Mordac
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Have Scotrail finished converting them to 320s, and if so, have they started work yet? My apologies is there was an earlier thread about this.
Have Scotrail finished converting them to 320s, and if so, have they started work yet? My apologies is there was an earlier thread about this.
To add extra capacity, three Class 320 electric trains have entered service in Scotland for the 1st time this week. Four more to follow soon
Which ones are currently in service? Cheers!
@ScotRail said:I believe it's 411 412 & 416, but I don't have confirmation to hand this evening I'm afraid sorry. ^CT
Asked ScotRail Twitter, they believe that its 411, 412 and 416
*For the avoidance of any doubt I would consider a refurbishment to be something on the level of that currently being undertaken on the 321's as part of the Renatus project and not the changing of the seat covers etc that most companies now try to pass off as refurbishment.
What's going to happen to the redundant trailers?
A perfectly reasonable suggestion, but probably not for all 7. I'm sure the owners will have a fairly good idea how often spare intermediate carriages are needed.I'd hope the bodyshells would be kept somewhere- after the unfortunate incident with the SWT 455 at Oxshott a while ago, there may be a case for holding on to them for any similar unforeseen circumstances.
Someone should be shot for taking perfectly good 4 coach trains and reducing them to 3. Disgraceful waste of capacity.
They're no use on the Glasgow network as 4 cars, it'd not be possible to double up at peak.
But the suburban glasgow network is set up for 3 car units and changing all that isn't worth it when you factor in that we get the 385s in not too long and they will solve any capacity issue scotland will have in its EME fleet its not worth changing it all to allow 4 car trains for a year.
I saw 320411 (formerly 321411) was about on a test run last Sunday but I can't confirm whether they're in service yet.
I think it would be more accurate to say its set up for multiples of three.
However the North Berwick route managed with four car Class 322 EMUs when they were around so I would have thought it might have been better to move the 321s (as four car) there and isolate as appropriate using 380s elsewhere within Scotrail.
I think it would be more accurate to say its set up for multiples of three.
However the North Berwick route managed with four car Class 322 EMUs when they were around so I would have thought it might have been better to move the 321s (as four car) there and isolate as appropriate using 380s elsewhere within Scotrail.