A modern electric drive (4 asynchronous AC motors of the total output of 2 MW), high acceleration and maximum operational speed of 160km/h, 208 comfortable seats, air-conditioned passenger and crew compartments – this is the briefest technical specification of Nowy Sącz– manufactured ‘Impuls’ trains which have been purchased by Zachodniopomorskie Province.
On 22 August, 2014 in Kołobrzeg, NEWAG S.A. will formally hand over the ‘Impuls’ No 8 train to the authorities of Zachodniopomorskie Province. The official ceremony is to start at 2 pm on the premises of the Port of Kołobrzeg near the lighthouse.
Following the official presentation of the 31WE-008 train, NEWAG S.A and the Marshal’s Office invite local residents and tourists to view the Impulse train and young visitors to play in a special kid zone. This mini-rail picnic will last until 6 pm.
The train to be presented in Kołobrzeg is an eighth out of twelve four-unit 31WE ‘Impuls’ electric multiple units (EMUs).The gross price of each of the EMUs is PLN 21 million 400 thousand. The purchase is effected within the project of the Zachodnia Grupa Zakupowa [Western Procurement Group]. The last out of the twelve ‘Impuls’ trains will have been delivered by 14 April, 2015.