The Lohr UIC Wagons

The LOHR UIC wagon makes it possible to transport standard 4 m high road semi-trailers on the main European lines with a minimum gauge of UIC GB1 without any modification to the existing infrastructure.

The 3^rd generation LOHR UIC wagon is suitable for existing railway infrastructures and standard road equipment. It has benefitted from significant improvements and innovations to enable it to travel on all the freight corridors in the European Network, due to the TEN (Trans-European Network) marking.

Wagon architecture

Wagon designed for the transport of standard semi-trailers:

• Low floor: max. height 21cm from rail
• Standard bogies and wheels
• Double articulated wagons with 2 pockets on 3 bogies

A simple wagon :
no engine or cylinders embarked on the wagon. Rotation of the pocket performed by ground equipment at the terminal. Thanks to this architecture, the maintenance cost of the wagon is very close to that of a conventional wagon and the LOHR system offers a high level of reliability that has been proven in intensive commercial operations for 18 years.

"At an angle" opening of wagon pockets

Types of wagon

The 3 types of LOHR UIC wagon

• LOHR UIC 1 end wagon

• LOHR UIC 2 intermediate wagon

Types of load

Possible user scenarios

• Semi-trailers alone (unaccompanied transport) of all types.
• Complete trucks, tractor and semi-trailer (accompanied transport).

container

semi-trailer tanker

car carrier

megatrailer

road tractor

van

Technical characteristics

Technical data for LOHR UIC wagons:

Gauge performance

• Gauge performance for the LOHR UIC wagon in France: with a loading floor at a maximum height of 225 mm in relation to the rail, the LOHR UIC wagon enables standard 4 m high semi-trailers to be transported on the AFM 423 (GB1 + 3 cm) gauge without exceeding the low UIC gauge
• Gauge performance for the LOHR UIC wagon in Switzerland: The LOHR UIC wagon is the only wagon enabling 4 m semi-trailers to be transported on the gauge of the current Gothard line
• Gauge performance for the LOHR UIC wagon in Europe: the LOHR UIC wagon enables standard 4 m high semi-trailers to be transported on P390-coded lines, standard 4.10 m high semi-trailers on P400-coded lines and standard 4.20 m high semi-trailers on P410-coded lines.

Compatibility with Combined Transport Terminals

LOHR UIC wagons have also been designed to allow as well vertical loading of clamp-on semi-trailers at a conventional Combined Transport terminal.

Reliability and low maintenance costs

Proven operation in severe weather conditions (heatwave, snow). Proven operation in difficult operating conditions, especially on the Alpine rail motorway. Each train makes 4 to 5 journeys a day on a difficult mountain line (steep gradients, low radius curves and counter-curves).