I is commonly not used as it could be confused for 1, plenty of bus stations don't have a stand I or O, Pendolinos don't have a Coach I
Fair enough
Crikey! They must have really clobbered themselves to smash toughened glass! Hopefully they get replaced.They have been smashed by people getting up and knocking there heads etc.
Often passengers (& some staff) not only get up and collide with the overhead racks in raised areas but then fall off the step as they gather themselves
They have been smashed by people getting up and knocking there heads etc.
Often passengers (& some staff) not only get up and collide with the overhead racks in raised areas but then fall off the step as they gather themselves
Or maybe, if it is common for people to hit their heads on overhead luggage racks above raised seats it is better to not have them there?
Yeah I saw that as I was leaving Liverpool Street going to Cambridge North parallel to a Norwich train
Strangely enough I only noticed the luggage rack removed on the Stansted unit I travelled on the other week, I've never noticed it on an IC and tbh generally sitting on the raised seats I never noticed that could be an issue
Oh yes they are superb trains. Funny really as when new stickers where exactly what they didn't want to the point poor 1st class signage had standard class passengers not realising they where in the wrong accommodation.
So it depends which way the trains are round in the formation?
Thanks
Wow what a waste of diesel and also overhead wires…
Not really. Doesn't happen very often at all.
As a non technical person why isn't two out of the three trains sufficient to pull the required power or is it they can't share that with the middle one?
I think they don't have high voltage connections between them
Although a good thought, I suspect the saving would be minimal as you'd hope the occurrence is so infrequent it's almost a non problem as you'd expect the marshalling at Crown Point to have sorted it out before it comes on service as we're talking about 1 or 2 diagrams a day.. and only when one of units goes off for maintenance as the 3 unit lash up is only on the London line in place of a 745
But the savings from not running on diesel on the odd occasion when it would be needed would probably be outweighed by the cost of the software change. This really is a complete non-issue and as described by @dk1 only happens when there's a defect that means there isn't the required pantograph spacing. So, not often.