Siemens S700 and S70

Siemens S70

Siemens S700

Siemens Avanto
Siemens S70; Siemens S700; Siemens Avanto;
	Siemens S70 car for the Lynx Blue Line in Charlotte, North Carolina
Manufacturer	Siemens Mobility
Constructed	2002–present
Entered service	2004–present
Predecessor	Siemens SD-100 and SD-160; Siemens SD660;
Specifications
Articulated sections	S70/S700: 3 (two articulations); Avanto: 5 (four articulations);
Wheel diameter	660 mm (26 in) (new); 580 mm (23 in) (worn);
Wheelbase	1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) (power truck); 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) (center truck);
Electric system(s)	Overhead line:; 600 V DC; 750 V DC; 1,500 V DC; 25 kV 50 Hz AC;
Current collector(s)	Pantograph
UIC classification	Bo′+2′+Bo′ (S70/S700); Bo′+2′+2′+Bo′ (Avanto);
AAR wheel arrangement	B-2-B (S70/S700)
Wheels driven	8
Bogies	Siemens SF 70 (power truck); Siemens SF 40 (center truck);
Coupling system	Dellner/Scharfenberg
Multiple working	Within type
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

The Siemens S70 and its successor, the Siemens S700, are a series of articulated low-floor light-rail vehicles (LRV) and modern streetcars manufactured for the United States market by Siemens Mobility, a division of German conglomerate Siemens AG. The series also includes a European tram-train variant, the Siemens Avanto.

The S70 was manufactured from 2002 to 2017 and the improved S700 from 2014 to present, but the latter model designation was only introduced in 2019 and then retroactively applied to certain versions of the S70 built in earlier years.^[2] In this market, it competes mainly with Alstom and Kinki Sharyo low-floor LRVs and streetcars manufactured by Brookville and Inekon.

The Avanto was built for the European market starting in 2006 and was principally sold to tram-train systems which, in whole or part, share their tracks with heavy rail trains. In Europe, the Siemens Combino and Avenio models are the preferred offerings for purely light rail or tramway systems. In the tram-train market, its principal competitors are Alstom's Flexity and Citadis, as well as CAF's Urbos series.

^ ^a ^b ^c "First Class Bogies" (PDF). Siemens. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-22.
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