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Astra IVA
Astra IVA unit 003, one of the oldest still in use, at Străulești in 2019. This unit was made in 1978, being the first from the production series.
Interior of an Alstom-refurbished IVA trainset, July 2011
Ciurel/Semănătoarea, Pantelimon, Berceni, Militari
Lines served
M3, M4
Specifications
Train length
38 m (124 ft 8+1⁄16 in)
Car length
19 m (62 ft 4+1⁄16 in)
Width
3.1 m (10 ft 2+1⁄16 in)
Height
3.6 m (11 ft 9+3⁄4 in)
Doors
4 doors per side/car
Maximum speed
80 km/h (50 mph)
Weight
72 t (71 long tons; 79 short tons)
Traction system
DC
Traction motors
4 × 215 kW (288 hp)
Power output
860 kW (1,150 hp)
Acceleration
1.3 m/s2 (4.3 ft/s2)
Deceleration
1.3 m/s2 (4.3 ft/s2) (service)
2 m/s2 (6.6 ft/s2) (emergency)
HVAC
Driver Only
Electric system(s)
750 V DC third rail
Current collector(s)
Contact shoe
UIC classification
B′B′+B′B′
Safety system(s)
INDUSI (ATP), Siemens TBS100FB (ATO/ATP)
Coupling system
Non-electric
Multiple working
Yes (before refurbishment), No (after refurbishment)
Track gauge
1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in)
Notes/references
[1]
Astra IVA is a family of metro train used by Bucharest Metro, of which 504 cars (252 two-car sets) were built between 1976 and 1993 by Întreprinderea de Vagoane Arad (IVA) in Arad, Romania. Internally they are known as the BM1 (Bucharest Metro 1st generation).
^"Bucharest Metro Rolling stock". Archived from the original on 30 July 2015.
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ASTRA Arad, also known as Întreprinderea de Vagoane Arad (IVA), is the name of a group of industrial engineering and rolling stock companies originated...
forming the M3 as it is operated today. The M3 uses AstraIVA and Bombardier Movia trains. The IVA trains were used exclusively until 2009, when the first...
modernized multiple AstraIVA sets for operation on the M2 line of the Bucharest Metro, the project eventually failed and the blue IVA sets never entered...
second batch was introduced on the M1. The line also used to operate AstraIVA trains from its inception until the 2010s when Metrorex started to phase...
Despite being one of the newest lines on the network, the M4 runs old AstraIVA trains. "Metrorex (2018). Details for M1, M2, M3, M4 at page 6" (PDF)...
overnight in case there was no capacity in other places. Supposedly, one AstraIVA set was left in the upper deck but the tracks leading to the sidings were...
so that the Movia trains could run on the M1 and M3, replacing the old AstraIVA trains that were moved to the new line of M4. Wikimedia Commons has media...
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use. In 1994 Astra AB and Merck changed their partnership to a joint venture called Astra Merck, and in 1998 Astra (by that time, AstraZeneca) bought...
emissions for Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) test, also, custom head rests fitted as a requirement for IVA, rear axle narrowed by fitting shorter lower...
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leaves the EU. The first aircraft, an Airbus A320, was re-registered as OE-IVA. EasyJet announced that the transition would result in no job losses in the...
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under the brand name Inderal, manufactured by ICI Pharmaceuticals (now AstraZeneca), in 1965. "Inderal" is a quasi-anagram of "Alderlin", the trade name...
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