From March, the Madrid underground will run on rails placed out of the capital, specifically in the towns of Rivas Vaciamadrid and Arganda del Rey, for the first time in its history. The 6000 model will be the new train that will run in this line 9, one of the longest one in the world.
The 6000 model will run on semiburied rails (" in ditch"), with a maximum velocity of 110 Km/h.
The Madrid Community has invested 17.000 millions of pesetas (more than 102 millions of euros) in the obtaining of 37 units of the new 6000 model, 25 built by CAF and 12 by Alsthom. These trains will run on rails in ditch (semiburied) with a velocity of 110 Km/h, higher that the whatever other actual model.
One of the big novelties of these models is its buffer that, in case of crash, impedes that the coaches were put on top. Likewise, the Automatic Train Protection (ATP) security system supervises all the actions of the driver. The minimum detected anomaly, lapse or similar thing provokes the connection of a mechanism that advises that something strange is happening.
Without leaving the security, the automatic driving ATD means, for example, that the train brakes in a progressive way when it goes near a curve or, if the one that is arriving is an ascending slope, it will can accelerate, to not to lose the velocity.
Interior view of the new and modern trains that will run on the line 9 of the Madrid underground.
The approximate capacity of passengers is 200 in each coach, and the Madrid Community estimates foresee that nearly 20.000 passengers will use this service each day, with a passing frequency between twelve and fifteen minutes.
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS
Length of each unit: 36,180 m.
Wide of each unit: 2,8 m.
Weight when it is empty: 39 toneladas/coche
Maximum Velocity: 110 km/h
Acceleration: 1 m/seg.
Velocity decrease: 1,2 m/seg.
Traction system: Three-phased, with non-synchronized motors, direct undulater, IGTB use.
Braking system: Mixed electric regenerative; pneumatic, with electric command (1 filament); of stationing (acumulative spring).
Security system: ATP (AM and FM)
Automatic driving: ATO
Information and Communication System: intercom and announcer of stations, informative cartels interior-exterior of destination.
Other systems: black box system, videovigilance, anticlimber, intercommunicator passage, doors individual closing and air conditioning.
Each unit has 35 kms of cable, 9.000 cable terminals, 19.600 electric connection points, switches, electric switches, etc. 800 and electric targets 240.
CAF has built 25 of the 37 units obtained by the Madrid Community. The other 12 ones are built by Alsthom
