OK thanks, saves a lot of expenditure.Platforms will not need lengthening, the door positions deliberately avoid this.
OK thanks, saves a lot of expenditure.Platforms will not need lengthening, the door positions deliberately avoid this.
Yeah, that will be comedic for a while as people get used to it.
Doors will open automatically at underground stations though. Best of both worlds really, and keeps the HVAC from working overtime at some of the windswept embankment stations in the winter.
Or try. I can confirm that doesn't workWill they have the "Doors will open automatically at the next station" announcement like the 700s do, I wonder, to save people stabbing at the buttons?
I see Merseytravel have got a mock-up of the new train which the Liverpool Echo have been to visit and done an article on. Looks very smart - apparently going on display at Lime Street in November to the public.
Edited to add the correct link in!
Two of us visited the mock up on Tuesday and were told that the seats were hard because of the use of fire retardent materials as the trains travelled underground.Mock-up of one coach is at Lime Street this week and for the next week or two. It is just outside the main concourse, use the entrance/exit next to the enquiry office.
One of the Merseytravel staff said there would be minor differences between the mock-up and the actual trains, including slightly softer seats.
Mock-up of one coach is at Lime Street this week and for the next week or two. It is just outside the main concourse, use the entrance/exit next to the enquiry office.
One of the Merseytravel staff said there would be minor differences between the mock-up and the actual trains, including slightly softer seats.
Scouseland? Liverpolis you mean...Ooh, good, I'm in Scouseland this weekend.
Never heard that one before.Perhaps you really are on another planet.Scouseland? Liverpolis you mean...
Sorry, was a reference to a discussion in another thread, which @Bletchleyite was party to.Never heard that one before.Perhaps you really are on another planet.
Foreugners!
Visited the mock up today.
All I can say is that whilst they have some nice features, I’m not convinced at all.
Visited the mock up today.
All I can say is that whilst they have some nice features, I’m not convinced at all.
Can passengers open/close the doors?
The cheap as chips 507/8 only have guard open/close which means the doors are open in cold/bad weather whether you like/need it or not.
Even the 230s will have selective door opening.
That is why it was on here?Sorry, was a reference to a discussion in another thread, which @Bletchleyite was party to.
Can passengers open/close the doors?
The cheap as chips 507/8 only have guard open/close which means the doors are open in cold/bad weather whether you like/need it or not.
I had a look at the mock-up today, quite impressive though the front end really does look it is from Terrahawks
Seats seemed ok, though only sat in them for a couple of minutes, no worse than other new trains. Comfy seats are too old skool for today's thrusting digital railway perhaps?
Underground the doors will work as they currently do. At all other stations they will be opened by the passengers. The mockup doesn't have close door buttons (probably too much potential for abuse) but I'd imagine they will auto-close eventually though Merseyrail dwell times tend to be fairly short
One thing of note is that it wasn't built by Stadler but a local company who went bust in the middle of production but allegedly "the lads still came and finished it even though they weren't getting paid".
UIC surely, nothing to do with the EU.And from March 2019 (post Brexit) we will be able to ignore European regulations for any stock that remains exclusively within UK.
Just a thought - I wonder if any consideration was given to ordering the new units with shoes for side contact, rather than top contact, live rail? This was the system used on the Manchester - Bury line and the advantages were reduced risk of the live rail icing up and improved safety. Of course, the live rails themselves would have to be replaced on around 150 miles of track. Not sure if it could be done over two weekends, one for each line! Any comments?