Pesa Atribo Explained

Pesa Atribo
Pesa 219M
Manufacturer:Pesa SA
Family:Atribo
Formation:3-car
Numberbuilt:100
Trainlength:55.57frac=8NaNfrac=8
Weight:99–
Maxspeed:120–
Traction:MAN D2876LUE623

The Pesa Atribo is an articulated diesel multiple unit for regional train services made by Pesa SA of Poland.

Description

The Atribo is a development of the earlier Pesa 218M. It features a low floor and is designed for regional, non-electrified lines.[1] The train features two toilets, one of which is accessible to disabled people. The trains can operate with up to three sets in multiple. The Italian version has 21 seats in first class (in the 2 + 1) and 129 fixed and 4 tip-up seats in the 2nd class. The Polish version is second class only having 150 fixed seats and 7 tip-up seats. Atribo is equipped with visual and acoustic passenger information system.

Trenitalia sets have a Voith engine,[2] producing less noise and lower emissions.[3]

Usage

Country Operator Class Amount Year
Ferrovie del Sud Est (FSE) ATR 220 27 (001-027) 2008-2010
ATR 220 2 (024-025) 2009
Trasporto Passeggeri Emilia-Romagna (TPER) ATR 220 12 (026-037) 2009-2010
ATR 220Tr 40 (001-058) 2014-2021
PolandSA 136 12 (001-012) 2010
SA 136 7 (013-019) 2014

Ferrovie del Sud Est

The contract with the Ferrovie del Sud Est for the delivery of 13 Atribo sets was signed on June 12, 2006. On February 26, 2007, FSE using the options included in the signed contract, expanded the order to 23 units. Deliveries began on July 15, 2008.[4] In March 2010, signed a new contract for the next 4 sets.[5]

FSE uses its Pesa Atribo's in the region of Apulia. They operate services around Bari, Martina Franca, Taranto and Lecce.

From 2019, and until 2022, they were subject to a revision through the application of the DPR livery and interior arrangement, following the Trenitalia schemes.

Ferrovie Nord Milano

FNM ordered two Pesa Atribo sets on February 17, 2009.[6] They were handed over to the operator on April 9, 2009, in Brescia. The trains are allocated to operate the route Brescia - Iseo - Edolo.[7] The DMUs were retired in 2020 and sold to a consortium of Modertrans Poznań and Public Transport Service.[8] They arrived in Poland on March 13, 2024 and will be put into service on local routes after an overhaul.[9]

Ferrovie Emilia Romagna / Trasporto Emilia-Romagna Passeggeri

On May 19, 2009, a contract was signed with the Ferrovie Emilia Romagna for eight Atribo sets [10] to operate on the Bologna - Portomaggiore and Casalecchio - Vignola lines.[11] The first three sets were delivered on June 25, 2009.[12] Later, an agreement was signed for the delivery of four additional units.

West Pomeranian Voivodeship

The region signed an agreement on January 29, 2010, for the purchase of 10 Atribo sets with the option of adding another two units, of which the options were taken up in September 2010.[13] The first two units were delivered on June 25, and June 27, 2010, and started their operation in the West Pomeranian Regional Transport Department. Further units were delivered at a rate of one or two a month until January 28, 2011.

Vehicles are assigned to the depot in Kolobrzeg. Trains were allocated primarily to operate the Szczecin - Kolobrzeg (- Koszalin) and Szczecin - Szczecinek services. Vehicles occasionally operate the Koszalin - Mielno Koszalin route, supported mainly by Class SA103 and Slawno - Darlowo supported mainly by Classes SA109 and SA110. In case of failure of Western Pomeranian Class EN57, Atribo sets replace them on the electrified routes such as Szczecin - Białogard, Szczecin - Gryfino and Szczecin - Kamien Pomorski. Since August 29, 2012 Atribo are also used on the line Szczecin - Piła and since June 2013 also to Szczecin Airport Goleniów (on the route from Szczecin to Kolobrzeg).

