hooverboy
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maybe, for the purposes of uniformity, EMT will swap the 180's for 159's.That would give a fleet of 158/159/17x,and a couple of 150/2 or 156 to replace 153 for regionals/rurals.EMT terrain is not particularly taxing.Given a May 2020 start date for new trains on the MML I am going for Class 180s.
Class 180s would gain you time on the ECML but would overall lengthen journey times between Norwich and Nottingham due to the many Sprinter Differentials overall.
180's would be a waste. not reliable enough and not efficient enough for a fast run, not economic enough to run as a regional.
I would still expect bi mode as the staple express fleet, corby's included.Everything as far as kettering powered under the wires.
6 car bi mode 395 would be my ideal option.
corby sets need to be 1 carriage larger than present...the 4 car set is a sodding nightmare ,and 5 car set in peak is still tripping over bodies in the doorways(not acceptable really), but not large enough to waste money on track access charges. In peak,they are crush-loaded, out of peak they are dead.(an extra stop at st albans would probably cure that..and 395 acceleration is very good indeed, so no pathing problems)
no point at all in running a 12 car emu with 10-15 % loading ,75% of the time.
class 180 is only the same capacity as present....which is not quite enough.
180's down to weymouth/dorset is do-able!
159's on regional sets in EMT where maximum linespeed is 100mph+,also do-able.still would cause less hassle on ECML than a 156 does!
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