APE 4.80
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The APE 4.80 is a passenger trailer wagon and was built by the Swiss manufacturer Gebrüder Moser + Cie and Ramseier & Jenzer + Cie, both in Bern, for the Zugerland Verkehrsbetriebe (ZVB).
History and development[edit]
Construction of the first wagons started in 1961. The construction comes from the Ramseier & Jenzer + Cie. In 1963, ZVB had more than ten APE 4.80 passenger trailers.
In the Zugerland transport companies ZVB (German: Zugerland Verkehrsbetrieben), the APE 4.80 were mainly used on the mountain lines Zug-Ägeri (line 1) and Zug-Menzingen (line 2) with Saurer 5 DUK buses. This first batch of APE 4.80 passenger trailers got the same blue color like the Saurer DUK 5 busses.
Around 1975/76, together with the orange-colored FBW buses (manufacturer designation FBW 91U EU4A), eight new trailers were also produced and delivered in orange color.
All APE 4.80 have a trailer coupling, which can be used to mount single-axle or two-axle luggage trailers AGP 3. All APE 4.80. were designed in such a way that the entrance room at the rear also functioned as a luggage compartment, these were separated from the passenger compartment by sliding doors. In the first tranche, the passenger compartment was also divided into a smoking and non-smoking section by means of an intermediate wall with a door; in the second tranche, the last eight APE 4.80, they were designed both as a non-smoking compartment. Both compartments were equipped with light brown leather seats. APE 4.80 number 28 (ex. Number 3) of the ZVB is located in the Zug depot technology history (German: Zuger Depot Technikgeschichte).
Technical specifications[edit]
- Total length 10,700 mm (35 ft 1+1⁄4 in)
- Vehicle width 2,500 mm (8 ft 2+3⁄8 in)
- Height 3,054 mm (10 ft 1⁄4 in)
- Seating capacity 40
- Standing places 40
- Wheelbase 5,900 mm (19 ft 4+1⁄4 in)
- Total weight 12,700 kg (28,000 lb)
- Brake control Compressed air, hydraulics
References[edit]
- Zuger Depot Technikgeschichte
- Sandro Sigrist: Elektrische Strassenbahnen im Kanton Zug. Prellbock, Leissigen 1997, ISBN 3-907579-04-6