Talk:SUW 2000

Cost
It would be helpful to know what the cost of an ordinary bogie is, so as to compare the cost of the SUW 2000 bogie.

Tabletop (talk) 08:02, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Combinations of gauges?
So far, SUW 2000 has been applied to standard gauge and a wider gauge. Here there is room for the variable gauge axles equipment and the disk brakes.

With gauges narrower than standard gauge such as metre gauge  and cape gauge  there is less room for the disk brakes and there may be problems.

It is also unclear if the SUW 2000 will support more than two gauges. This affects the way that the wheels lock into the axle like a key. For use in particular markets the following combinations of important gauges are required:

Africa
(minor gauges omitted)
 * - Eritrea
 * - Eritrea
 * - Eritrea
 * - Eritrea

Asia

 * - Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Bangladesh
 * - Indonesia, Sakhalin Island, Japan
 * - China, Europe, Iran, Middle East, Japan Shinkansen
 * - Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

America

 * - North America, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, FERISTSA
 * - Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile
 * - Brazil
 * - Argentina, Chile

Europe

 * Indian gauge
 * Iberian gauge
 * Indian gauge
 * Iberian gauge


 * Spain and Portugal are building a network of lines and dual gauge.

It is not known if the tiny 8mm difference between Indian gauge and Iberian gauge prevents inter-running.

Australia


Tabletop (talk) 02:24, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Incidents
After an incident at the SUW2000 gauge changer at Mostiska 2 on 3 October 2006, the through Krakow â€“ Kiev service was interrupted and a change of train from Standard to Broad gauge was required at the PKP border station of Medyka. This continued until 29 October 2006 when the change of train was moved to Przemyśl. It is believed a through service via the gauge changer may be reinstated in January 2007.

See http://www.goeuro2012.com/html/border.html