sprinterguy
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It's been thoroughly discussed that the damaged area of the class 800 was a purely aesthetic and sacrificial section of nose cone, designed to break up in the event of an impact to help disperse kinetic energy. The survival cell, which includes the drivers cab, appears to be entirely intact. That's significantly safer for the driver than an HST cab in the case of a high energy collision, which is glass reinforced plastic (GRP) all the way back to the bulkhead behind the cab door!Its very concerning that the 800 took so much damage compared to the HST
cheap trains arn’t always the safest option
just think if this was a serious crash, how would the 800 manage in that?
The derailment of three bogies of 800109 in a fairly low speed collision was more surprising, and hopefully the RAIB report may offer some insight into how that occurred.
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