OREANDA-NEWS. October 18, 2011. Russian Railways and the Polish concern PESA Bydgoszcz SA have signed a contract for the manufacture and delivery of the 611M inspection railcar. The signing took place during the 9 International Railway Fair TRAKO 2011, which was being held in the Polish city of Gdansk, reported the press-centre of Russian Railways.

The railcar is designed to carry out inspections of the infrastructure of Russia’s railways. In service, the railcar can reach a maximum speed on railway lines of 160 kph and can operate in outside air temperatures ranging from -40?C to +40?C. The railcar has an observation room, conference room, sanitary unit, kitchen, office and service compartment.

The 611M railcar will be equipped with a passive safety system to reduce the risk to the life and health of personnel during emergency collisions with obstacles, a satellite navigation system, satellite communications, 2 MHz hectometre and VHF (160 MHz) train radio communications, train radio communications using the GSM-R and TETRA digital standards, mobile radio using the GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTF/LTE standard, digital TV and CCTV.

The railcar will be manufactured at the PESA plant in Bydgoszcz in Poland and is due come into operation in 2013.