Newag
Newag S.A. [pronounced: nevag] is a Polish company, based in Nowy Sącz, specialising in the production, maintenance, and modernisation of railway rolling stock. The company's products include the 14WE, 19WE, 35WE types electric multiple units; it has also developed the Nevelo tram.[1]
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Type | joint-stock company |
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Industry | Rail vehicle manufacturer |
Founded | 1876 |
Headquarters | Nowy Sącz, Poland |
Products | electric locomotives trams |
Number of employees | 1,550 (2014) |
Website | www.newag.pl |
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History
In 1876 the Royal Railway Workshop opened, serving a newly built Austrian railway line. After the First World War the establishment, renamed "1st Class Main Workshop" served Polish State Railways, employing some 1800 workers in 1922. In post-World War II communist Poland the workshop was nationalised and later became a separate, though still state-owned, enterprise officially called "Nowy Sacz Railway Stock Repairs Depot in Nowy Sacz, State Independent Enterprise" (Polish: Zakłady Naprawcze Taboru Kolejowego "Nowy Sącz" w Nowym Sączu, Przedsiębiorstwo Państwowe Wyodrębnione), with a workforce of about 3,500 in 1952. The last steam locomotive was serviced in 1972.
After the fall of communism and the economic changes of 1989, the enterprise was transformed into a State Treasury Joint Stock Company, with the Polish state as the only shareholder. The company went through a period of financial turmoil around 2001 and its shares were acquired by a private domestic investor in 2003. The current name was adopted in 2005.
Current products
- Nevelo - three-section low-floor tramcar, currently in service in Krákow
- Impuls - Electric multiple unit for urban, suburban or regional services
- Vulcano - Diesel multiple unit, currently in service in Italy
- Griffin - Four axle locomotive for express passenger and light-medium freight services
- Dragon - Six-axle high-power locomotive for heavy freight services
Locomotives are available with both AC electric, DC electric and diesel-electric traction. The Dragon is also available with Last Mile Diesel
Production history
Own production | |||||||||
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electric multiple units | |||||||||
14WE Halny |
19WE |
31WE Impuls |
35WE Impuls |
36WE Impuls |
37WE Impuls |
39WE |
45WE Impuls |
Inspiro | |
combustion multiple units | |||||||||
36WEhd |
220M |
221M |
222M |
226M Vulcano |
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electric locomotives | |||||||||
E4MSU Griffin |
E4DCU-DP Griffin |
E6ACT Dragon |
E6DCF-DP Dragon |
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trams | |||||||||
126N Nevelo |
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Modernization | |||||||||
electric multiple units | |||||||||
EN57 | EN71 | ||||||||
electric locomotives | |||||||||
EU07 303Eb |
EU07 303Ec |
EP07P 303Eb |
EP09 104Ec |
EM10 405Em |
3E-100 |
ET22 201El |
ET22 201Ek |
ET22 201Em |
EL2 |
diesel locomotives | |||||||||
6Dg | 6Dl | 15D/16D | 18D | 311D |
References
- "Newag tram rolls onto the streets of Kraków". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
External links
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- Newag official website (in German, English, Polish, and Russian)