620/720 class railcars, DEB set railcars, Tulloch railcars
Constructed
1994–1996
Entered service
March 1994
Refurbished
2009–2010, 2017
Number built
30 carriages (15 sets)
Number in service
28 carriages (14 sets)
Successor
R set
Formation
2-car sets
Fleet numbers
TE 2801–2815
LE 2851–2865
Capacity
95 (TE) 82 (LE)
Operators
NSW TrainLink
Lines served
Blue Mountains (to Bathurst)
Hunter
South Coast (between Kiama and Bomaderry)
Southern Highlands
Specifications
Train length
50.5 m (165 ft 8 in)
Car length
25.25 m (82 ft 10 in)
Width
2.92 m (9 ft 7 in)
Height
4.11 m (13 ft 6 in)
Doors
Single leaf plug door, two per side per car
Maximum speed
160 km/h (99 mph) (design)
145 km/h (90 mph) (service)
Weight
56.6 t (55.7 long tons; 62.4 short tons) (TE)
57.2 t (56.3 long tons; 63.1 short tons) (LE)
Prime mover(s)
Cummins KTA-19R
Power output
383 kW (514 hp)
Transmission
Voith T311r KB260, with Voith Turbo V15 20 final drive
Auxiliaries
Cummins LT10R(G) – 135 kW (181 hp)
Bogies
PJA (Power), NJA (Trailer)
Coupling system
Scharfenberg
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
The Endeavour Railcars are a class of diesel multiple units operated by NSW TrainLink on passenger rail services in New South Wales, Australia on the Hunter, Blue Mountains (to Bathurst), Southern Highlands and South Coast lines (between Kiama and Bomaderry). They are mechanically identical to the Xplorers. All 30 carriages were built by ABB's Dandenong rolling stock factory.
Fourteen two-carriage sets were ordered in April 1992 to replace Class 620/720 railcars, DEB set railcars and locomotive hauled stock, with the first entering service in March 1994.[1][2] In November 1994, one further two-carriage set was ordered.[3] All are scheduled to be replaced in 2026-2027 by the R sets.[4][5][6]
^"CityRail to have Explorers too" Railway Digest May 1992
^"Endeavours Enter Service Only Days After Launch" Railway Digest May 1994
^"More Xplorer & Endeavour Cars Ordered" Railway Digest December 1994
^NSW Region train fleet on track Archived 15 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine Transport for New South Wales 14 August 2017
^NSW seeks private finance for regional fleet Archived 18 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine International Railway Journal 15 August 2017
^NSW regional train fleet to be replaced Archived 19 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine Railway Gazette International 15 August 2017
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