DE1811637A1 - Conversion of railway wagon compartments into conference compartments - Google Patents

Description

Conversion of railway wagon compartments into conference compartments.

The present patent application is the one made by the inventor Task based on the establishment of special compartments in railway wagons from Long-distance trains, especially the TEE, F and D train classes or existing comparable ones or long-distance train types to be set up in the future, on the one hand, to meet the needs of a specific one To give incentive to group of travelers to take the railroad for their travel purposes instead to use other means of transport, because by using such Special compartments a particularly economical use of the travel time is possible, on the other hand, by making such special compartments available, a better one Use of the existing passenger train connections and thus increased profitability to achieve this train.

The special compartment is to be set up as a conference compartment and as such to call.

The advantage is, among other things, that the time difference between departure and arrival at the travel destination more individually than with the previous options can be evaluated.

The traveler is not limited and kept to a single seat, To be considerate of fellow travelers or their conversations or other behavior to have an effect on you.

In that of every traveler with a valid ticket for an additional The conference compartment can be rented for a fee and can confer with other people undisturbed. Discuss a dictation machine, dictate to your secretary or otherwise undisturbed work; he can also, if he worked through the previous night or arrived by plane from overseas in the morning, the missed sleep catch up in the conference compartment in order to get back to your destination in the afternoon to be operational again.

Families can also have such a compartment for Take advantage of and avoid that, especially with small children traveling with you Fellow travelers are disturbed by this.

Each conference compartment should be equipped with a lounger, a table and two armchairs, a washbasin, a mirror and a small refrigerator under the washbasin can be installed, equipped, where drinks and food can be parked and can be kept cool.

Doors and wall parts are to be equipped so that full visibility and sufficient Soundproofing are guaranteed0 The doors can be locked from the inside0 In Trains in which the hitherto customary writing compartment with telephone connection is run, telephones can be used as secondary telephones in the central office in the conference compartments in the writing compartment, so that it is available to the user of a conference compartment is saved on the often tedious establishment of a connection in the writing compartment or having to wait in the corridor in front of it, apart from the fact that they too The risk of eavesdropping by third parties is reduced. The auxiliary devices are to be pulled out like this equip that both incoming and outgoing calls to the secondary set from the control center Conversations can be conveyed.

The renovation costs are not significant, especially when you take into account that the benches to be removed from the existing compartments can be restored in another way can be used in the normal compartments.

Experience has shown that the available seats are in TEE, F and D-ZUgen> especially in the first car class, not fully used, so that by setting up the conference compartments with the exception of temporary main travel days no reduction in the number of seats is noticeable.

The implementation of the invention would e.g. for the German Federal Railroad can open up a significant additional source of income.

This additional source of income can be used annually when fully utilized amount to approx. 75 million DM. With only 50% utilization, the ingestion would therefore be 37.5 million DM.

This calculation is based on the following calculation: It operates to Time according to the federal timetable 57 TEE and F-train pairs with an average 7 wagons each of the first carriage class, 4 F-train pairs with at least 2 wagons each of the first and second car class, 225 pairs of express trains with at least 2 carriages each of the first and second classes the second car class.

The passenger coaches of the F-Zug class correspond to the type Av4üm-62.

The wagons in which compartments of the first and second carriage classes are set up are listed under the type designation AB4Um-64 and B4üm-63.

Two conference compartments can be found in each of the TEE and F-Zug class cars set up (F-class conference compartments, see Appendix I).

The AB4Um-64/65 type passenger coaches of the express train class two conference compartments of the T-class (tourist class), in the compartments of the second Car class and an F-class conference compartment in the first car class compartments set up.

The price for a conference compartment in the F-Class should be DM 80, = -, as the price for a conference compartment in the T-Class DM 40, - be.

The conference compartment can be used by one or more at the stated price People are used.

Based on the specified train pairs, there are 832 conference compartments of the F-Class and 908 conference compartments of the T-Class, a total of 1,740 conference compartments.

Used as train pairs, these trains almost without exception run twice daily (direction and opposite direction) in the area Federal Republic Germany, which increases the number of daily available to the traveling public Conference compartments doubled to 3,480.

The daily intake could therefore be at the assumed prices and 100% occupancy are DM 205,760, i.e. in the F-Class DM 133,120 and in the T-Class DM 72,640, resulting in a maximum annual turnover of approx. 75 million DM calculated.

Even on the basis of an occupancy of only 50 times and taking into account the costs associated with the renovation and furnishing of the conference compartments A profit quota of at least DM 5 million can be achieved in the first year.

If the conversion or installation of the conference compartments is within one year is carried out, therefore, it follows that in the following years with a by far higher profit can be expected.

This example set up for the Deutsche.Bundesbahn leaves the Recognize the significant economic impact of the task set and solved.

What is new with the invention is not just the establishment of a conference compartment as such, but especially the usability of the gravel compartment during the day and night travel, so not just, as with Schlarwagen compartments during the night drive.

Claims (1)

Patent claims: Equipping compartments of individual wagons (wagons for rail vehicles) 1.) characterized in that they are completed in the usual sizes of the normal Train compartments are converted into conference rooms by converting and / or installing; 2.) continue characterized by the fact that on one side of the Way; gon compartment one continuous upholstered couch (Figure I - couch 1 -), for compartments with a smaller width like E.g. with the wagon type AB4üm-64 of the Deutsche Bundesbahn - tapering towards the door side (Figure II - bench-lounger) - loungers that can also be used as a bench can be attached; 3.) further characterized in that on the lie on the opposite side one or two armchairs (free-standing or fixed with the Ground connected, e.g. also on swivel bases) 3 or instead of the or the armchair, especially in the case of compartments with a smaller width (e.g. in the case of carriage types AB4Um-64 and B4Um-63 of the German Federal Railroad) one that does not occupy the full lengthwise side Bench; 4.) further characterized in that between the bench and the or the armchairs are an elongated table (especially rectangular or oval) is set up, which in turn is characterized in that it is on rails is placed and can be moved between window and door; 5.) further characterized by that in the corner between the door or the window side and the armchairs or the bench a wash basin is attached, which is connected to the water pipe of the compartment car will; 6.) further characterized in that below the sink a cooling cabinet suitable for holding drinks and food is installed, which by air or by one connected to the train's electrical power supply Electrical unit is cooled; 7.) further marked by the fact that on the trains the so-called writing compartments with a telephone connection led from these to the Telephone exchanges carried along with writing compartments Auxiliary lines in the conference compartments can be installed by those from the compartment user by using the in Outgoing and incoming calls located in the telephone switchboard can get mediated; 8.) further characterized in that the partitions insofar as it is soundproofed between the conference compartments and the adjacent compartments are that the passengers in the adjacent compartments are not given the opportunity is aware of the content of the conversations held in the conference compartments gain weight; 9.) further characterized in that fellow travelers can look into the conference compartment is blocked by the user of the conference compartment Operable roller blinds or curtains that cover the transparent panes in the the aisle side facing partition walls and the door are, conceal, or else by replacing the transparent panes with sheets of opaque material or - in new buildings - with full side and door surfaces made of opaque material; 10.) further characterized in that the full side of the compartment occupying Bench can also be used as a lounger. L e r s e i t e