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Probably seeing these being bought by CP sometime in the following months, as the Portuguese Government is currently pushing to relaunch the Sud Express and Lusitânia by July/August.
Right now the rumors point towards trains fully composed of 1st Class Intercidades coaches. The 10.000 and 9.600 coaches bought from Spain are still months or years away from being intervened at the current rate, and they're not enough to do the Sud, let alone both the Sud and the Lusitania.
I didn't. I already submitted the documentation of the currently existing Intercités de Nuit to my superiors.
But I am still lacking some crucial details, like the electrical supply voltage these coaches take, among other things.
The electrical supply for Corail cars seems to be 380 V AC only.
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Ooh - interesting - worthy of a new thread perhaps? It is such a pain to get to Portugal by rail at the moment. Presumably it will be an all CP operation - COVID gave RENFE an excuse to get out. Has the electrification between Salamanca and Vilar Formoso been completed?
Surely, that's not the best idea? They won't be on the market for a few years at least (at the despise of the politicians that would better see them at the junkyard right nowProbably seeing these being bought by CP sometime in the following months
There are however all the ÖBB stock from the Nightjet new generation cascades (both comfortline and Double-Decker) likely better available