No Air Conditioning, More Trains: Dortmund’s Hot New Subway Gamble

The new trains for the Dortmund subway were ordered without air conditioning. The municipal company DSW21 explained this decision as a cost-saving measure: a cooling system would have cost an additional 70 million euros, and without it, the transit system will consume seven million kilowatt-hours less per year. The savings were allocated to the purchase of additional trains—presumably so that passengers can sweat in even more cars at once.

Amid the heatwave, city residents are complaining about a “wall of heat” inside the trains. The company acknowledged the reduced comfort but reassured passengers: most people only ride a few stops. In other words, they won’t have time to boil completely—at most, they’ll reach an “al dente” state.

It’s also just a couple of stations until heatstroke sets in—that’s enough.

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