CP Class 0350 explained

Série 0350
Manufacturer:Allan of Rotterdam
Factory:Rotterdam, Netherlands (original)
Guifões, Portugal (refurbishment)
Yearservice:1954/2000
Refurbishment:EMEF, S.A. (2000–2003)
Numberbuilt:24
Numberservice:2
Fleetnumbers:0351–0374
Capacity:179
Operator:Comboios de Portugal
Lines:Beira Baixa
Figueira da Foz
Lousã
Oeste
Leste
Cáceres
Doors:Electro-pneumatic coach doors, 2 each side
Engine:2 x Société Surgèrienne de Construction Mécanique
Poyaud C6150T
Enginetype:(?)
Cylindercount:6
Hvac:Air conditioning
Brakes:Electro-pneumatic

The Série 0350 are a type of single carriage diesel railcar used by Portuguese Railways (CP). They were built by Allan of Rotterdam in the Netherlands in 1954-55 (as Série 0300). In 2000 they were extensively modernised and reclassified as Série 0350.[1] The distinctive roof pod above the driver's compartment houses heat dissipators for rheostatic braking.

Many of the lines used by these units have been closed in recent years, notably the Figueira da Foz and Lousã branches. In August 2017 CP restarted a one-per-day return passenger service on the Linha do Leste between Entroncamento and Badajoz (Spain) using a 0350 railcar.[2]

Allan also built a metre gauge version of its diesel railcars for CP, which were classified Série 9300.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.cp.pt/cp/displayPage.do?vgnextoid=4924d60d8a675010VgnVCM1000007b01a8c0RCRD Série 0350: CP official website
  2. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/passenger/single-view/view/entroncamento-badajoz-passenger-service-reinstated.html Railway Gazette International, 31 August 2017