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TPE Class 397 ('Nova 2') construction and updates

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Far superior in many ways. Smooth riding, brighter, more space, faster, improved catering, clearer information displays....

Have also heard that every coach will have luggage racks near the door. It's annoying on the 350 that B doesn't have luggage racks, and you have passengers who get on, assume the whole train doesn't have any and block the aisle or doors with their luggage. By the time it has left the airport, the train is usually too busy for the luggage to be moved to an adjacent car's luggage rack.
 

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Have also heard that every coach will have luggage racks near the door. It's annoying on the 350 that B doesn't have luggage racks, and you have passengers who get on, assume the whole train doesn't have any and block the aisle or doors with their luggage. By the time it has left the airport, the train is usually too busy for the luggage to be moved to an adjacent car's luggage rack.

Coach end stacks, between seats and decent sized overhead racks.
 

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Seconded. My personal favourite of the Nova fleet. (And I’ve spent plenty of time on all three whilst on test)

Does Nova 2 track seat occupancy and display which carriages are the busiest? Have heard that the DILAX reservation system has this capability. If so, where will this information be available, if you know? Have seen a 185 have this info available through the TPE app. Would hope this info is available on the screens at the platform.
 

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Does Nova 2 track seat occupancy and display which carriages are the busiest? Have heard that the DILAX reservation system has this capability. If so, where will this information be available, if you know? Have seen a 185 have this info available through the TPE app. Would hope this info is available on the screens at the platform.
I know there are various work streams which are on going to use this data. It's not really my area so I'm not privy to the details.
 

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Are you sure about the smooth riding as CAFs products for Northern are definitely not.
K

They're proper 125mph stock, so probably different set of suspension. Honestly surprised there aren't more of these units being built, they could have been perfect for the ECML. 801's kinda beat them to it though...
 

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According to Richard Clinnick on Twitter, 397012 has just become the last of TPE's 44 new "Nova" trains to arrive in the UK:
https://twitter.com/Clinnick1/status/1194588336805027840
More new train news for the UK. The final @CAFRailUK vehicles for @TPExpressTrains have been delivered from Spain. 5-car 125mph EMU 397012 and Driving Trailer 12814 have arrived. Means all 44 Nova trains have been delivered to UK.
I do hope it's not too long before the class 397s finally start entering passenger service.
 

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I do hope it's not too long before the class 397s finally start entering passenger service.
I hope so too for the reason that it allows the 350/4s to be cascaded south - WMR's popularity currently seems to be plunging towards the abyss on my local line, whose planned improvements are contingent on them arriving on time.
 

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If anyone wishes to make any suggestions, or discuss other types of trains, or cascades to other companies, please create a thread in the appropriate forum, rather than posting in the wrong thread. Thanks :)
 

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According to Richard Clinnick on Twitter, 397012 has just become the last of TPE's 44 new "Nova" trains to arrive in the UK:
https://twitter.com/Clinnick1/status/1194588336805027840

I do hope it's not too long before the class 397s finally start entering passenger service.

So do I, with all the driver shortage train cancellations lately. To TPE's credit, they are part cancellations, but would be nice if the cancellations were planned in advance and communicated via journey check, so passengers can plan around it day before.
 

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Are any planned to appear on passenger workings before the new timetable as have the Class 68s and 802s
 

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were all driver's drunk last night? an Azuma rear ended a HST last night as well
Theres loads of reasons why these incidents can happen, there will be investigations to the causes and whilst driver error could be the conclusions come to in the investigation I dont believe that one will have been completed that quickly to point the blame. Drunk drivers would be more severe and is likely at the very bottom of the list of possibilities although the crews will be tested as a routine to rule out any possibility, I'm sure if anyone failed they would be hung out to dry fairly rapidly.
 
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