Hi
I’m new here but wanted to post a question.
I travelled by pendolino from Euston to Coventry today. It was scheduled to take 59 mins but it was 55 mins. We had one stop at MK.
During the journey I thought we were moving along at pace and so I put my speedometer on (on my phone). Ok, it’s not the most accurate, but mostly it hovered around 121-125, so reasonably accurate. But there were some times where I felt we were going particularly fast and it registered over 125 and ultimately went up to 141 (the speedometer marked that as our top speed).
Is this possible or just an unreliable speedometer? I thought the train was speed restricted, but the fact that we were early into Coventry (despite a snail slow approach into Coventry) got me wondering whether there may have been a derogation to run faster during the quieter period (testing or something).
Interested to know what folks think.
Btw - I asked the man at the shop and he said that the first refurbed pendolino won’t be till March next year now, because of covid. The pendos sure do need a refurb!
Thanks
I’m new here but wanted to post a question.
I travelled by pendolino from Euston to Coventry today. It was scheduled to take 59 mins but it was 55 mins. We had one stop at MK.
During the journey I thought we were moving along at pace and so I put my speedometer on (on my phone). Ok, it’s not the most accurate, but mostly it hovered around 121-125, so reasonably accurate. But there were some times where I felt we were going particularly fast and it registered over 125 and ultimately went up to 141 (the speedometer marked that as our top speed).
Is this possible or just an unreliable speedometer? I thought the train was speed restricted, but the fact that we were early into Coventry (despite a snail slow approach into Coventry) got me wondering whether there may have been a derogation to run faster during the quieter period (testing or something).
Interested to know what folks think.
Btw - I asked the man at the shop and he said that the first refurbed pendolino won’t be till March next year now, because of covid. The pendos sure do need a refurb!
Thanks