CityRail Endeavour railcar

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Endeavour Railcar
Endeavour set 2803 departs Warabrook station.

In service	1994 - present
Manufacturer	ABB
Number built	1994 - 1996
Formation	2 and 4 car
Capacity	95
Operator	RailCorp as the product group CityRail
Specifications
Car length	25.250 metres
Width	2.921 metres
Height	4.11 meters
Weight	57 tonnes
Engine	Cummins K19
Gauge	1435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)

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The Endeavour railcar is a class of Diesel multiple unit operated by CityRail in New South Wales, Australia. Built by Adtranz, they were designed to replace some of the ageing 620/720 railcars from 1994. The Endeavours were built in conjunction with the CountryLink Xplorer. This means the two types of trains are very similar, the basic design was adjusted to be suitable for relatively short journeys in the Endeavours and for long distance journeys in the Xplorers.

1 Features
2 In service
- 2.1 Conversions to Xplorers
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Features

There are two carriage types of the Endeavour, one having a wheelchair-accessible toilet (TE), and the other having luggage space (LE). Both cars have driver compartments, like other DMUs in the Cityrail Fleet. All cars are air-conditioned.

Endeavours are designed to run as two car blocks (TE-LE). Two two car blocks can be coupled together to form 4 car sets for the peak period (TE-LE-LE-TE). There were 14 TE and 14 LE carriages built.

[edit] In service

Endeavours operate on three lines.
Southern Highlands:

Campbelltown to Moss Vale.
Goulburn to Central station.

South Coast:

Nowra to Kiama, sometimes proceeding to Dapto and Wollongong.

Hunter:

Newcastle to Maitland and Telarah, with some services extending to Scone and Dungog. Though as of May 2008, Endeavours are no longer rostered for operations on the Hunter Line.

[edit] Conversions to Xplorers

There have been several conversions from Endeavour carriages to Xplorer carriages, due to the similarity of the two trains. Endeavour carriages LE 2865 and TE 2815 were converted Xplorer carriages EA 2508 and EC 2528. Endeavour carriage TE 2805 was temporarily converted to an Xplorer carriage between September and November 2007. The Cityrail logos were removed and its skirts painted black, but it otherwise retained its livery. It also retained its carriage number.

[edit] See also

The VLocity DMUs operating under V/Line are an evolution of the Endeavour/Xplorer structural design.

[edit] External links

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