TCDD E14000 explained

TCDD E14000
Service:1979 - 2013
Manufacturer:Tüvasaş
Factory:Adapazarı Vagon Fabrikası
Fleetnumbers:E14001 - E14...
Successor:TCDD E23000
TCDD E32000
Operator:Turkish State Railways
Depots:Haydarpaşa, Halkalı, Ankara, Adapazarı
Lines:Commuter rail
Yearservice:1979
Yearscrapped:2013-2014
Numberbuilt:75
Numberservice:0 (all of them are out of service)
Carbody:steel
Trainlength:68frac=16NaNfrac=16 (3 cars per set)
Entrylevelorstep:high floor
Doors:8 doors per car (4 on each side) / 24 per set (12 on each side)
Maxspeed:120 km/h
Poweroutput:520 kW
Transmission:coupled direct to traction serial motor
Powersupply:Overhead wire / Faveley pantograph (1 unit per set)
Electricsystem:25 kV 50 Hz AC
Brakes:Wenn type - Air compressor service provided

TCDD E14000 were electric multiple unit used by the Turkish State Railways on their commuter rail services around Istanbul, Ankara and İzmir. The 75 units were delivered starting in 1979 to supplement the aging E8000 units that were in use on the European Istanbul service, when the other commuter train services were electrified.

Though the units still remain in service, they are heavily used and show signs of wear. It is not uncommon for doors not to shut, and TCDD is planning a major replacement of the stock with the Marmaray upgrade that is in progress.

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