Bi-mode trains for the TV corridor

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Bi-mode trains for the TV corridor, electric and diesel to you and me!

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Andy Capp View Member Profile	Mar 3 2017, 12:48 PM Post #1
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 11,902 Joined: 3-September 09 Member No.: 317	Does the extra weight negate the benefits of leccy trains! Victory in battle for direct rail servicesTrains to continue to Bedwyn following electrification to Newbury in 2018 A committee of MPs has cast doubt over whether the £2.8bn rail electrification scheme between London and Cardiff can be delivered by 2018

Biker1 View Member Profile	Mar 4 2017, 08:40 AM Post #2
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 5,064 Joined: 26-May 09 Member No.: 103	QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Mar 3 2017, 02:48 PM) Does the extra weight negate the benefits of leccy trains! Probably to some extent. The AT300 for the West of England were always going to be bi-mode as the route was / is not part of the electrification programme. It would appear from the report in the NWN that these are also going to be used on the Bedwyn services as, as far as I know, there will be no other bi-mode trains available. (5 car inter-city trains to Bedwyn .... WOW!) The Class 800 which are being built for the (eventually) electrified lines to Bristol and South Wales were originally intended to be electric only but, due to the botched electrification project, they are now being built as bi-mode as the wires won't be ready in time for their delivery! This has some advantages mainly being that if the OLE fails (which it does on a regular basis on other electrified lines) the trains will not be stranded with no power. I predict that many of you, when you are sat in cramped airline style carriages with tiny windows and an engine throbbing away beneath you, will wish you still had the HST's. For example, have you ever travelled on a "Voyager" run by Cross Country? YUK! Let's hope I'm wrong!

Andy Capp View Member Profile	Mar 4 2017, 11:04 AM Post #3
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 11,902 Joined: 3-September 09 Member No.: 317	Is the Reading to Twickenham train a bi-mode? That's fast and quiet, but not particularly comfortable.

Biker1 View Member Profile	Mar 4 2017, 11:42 AM Post #4
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 5,064 Joined: 26-May 09 Member No.: 103	QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Mar 4 2017, 01:04 PM) Is the Reading to Twickenham train a bi-mode? That's fast and quiet, but not particularly comfortable. No, that's 750V DC 3rd rail electric only. No nasty polluting diesel engines there! Newbury will be 25KV AC overhead so you'll never see one here!.

Andy Capp View Member Profile	Mar 4 2017, 11:57 AM Post #5
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 11,902 Joined: 3-September 09 Member No.: 317	Ah so all leccy isn't the same! Those '750's are like being sat on a motorbike. Its acceleration is almost tiring!

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