TW 3000

{{short description|Articulated light rail vehicle}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox train

| name = TW 3000

| image = 2015-03-15 TW 3000 tram first commercial service Allerweg station Linden-Sued Hannover Germany 01.jpg

| caption = TW 3000 on its first day of service on 15 March 2015

| interiorimage = Hanover Tw 3017a passenger cabin.JPG

| interiorcaption =

| service = 2015–present

| manufacturer = Vossloh Kiepe, Alstom and {{ill|HeiterBlick|de}}

| factory =

| family =

| replaced = TW 6000

| yearconstruction = 2013–2020

| yearservice = 15 March 2015

| refurbishment =

| yearscrapped =

| numberconstruction =

| numberbuilt = 153

| numberservice = 153

| numberpreserved =

| numberscrapped =

| formation =

| fleetnumbers = 3001–3153

| capacity = 175 (54 seated)

| operator = Üstra

| depots =

| lines =

| carbody = Steel, glass reinforced plastic front ends{{cite web |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/hannover-light-rail-vehicle-assembly-underway/38055.article |author= |title=Hannover light rail vehicle assembly underway |date=17 May 2013 |website=railwaygazette.com |publisher=DVV Media International |access-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210604143725/https://www.railwaygazette.com/hannover-light-rail-vehicle-assembly-underway/38055.article |archive-date=4 June 2021 |url-status=live |url-access=registration}}

| trainlength = {{Convert|25.16|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| width = {{Convert|2.65|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| height = {{Convert|3.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| floorheight =

| doors =

| art-sections = 2 (one articulation)

| wheeldiameter = {{Convert|730|–|650|mm|in|abbr=on}} (new–worn)

| maxspeed = {{Convert|80|km/h|abbr=on}}

| weight =

| axleload =

| acceleration =

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| traction =

| traction motors = 4 × TSA TMR 39-24-4 {{Convert|125|kW|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=Vossloh Kiepe and Alstom TW3000 LRV for ÜSTRA Hannover |url=https://www.tsa.at/tsa_referenzen/vossloh-kiepe-and-alstom-tw3000-lrv-for-u%CC%88stra-hannover/ |publisher=Traktionssysteme Austria |access-date=13 May 2023}}

| poweroutput = {{Convert|500|kW|abbr=on}}

| transmission = 7.41 : 1 gear ratio (2-stage reduction){{cite web |title=Rail Gearboxes - We drive solutions |url=https://railway-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IGW-Rail-Gearboxes.pdf |publisher=IGW |access-date=29 April 2023 |pages=6 |format=PDF |date=November 2019}}

| aux =

| hvac =

| electricsystem = 600–{{750 V DC}} overhead catenary

| collectionmethod = Pantograph

| uicclass = Bo′2′+Bo′

| bogies =

| brakes =

| safety =

| coupling = Scharfenberg

| multipleworking =

| gauge = {{track gauge|sg|allk=on}}

| notes = {{cite web |title=Hannover, TW3000 |url=https://www.kiepe.knorr-bremse.com/schienenfahrzeuge/strassen-und-stadtbahnen/vkproduktordner.2008-05-15.5609169940/vkprodukt.2011-08-26.0906138624/vkprodukt_download |website=Kiepe Electric |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105160619/https://www.kiepe.knorr-bremse.com/schienenfahrzeuge/strassen-und-stadtbahnen/vkproduktordner.2008-05-15.5609169940/vkprodukt.2011-08-26.0906138624/vkprodukt_download |archive-date=5 January 2019 |language=de |format=PDF |url-status=dead}}

}}

The TW 3000 is a type of articulated light rail vehicle used on the Hanover Stadtbahn system since 2015. The trains are built by a consortium of Vossloh Kiepe and Alstom,{{cite web |last=Briginshaw |first=David |url=https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/light-rail/hannover-extends-lrv-order-as-first-unit-handed-over/ |title=Hannover extends LRV order as first unit handed over |language=English |date=18 November 2013 |website=railjournal.com |publisher=Simmons-Boardman Publishing |access-date=3 June 2020}} with the final assembly taking place at HeiterBlick's Leipzig factory.{{cite web |last=Haase |first=Bernd |url=https://www.haz.de/Hannover/Aus-der-Stadt/Uebersicht/Uestra-praesentiert-verbesserte-Stadtbahn |title=Üstra präsentiert verbesserte Stadtbahn |trans-title=Üstra presents improved Stadtbahn |language=German |date=6 November 2012 |work=Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung |access-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200603142158/https://www.haz.de/Hannover/Aus-der-Stadt/Uebersicht/Uestra-praesentiert-verbesserte-Stadtbahn |archive-date=3 June 2020 |url-status=live}}