APE 4.80

The APE 4.80 is a passenger trailer wagon and was built by the Swiss manufacturer Gebrüder Moser + Cie and Ramseier & Jenzer + Cie, both in Bern, for the Zugerland Verkehrsbetriebe (ZVB).

passenger trailer APE 4.80

History and Development
passenger compartment

Construction of the first wagons started in 1961. The construction comes from the Ramseier & Jenzer + Cie. In 1963, ZVB had more than ten APE 4.80 passenger trailers.

In the Zugerland transport companies ZVB (German: Zugerland Verkehrsbetrieben), the APE 4.80 were mainly used on the mountain lines Zug-Ägeri (line 1) and Zug-Menzingen (line 2) with Saurer 5 DUK buses. This first batch of APE 4.80 passenger trailers got the same blue color like the Saurer DUK 5 busses.

Around 1975/76, together with the orange-colored FBW buses (manufacturer designation FBW 91U EU4A), eight new trailers were also produced and delivered in orange color.

All APE 4.80 have a trailer coupling, which can be used to mount single-axle or two-axle luggage trailers AGP 3. All APE 4.80. were designed in such a way that the entrance room at the rear also functioned as a luggage compartment, these were separated from the passenger compartment by sliding doors. In the first tranche, the passenger compartment was also divided into a smoking and non-smoking section by means of an intermediate wall with a door; in the second tranche, the last eight APE 4.80, they were designed both as a non-smoking compartment. Both compartments were equipped with light brown leather seats. APE 4.80 number 28 (ex. Number 3) of the ZVB is located in the Zug depot technology history (German: Zuger Depot Technikgeschichte).

Technical specifications
  • Total length 10,700 mm (35 ft 1 1⁄4 in)
  • Vehicle width 2,500 mm (8 ft 2 3⁄8 in)
  • Height 3,054 mm (10 ft 1⁄4 in)
  • Seating capacity 40
  • Standing places 40
  • Wheelbase 5,900 mm (19 ft 4 1⁄4 in)
  • Total weight 12,700 kg (28,000 lb)
  • Brake control Compressed air, hydraulics

References
  • Zuger Depot Technikgeschichte
  • Sandro Sigrist: Elektrische Strassenbahnen im Kanton Zug. Prellbock, Leissigen 1997, ISBN 3-907579-04-6
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