The Protos is an electric multiple unit of the German company Fahrzeugtechnik Dessau

(FTD). The electrical system was built by Vossloh Kiepe in Dusseldorf.

General

The train is built on a modular concept. The trains have a lowered floor causing a ground

entry is present. The floor height is 810 millimeters high. The first train (prototype) left the

factory in September 2006 and was presented at the German trade fair InnoTrans 2006.

Farhrzeugtechnik Dessau has sold to date only six copies of the Protos. The production of Protos trains in 2008 outside the takeover of the plant by the Romanian Compania de Transport Bucuresti SA Feroviar (CTF) account. Connexxion is therefore the only recipient of the Protos.

Protos in Netherlands

Prototype

According to the plans, the prototype FTD01 be converted into a sixth train for Valleilijn which Connexxion might have to shuttle between Amersfoort and Barneveld Noord pulling Barneveld Centrum. By sufficient equipment in 2008 Through ups and downs of the bankruptcy of Fahrzeugtechnik could imagine only proceed to Connexxion in 2010 property. In August 2010 it still left to Dessau, where CTF would perform. Extensive renovations This would be the bogies turned to change 2'Bo '+ Bo'2' according to 5031-5035. Bo'2 the wheel arrangement '+2' Bo', which yielded poor handling, In the meantime, Connexxion hires a train type of Plan V (first No. 867, relieved by 919) of the NS. The commissioning of the prototype, train number 5036 would get was scheduled in September 2011, after the rented Plan V train would return to the NS. Because FTD01 did not and probably will never come, Connexxion end of 2011 the agreement with CTF broken and instead at Stadler Rail is a GTW besteld.Dit train equipment on Valleilijn go versterken.Wat happens to the prototype in 2013 is still unknown.

Series

Connexxion, after successful trials with the prototype FTD01, the first and only ordered five Protos trains for the Valleilijn between Amersfoort and Ede-Wageningen. The trains with the numbers 5031 t / m 5035 from September 23, 2007 were used in passenger service. Originally, all five trains per September 1, 2007 must be employed but construction was delayed. Connexxion is the first transport company in the Netherlands a vehicle equipped with a separate area for young people, aptly named Dance Valley. A quiet zone is also present, this also serves as a first-class department. A toilet is not present in this train.

Maintenance

The trains of the Valleilijn be technically maintained at NedTrain.