原始新聞
https://reurl.cc/qdNX70
重點摘錄
西班牙鐵路營運 Renfe 與西班牙的列車製造商 Talgo 合作，選擇將高速
列車 Talgo 250 Dual 改為醫療用途，運送 COVID-19 的病患。
這車型裝載有可變軌距系統，因此可以在西班牙境內各種軌距間運行無礙。
此外，Talgo 250 Dual 是混合動力車輛，在電化及非電化區間都能營運。
此車型是低底盤車，有助於以擔架運送病患。
依據西班牙交通部，運輸與城市通告 (Mobility and Urban Agenda)，
Renfe 及 Talgo 將移除部分內裝，並安裝重症病患所需的醫療器材。
https://imgur.com/D1UVq98.jpg
法國鐵路營運 SNCF 已經將兩列 TGV 高速列車改裝為醫療用途，第一列
移動醫院在 3 月 26 日始發，從 Grand-Est 地區載送超過 20 名患者到
北法、西法Pays-de-la-Loire 。
SNCF 用一天改裝車輛，在每節車廂裡，安裝四張病床及必要的醫療器材。
https://imgur.com/8lyQuFK.jpg
值得一提的是烏克蘭在 2015 年，也有類似的 Donbas 戰地醫療列車。
烏克蘭國鐵 UZ 使用其現代 (Hyundai) 製造的高速列車，從距離前線 50
公里的 Pokrovsk 車站載運軍人到 Dnipro 市的專門醫院。
在 9 輛編組的列車中，該公司改裝第一 及/或 最後一輛車為臨時救護車，
剩下的車廂仍舊為載客用途。
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.