 before work began ADtranz was acquired by Bombardier Transportation, which carried out the construction and manufacturing work between 2002 and 2003.^[2] The trams entered service on 9 March 2004 and run on 750 volts DC with a top speed of 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph). They are articulated in five sections, and are 33 metres long and 2.4 metres wide.^[3]

Names

From a very early stage, the trams were named after famous local people.^[4] Vinyl transfers carrying the names are on diagonally opposite corners of the exterior. Upon introduction they were also on the front (in direction of travel) right-hand side above the windows, in the same style as advertisements.

• 201 Torvill & Dean. Voted for by listeners of the local commercial radio station Trent FM. Named after Olympic Gold Medal figure skating champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean from Nottingham, who gained an unmatched perfect "6.0" score at the 1984 Winter Olympics.
• 202 D. H. Lawrence. The Nottinghamshire novelist, born in Eastwood, famous for "Lady Chatterley's Lover" and "Sons and Lovers".
• 203 William "Bendigo" Thompson. Voted for by viewers of East Midlands Today. A bare-knuckle fighter.
• 204 Erica Beardsmore. Hyson Green-based supporter of Nottingham In Bloom
• 205 Lord Byron. Voted for by viewers of East Midlands Today. Nottinghamshire poet.
• 206 Angela Alcock. Voted for by readers of the Nottingham Evening Post. A local Oxfam donations collector who has raised countless funds for charity.
• 207 Mavis Worthington. Voted for by readers of the Nottingham Evening Post. A Homestart volunteer.
• 208 Dinah Minton. Founder of the Headway charity.
• 209 Sid Standard^[5] (renamed from Sydney Standard by public demand). Nominated by Nottingham Evening Post readers. He ran a bike shop in Beeston for 27 years and was President of the Beeston Road Club. It is believed that he rode more than 500,000 miles on his bike.
• 210 Sir Jesse Boot. Voted for by listeners of BBC Radio Nottingham. Founder of Boots the Chemist.
• 211 Robin Hood. Voted for by viewers of East Midlands Today. Famous local legend.
• 212 William Booth. Founder of the Salvation Army.
• 213 Mary Potter. Voted for by listeners of BBC Radio Nottingham. Foundress of the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary.
• 214 Dennis McCarthy MBE. Former presenter of BBC Radio Nottingham.
• 215 Brian Clough. Voted for by listeners of Trent FM. Football manager, won the European Cup twice with Nottingham Forest F.C.

Refurbishment

In December 2012, NET announced that the fleet would be refurbished and receive a new livery and interior. The first to be refurbished was tram 215, which was released for passenger service on 8 March 2013. Trams 214, 213, 205, 202, 203 have since been refurbished.

The 22 new Alstom Citadis 302 trams, built for the tramway extensions are in the new livery. The refurbishment had been planned for a while, as the artist impressions of the new trams showed that their seating was the same as the seating in the refurbishment – the impressions were released in June 2012.

A further refurbishment of the Incentro trams began in 2019, with tram 203 being the first to be treated. The refurbished Incentro trams have had mechanical work undertaken as well as a new livery, to make the trams look more similar to the Citadis fleet.^[6][7]

References

1. (PDF). Bombardier Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2012.
2. Bombardier reveals the first of Nottingham's 15 trams Rail issue 442 21 August 2002 page 14
3. . Nottingham Tram Consortium. 2005. Archived from the original on 1 November 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
4. "Nottingham Express Transit". British Trams Online. from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
5. . Nottingham Evening Post. 7 September 2013. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2013. Mr Standard, dubbed Cycling Sid, was honoured after his death with a Nottingham tram being named in his memory
6. "£3.5 MILLION INVESTMENT TO FUTURE-PROOF NOTTINGHAM'S TRAM FLEET". Nottingham Express Transit. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
7. Upgrade for NET fleet The Railway Magazine issue 1419 June 2019 page 86

External links

  Media related to Adtranz Incentro (Nottingham) at Wikimedia Commons