LOL The Irony
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Don't they get a nice soaking to check for leaks?By the sounds of it...
Don't they get a nice soaking to check for leaks?By the sounds of it...
If all goes to plan, and I've heard nothing to the contrary, the first @CAFRailUK Class 195s for @northernassist should be accepted next week and enter traffic. The plan is 3 3-cars by the end of 2018.
So has driver training begun ?
Presumably not, if the instructors do not even sign the traction.Can they muster enough (a few) staff to operate just one unit on the Victoria -Stalybridge shuttle?
We authorised the CAF 195's today work still to be done with the operator before they can be brought into service but good step forward
AWS volume is an interesting one, I'm guessing complaints surround excessive volume?I would take a punt on mid to late Feb before you see one of these in service.
Driver training programme not even agreed with ASLEF yet which is going to be an 8/9 day course. Units still have teething problems with driver door, windscreen wipers and AWS volume amongst other things . There will always be issues with new trains.
AWS volume is an interesting one, I'm guessing complaints surround excessive volume?
I'd guess the opposite, that it's too quiet . Sooner have AWS loud than muffled. There's a section leaving Euston near Queens Park, and the loud track noise means you can end up missing the AWS if it goes off there, if you have a cab window open .
and indeed almost every train manufacturer for the UK at the moment. Certainly true of Bombardier and Hitachi. Siemens aren't doing too bad but the 717s are still a little bit behind. I think Stadler are slightly late too. I'm not saying it's acceptable but no point singling CAF out in particular. Nothing here is introduced on time these days.https://www.railmagazine.com/news/network/northern-revises-date-for-introduction-of-caf-trains Seems that the 195s and 331s alike have been delayed... un poco de una farsa for CAF across the board!
Obviously Northern will blame CAF, but I do wonder how much of the delay could be attributed to Northern, i.e. the whole farce training drivers, with a deal to enable driver training still reported not to have been agreed with ASLEF.
Faulty windscreen wipers sounds like a month max to fix, not 6.
You’re missing the point. The whole point of developing a plan and timetable for the introduction of new trains is to take testing into consideration. Anybody who thinks that a train will work out of the box has no business working on the railway.
Don't make promises you know you probably won't be able to keep is the moral of the story. Unfortunately that is another lesson the railway constantly needs to relearn - and then instantly forgets.
They are not contractually required until Northern Connect starts in 2019 even though Northern promised them in 2018.How about one of those contractual operations where it runs in service for one journey (so they enter service in 2018) and then it is not seen for another few months?