I would hope at least the LNER Intercity bio-modes would temporarily replace the Azuma for us
which are Azuma themselves, it’s the LNER brand name for all the Hitachi 8xx units.
I would hope at least the LNER Intercity bio-modes would temporarily replace the Azuma for us
Who is to say how a Japanese word should be spelt in roman letters?At least it's not "Azooma"!
I think gaffer tape might not withstand high speed airflow!A sort of gaffer tape solution lol?
I knew a lady who went by the name Azumi once.One Azuma, two Azumi?
which are Azuma themselves, it’s the LNER brand name for all the Hitachi 8xx units.
Nor water ingress.I think gaffer tape might not withstand high speed airflow!
Especially when it includes a GWR denial of the actual main story…Telegraph report doesn't make much sense does it... HST carriages are not much use without the locos !
LNER's intercity bi-modes ARE Azumas. Their only other trains are electric-only
Unless it's been updated, I posted the full version of this is #1604.Unfortunately it’s behind a paywall (and I’m not a telegraph subscriber), but this has just appeared in my google notifications. Would anyone be able to see what the article details?
They run two types of train to Scotland, class 800 bimode and class 801 electric - they look just the same, but the latter can’t run beyond Edinburgh. Unless you get into the real detail, they all look identical to passengers…I thought intercity acted similar? As when they were operating up here it did the same thing, ie diesel to Haymarket switched to electric onwards then in reverse?
I have no idea what you are talking about.I thought intercity acted similar? As when they were operating up here it did the same thing, ie diesel to Haymarket switched to electric onwards then in reverse?
Back to referring to them as "Azuma" today and not "Class 800 Hitachi", as in yesterday's video from David Horne.We are continuing to work together to begin the return of Azuma trains into service from next week.
So that makes 5 units off depots (Worcester 2, Gloucester, Exeter, Oxford 1 each)There is one stuck at Exeter too
Maybe Azumi is the plural?I'm not sure I would trust anything in there, especially as they can't even spell Azuma correctly!
I think gaffer tape might not withstand high speed airflow!
The family of trains were originally known by their project name Intercity Express Programme or IEP before there was anything else to call them. After Hitachi won the work with their A Train product, (derived from the now-famous aluminium of the body) they were known as AT300 Super Express Train for a time. They are now known by many different names which they've been given by their operators:So where are the Intercity trains?
There is also 1 at Hereford!So that makes 5 units off depots (Worcester 2, Gloucester, Exeter, Oxford 1 each)
Or Super Hitachi Intercity Trains by some staff and enthusiasts. Yes, there’s an acronym, which seems more appropriate than ever.The family of trains were originally known by their project name Intercity Express Programme or IEP before there was anything else to call them. After Hitachi won the work with their A Train product, (derived from the now-famous aluminium of the body) they were known as AT300 Super Express Train for a time. They are now known by many different names which they've been given by their operators:
Nova 1 at TransPennine Express
Azuma at LNER
Intercity Express Train or IET at GWR
Paragon at Hull Trains
Aurora at EMR
That pararagraph you’ve quoted does seem to run together in the article, but I reckon it should be broken down into two completely unrelated problem areas. There were trackside interference issues on the ECML, I think at the time it was explained that some signalling equipment didn’t meet NR’s published electrical noise tolerance - so they altered the trains to solve a problem on the track. We had a thread about it, and funnily enough Adonis was quoted making the same “NR had 10 years” point:I don't recognize this statement from Andrew Adonis about the Azuma introduction on the ECML:
"They [NR] had 10 years to get these signalling issues right," he said. "They'll be much more expensive to operate, they'll be slower, they'll have less capacity and hundreds of millions of pounds of public money has been wasted again.”
I think he was actually referring to the GW electrification truncation and the consequent need to order more bi-modes for GWR instead of cheaper electric-only sets.
A frequent complaint in Ian Walmsley's column in Modern Railways - rolling stock engineers being made to solve problems created by others.so they altered the trains to solve a problem on the track.
Only because it CAN be £100+ a roll.To be fair it's "speed tape" which is £100+ a roll!
Again I can sympathise with this argument.A frequent complaint in Ian Walmsley's column in Modern Railways - rolling stock engineers being made to solve problems created by others.
If you are referring to the Intercity 125 class trains, otherwise known as HST, these trains are diesels, not bi-modes. LNER disposed of their fleet in 2019. Many have been scrapped, but Scotrail and GWR both run fleets of shortened HST trains on their own services, Cross Country have a few for their services, and East Midlands Trains are about to take their last few out of service (or may have just done so). Chances are, if you use a Scotrail service from North of Edinburgh to connect into an LNER service south of Edinburgh you will go on one of the Scotrail HSTs.So where are the Intercity trains?
There's a IET Depot in Swansea, almost within sight of the station. Contractually I believe (not that it matters with so few trains!) that GWR have to run Swansea-London, and their Cardiff-Londons are extras.I'd have thought Paddington to Cardiff would be a more sensible use of what are very limited resources, with TFW handling the connections for stations to Swansea.
There is a standard romanisation of Japanese hiragana characers. Here it is "A ZU MA".Who is to say how a Japanese word should be spelt in roman letters?
Telegraph report doesn't make much sense does it... HST carriages are not much use without the locos !
The 387 run down to Parkway seems to have gone well. Timing looks very close to what some 800 services achieve.
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