Experience counts for alot, especially amongst maintenance staff. Look as the trouble Southern and Northern are having with their 170s which operated successfully in Scotland for 20 years.
Yes agreed, from some of the posts on here it sounds like the sky is falling which seems like a major overreaction
Which doesn't stand up to any sort of scrutiny, as a) ScotRail made the decision to go for HSTs well before the GWR retained fleet was decided on, b) it's basically a ROSCO decision as to which go where and c) the GWR retained fleet is partly made up of First-owned vehicles, which were the worst condition of the GWR fleet.
Strange then that the current Modern Railways shows ScotRail sets being 5,800 MTIN and GWR sets as 3,690 MTIN.
Two more still to go south, eight in Brush.
Okay, so it might be genuinely good news then.
I think this reflects the low aspirations we have had for our rail network. At least we now see it as an intercity network with high speed trains, and increased speed and quality. The problem that as has been mentioned, is doing it with sufficient planning to improve the rail network, i.e new robust lines and electrification , and associated trains. The HST provides a cheap fix, and has to be welcomed for trying to raise the bar.
I’m afraid to announce it’s been cancelled between Perth and Inverness TMD due to a request by the customer.
Hence why they should have gone to Booths rather than Wabtec.
Well, do we know how many? I don't think we actually have any idea whether it's a major problem or not.
