Oaris is a modular high-speed train

High-speed rail

High-speed rail is a type of passenger rail transport that operates significantly faster than the normal speed of rail traffic. Specific definitions by the European Union include for upgraded track and or faster for new track, whilst in the United States, the U.S...

 platform developed by Spain-based manufacturer CAF

Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles

Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles is a rail equipment manufacturer based in Beasain in the Basque Country, Spain. Equipment manufactured by CAF includes light rail vehicles, rapid transit trains, railroad cars and locomotives, as well as variable gauge axles that can be fitted on any...

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Technical details

Oaris will be a non-articulated

Articulated vehicle

An articulated vehicle is a vehicle which has a permanent or semi-permanent pivoting joint in its construction, allowing the vehicle to turn more sharply. There are many kinds of articulated vehicles, from heavy equipment to buses, trams and trains...

 electric multiple unit

Electric multiple unit

An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number of the carriages...

 with distributed traction, enabling 4-car, 6-car and 8-car configurations. Each car will have one powered bogie

Bogie

A bogie is a wheeled wagon or trolley. In mechanics terms, a bogie is a chassis or framework carrying wheels, attached to a vehicle. It can be fixed in place, as on a cargo truck, mounted on a swivel, as on a railway carriage/car or locomotive, or sprung as in the suspension of a caterpillar...

, with electric motors on both wheelsets, and one unpowered bogie. Power equipment will be designed to enable adaptation to all four of the main overhead electrification systems

Railway electrification system

A railway electrification system supplies electrical energy to railway locomotives and multiple units as well as trams so that they can operate without having an on-board prime mover. There are several different electrification systems in use throughout the world...

 in use across Europe. For the train, running gear with (standard gauge

Standard gauge

The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...

), (Iberian gauge

Iberian gauge

Iberian gauge is the name given to the track gauge most extensively used by the railways of Spain and Portugal: namely ....

) and variable gauge options is developed. Other elements with provision for multiple options include the signalling system, the number of doors, and seating.

Oaris bodyshells will be manufactured of aluminium. The driving end cars will be 26780 millimetre long, middle cars 24780 millimetre long, an 8-car set will be 202.24 metre long.

The train will be fitted with 660 kW motor

Motor

Motor is a device that creates motion. It usually refers to an engine of some kind. It may also specifically refer to:*Electric motor, a machine that converts electricity into a mechanical motion...

s, giving a total power of 5280 kW in the 4-car, 7920 kW in the 6-car, and 10560 kW in the 8-car configuration. Design speed is 350 km/h (217.5 mph), planned top speed in service is 320 km/h (198.8 mph).

History

• May 2010. After fours years of development in a project supported by CDTI
  Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology
  The Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology is a public organization for technology development in the Kingdom of Spain. In the Spanish language, the Centre is known as the Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnologico Industrial. It was part of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism,...
  
  , CAF announced the Oaris platform with the unveiling of a full-scale mock-up in May 2010 in the International Rail Forum 2010 at Valencia.
• September 2010. A prototype starts to be assembled by CAF
  Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
  Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles is a rail equipment manufacturer based in Beasain in the Basque Country, Spain. Equipment manufactured by CAF includes light rail vehicles, rapid transit trains, railroad cars and locomotives, as well as variable gauge axles that can be fitted on any...
  
  Article CAF-Oaris at Ferropedia.es (in Spanish). It has 4 cars and is designed for 216 seats. Renfe
  RENFE
  Renfe Operadora is the state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains on the 1668-mm "Iberian gauge" and 1435-mm "European gauge" networks of the Spanish national railway infrastructure company ADIF .- History :The name RENFE is derived from that of the former Spanish National...
  
   has reserved the class 105 for the prototype.
• January 14, 2011. CAF announces that the prototype is finished and will undergo dynamic tests in early 2011.

External links

• OARIS: High capacity, highly efficient (CAF
  Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
  Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles is a rail equipment manufacturer based in Beasain in the Basque Country, Spain. Equipment manufactured by CAF includes light rail vehicles, rapid transit trains, railroad cars and locomotives, as well as variable gauge axles that can be fitted on any...
  
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• CAF unveils Oaris high speed train concept (Railway Gazette International
  Railway Gazette International
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• Oaris, el tren de alta velocidad de CAF (Via Libre)