Trenitalia

On 12 December 2013 Pesa a contract signed in Rome with Trenitalia for the supply of 40 Atribo sets with the option to purchase an additional 20.[14] Transfer of the first unit for the Italian national carrier took place in November 2014 and the end of the supply is scheduled for July 2015.[15] At the end of July 2014, the first vehicle was tested on an experimental track Railway Institute near Żmigród,[16] and it was delivered on August 20 to Pisa and allocated to the tests necessary to release these vehicles to move around on the Italian railway network.[17] On December 4, 2014, the official presentation of the unit was held at Roma Termini.[18]

Units were purchased to replace older units with the aim to replace old ALn 668 series and ALn 663,[19] and operate in the regions of Tuscany, Abruzzo, Calabria, Marche and Veneto. The units are known by Trenitalia as Swing. As at December 2015 32 of the 40 units have been delivered.

Pomeranian Voivodeship

On September 2, 2014, the Pomeranian government signed a contract for the supply from Pesa of 7 Atribo sets and 2 Pesa 218Mc sets operate on the Pomeranian Metropolitan Railway.[20] [21] The trains entered service with the inauguration of the metropolitan railway on 1 September 2015. After the line was electrified,[22] they were replaced by Newag Impuls trainsets[23] and redirected to operating local routes in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

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Notes and References

  1. http://pesa.pl/download/PL/dmu.pdf Pesa DMU brochure
  2. http://www.kurierkolejowy.eu/aktualnosci/21069/Wloskie-pojazdy-Pesy-z-silnikami-Voitha.html Trenitalia Atribo's fitted with Voith engine
  3. http://www.voith.com/en/press/press-releases-99_59450.html Voith press release Pesa Atribo
  4. http://inforail.pl/text.php?from=search&id=18838 First Pesa Atribo presented in Bari
  5. http://inforail.pl/text.php?from=tag&id=31796 Additional sets ordered by FSE
  6. http://inforail.pl/text.php?from=tag&id=22896 2 Pesa Atribos ordered by FNM
  7. http://inforail.pl/text.php?from=tag&id=23906 Pesa Atribo presented to FNM
  8. https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/modertrans-i-pts-kupuja-z-wloch-odstawione-pociagi-spalinowe-pesy-115170.html Modertrans and PTS will buy ATR220s from Italy. Official confirmation
  9. https://kurier-kolejowy.pl/aktualnosci/44677/dwa-pojazdy-atr220-zakupione-przez-konsorcjum-pts-i-modertrans-sa-juz-na-poznanskim-franowie.html Two ATR220 vehicles purchased by the consortium of PTS and Modertrans have arrived in Poznań
  10. http://inforail.pl/text.php?from=tag&id=24693 TPER orders 8 Pesa Atribos
  11. http://www.alfredoperi.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=328&Itemid=55 Maiden voyage for TPER Atribo
  12. http://www.ferrovie.it/portale/leggi.php?id=2576 Delivery of FER Atribos
  13. http://inforail.pl/text.php?from=search&id=30680 New trains for Szczecin
  14. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/europe/single-view/view/trenitalia-signs-pesa-dmu-order.html Trenitalia orders Pesa DMU
  15. http://inforail.pl/text.php?from=main&id=60766
  16. http://www.railvolution.net/railvolution/hors-doeuvres/pesa-s-migrod-line-up Pesa trains on test
  17. http://www.ilpendolaremagazine.it/news/2014/08/22/il-primo-atr220-arrivato-a-pisa-per-i-collaudi/ First Pesa Atribo on test
  18. http://inforail.pl/text.php?from=main&id=68208 Pesa Atribo presented in Rome
  19. http://inforail.pl/text.php?id=66370 First ATR 220 Tr in Italy
  20. http://inforail.pl/text.php?id=66537 Contract for 10 Pesa Atribos signed
  21. http://inforail.pl/text.php?id=66573 What trains for the Pomerian Metropolitan Railway?
  22. https://www.gdansk.pl/wiadomosci/Elektryczny-pociag-jadacy-przez-Gdansk-wzbudzil-zainteresowanie,a,252108 Why did an electric train driving through Gdańsk attract attention?
  23. https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/nowoczesny-impuls-45we032-zawital-na-linie-pomorskiej-kolei-metropolitalnej-115738.html The first Impuls on the Pomeranian Metropolitan Railway