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with a power generator, a regular passenger car, and a handicap-accessible passenger car with wheelchair equipment, including the
Trainlift TR 450 technology. The control car is 25.6 meters long, while the trailer cars are 26.1 m long, although all cars have a length of 26.4 m including buffers. The
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total train length (10 cars) is 284 m. All cars are 2.8 m wide and 4.35 m high and weigh 56.1 tons (control car), 48.1 tons (regular car) and 47.9 tons (handicap-accessible car). The floor entrance height is 1.03 m. The wheel diameter is 92 centimeters, and the
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