Basic performances of new electric multiple train for urban and suburban traffic in Yugoslavia

Belgrade Railway Enterprise decided to buy twenty electric multiple trains (EMU), with option for another approximately eighty, with purpose to improve the transportation in urban and suburban areas in Yugoslavia. On the basis of complex analysis requirements in the paper are defined basic performances of new EMU for urban and suburban railway traffic. Choice of basic performances is made on the base of corresponding traffic studies and complex compare analysis of large number (about twenty) of modern electric trains of various companies from Europe. Especially, we analyze performances of acceleration and maximum speed of new electric trains and their influence upon running times on chosen characteristics parts of lines in Yugoslavia. On the basis of chosen basic performances we establish primary technical and operation requirements of new EMU for Yugoslav Rails Network. We pay special attention to influence of EMU on surroundings and protection of the environment.