原始新闻
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重点摘录
西班牙铁路营运 Renfe 与西班牙的列车制造商 Talgo 合作，选择将高速
列车 Talgo 250 Dual 改为医疗用途，运送 COVID-19 的病患。
这车型装载有可变轨距系统，因此可以在西班牙境内各种轨距间运行无碍。
此外，Talgo 250 Dual 是混合动力车辆，在电化及非电化区间都能营运。
此车型是低底盘车，有助于以担架运送病患。
依据西班牙交通部，运输与城市通告 (Mobility and Urban Agenda)，
Renfe 及 Talgo 将移除部分内装，并安装重症病患所需的医疗器材。
https://imgur.com/D1UVq98.jpg
法国铁路营运 SNCF 已经将两列 TGV 高速列车改装为医疗用途，第一列
移动医院在 3 月 26 日始发，从 Grand-Est 地区载送超过 20 名患者到
北法、西法Pays-de-la-Loire 。
SNCF 用一天改装车辆，在每节车厢里，安装四张病床及必要的医疗器材。
https://imgur.com/8lyQuFK.jpg
值得一提的是乌克兰在 2015 年，也有类似的 Donbas 战地医疗列车。
乌克兰国铁 UZ 使用其现代 (Hyundai) 制造的高速列车，从距离前线 50
公里的 Pokrovsk 车站载运军人到 Dnipro 市的专门医院。
在 9 辆编组的列车中，该公司改装第一 及/或 最后一辆车为临时救护车，
剩下的车厢仍旧为载客用途。
https://imgur.com/0CBLi4Q.jpg
The present-day unprecedented circumstances force the railway operators
to change their operations. In order to assist the medical staff in
their fight against coronavirus, railways are looking for extraordinary
solutions. One of them is the conversion of high-speed trains into
mobile hospitals.
At the moment, Spain is going through the epidemic peak: the country has
more than 112,000 confirmed cases of the virus, it is the second-largest
number in Europe after Italy with over 115,000 confirmed cases. That's
why the national railway operator Renfe is working together with Spanish
rolling stock manufacturer Talgo for the medicalisation of the high-speed
trains. Renfe will use these vehicles for carrying patients infected with
coronavirus.
To this end, the partners have chosen the Talgo 250 Dual high-speed trains.
This type of rolling stock has several advantages compared to other series
of trains. It is equipped with a variable gauge system and, therefore, can
run on the various gauges available across Spain. Also, the Talgo 250 Dual
high-speed trains are the bi-mode vehicles, they are able to run on both
electrified and non-electrified routes.
This type of vehicles are low-floor, therefore, they are easily accessible
for stretcher patient transport. Following the instructions of the Ministry
of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Talgo and Renfe are adapting these
trains by removing some interior components and installing the medical
equipment necessary for patients in a serious condition.
While Spain is just preparing to operate the mobile high-speed rail
hospitals, France has already been doing this. French national railway
operator SNCF had medicalised its two TGV high-speed trains. The first mobile
hospital performed the initial trip on 26 March having delivered over 20
patients from Grand-Est region in northeastern France to Pays-de-la-Loire on
the west of the country.
SNCF needed one day to convert the high-speed train into a mobile hospital.
To this end, the company mobilised its staff. There have been installed four
sickbeds and necessary medical equipment in each carriage of the train. As of
today, the mobile hospitals are continuing their voyages on other routes
across France.
It is worth to add that the Ukrainian Railway (UZ) does not use its
high-speed trains to tackle coronavirus. However, the national company had a
similar practice in transporting the wounded soldiers from the war zone in
the Donbas region of Ukraine.
In 2015 UZ actively used its Hyundai high-speed trains to carry the military
men from Pokrovsk station, in 50 kilometres from the front line, to the
specialised hospital in the city of Dnipro. To this end, the company
separated the first or last carriages (or both of them) of the nine-carriage
trainsets and convert them into a temporary ambulance. The remaining
carriages were used for passenger transportation.