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Transport for Wales Rail Services - Citylink Tram-Trains (South Wales Metro)

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Will the new tram-trains for the Rhondda line, Merthyr line, Cardiff City Line and the Cardiff Bay Line (as part of the South Wales Metro) be low-floor? Will the "smart-electrification" be out-of-sync with the rest of the National Rail network? Street-running?

What I'm trying to say is, will the tram-trains allow for freight and conventional trains to run on the lines? Would, for example, Mountain Ash railway station on the Merthyr line, need rebuilt platforms.... I secretly hoped they would change the order so it would be for conventional trains....

Please can someone give me an answer...

 
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The one promotional image I know of shows a unit with a floor at the carriage ends that is level with the platform - pretty clear sign for it being high-floor, considering all existing Citylinks have a higher-floor level above the end bogies. "Smart electrification" just means difficult portions of some routes (tunnels, mostly) will remain unelectrified and the trains will use their batteries to coast. I can't see how they wouldn't let other trains run on those lines, the (low-floor) 399s already do. And what do you mean by "conventional trains"?
 
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ivzem said:
The one promotional image I know of shows a unit with a floor at the carriage ends that is level with the platform - pretty clear sign for it being high-floor, considering all existing Citylinks have a higher-floor level above the end bogies. "Smart electrification" just means difficult portions of some routes (tunnels, mostly) will remain unelectrified and the trains will use their batteries to coast. I can't see how they wouldn't let other trains run on those lines, the (low-floor) 399s already do. And what do you mean by "conventional trains"?
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I've figured it out!

Look at Page 24 on this: https://www.thepwi.org/technical_hu...ueeiv_conference_manchester/08_richard_briggs
 
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