Jon WorthMulti modal trip to Pankow today for the launch of Stadler RS Zero
Ah. There’s a *ban* on photographing anything as the launch is in the work hall at Stadler Pankow. There are official photographers though 🤷♂️
4 years development process for the development of this #RSzero
Also central importance to Stadler’s Pankow works that now has 2000 workers, while it had less than 200 in 2001 when Stadler acquired it - and the predecessor RS1 was already in production
This #RSzero is an absolute Stadler masterclass. It starts with clear thinking. They’re so damned good on that point.
#RSzero will have 2 x 2 versions. 1 or 2 carriages. And battery electric or hydrogen versions.
I’m pretty sure most of the #RSzero will be battery electric (and ALL of them in Germany I’d wager) Only for huge distances is hydrogen possibly going to make any sense.
Stadler #RSzero
Just chatted to the manager of the whole project. This was developed at their own risk. But damn they know what they’re doing. They’ve built a very solid product that’ll work very well - in Germany first, and then likely in Czechia, perhaps Hungary, Netherlands
Roland Dieterich@jon Don't like how the seats are fastened with that diagonal bar in picture 2. Sure, it makes floor sweeping easier. But it also severly limits suitcases and folding bikes to be pushed under the seats.
@eigengott Disagree. Any seat design without a vertical bar has to have an angled bar like this. It’s still miles better than a vertical bar.
@jon Well, diagonal bars take up potential luggage space. Vertical bars leave a nice box shaped luggage space. 🤷
@eigengott having travelled a LOT with a folding bike: they never fit if there’s a vertical bar. Stadler’s diagonal bars are the best there is.