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So, given I'm in London today - is it running?!
Yes it's running
So, given I'm in London today - is it running?!
At least there's more space to move your legs in to the isle if you're on the isle seat.I'm afraid the fears about the seats are correct.
Hard, no elbow room at all if sitting two a breast (window seat too close to train body), and also footwell intrusion on the window seat
Sitting two a breast for an hour journey would be grim.
Get the negatives out of the way, and they are nice! Nowhere to put my coffee though
Intrusive trunking
Looks like it has a flat top for resting foot on though.
Looks like it has a flat top for resting foot on though.
Or a coffee cup.
It's slightly slanted but you can actually!
Had to giggle when an old fella moaned about no tables out loud lol
Well, it's having something of a baptism of fire! 12 late by East Croydon, and that included not stopping at Balcombe. Is it down to lots of interest in the train, or something else?
Intrusive trunking
Looks like it has a flat top for resting foot on though.
Short video clip of it running through Wivelsfield this morning.
https://youtu.be/2sVX2H4uMlo
Apologies for the slightly shaky hand - I was getting very cold and wet at the time!
Is the trunking in steel?
Might be able to make a non-slip mat in my garage, with magnets to attach.
Is the trunking in steel?
Might be able to make a non-slip mat in my garage, with magnets to attach.
I'm gonna be boarding it at TBD on the next Northbound trip and then coming down to ECR on it.
It's running well late, congestion caused by problems on the west coastway I guess.
Class 377/5, if we ask you when they're being introduced now, will the trains be withdrawn until we stop asking?
It's running well late, congestion caused by problems on the west coastway I guess.
Blimey, you're not wrong. Just been checking progress on RTT.
- 1B18 10:02 Brighton to London Bridge: Departed 2 mins late, omitted Balcombe, arrived 16 mins late.
- 1B21 11:12 London Bridge to Brighton: Departed 18 mins late, omitted Three Bridges, Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill and arrived 47 mins late.
- 1B28 12:32 Brighton to London Bridge: Departed 33 mins late, currently 37 mins late
Not the best of first days!
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Due to walls being thinner.
Does anyone have any observations around certain aspects of the new units:
- acceleration
- ambient noise levels when travelling at speed (not that there seems to have been much of that, today)
- speed of unloading/loading at stations
The guard on the 11:12 ex London Bridge was proudly announcing the new train, and at least 2 passengers in front heading for Gatwick said at least they've started as they mean to go on!
Guard? Presumably you mean the driver. The introduction of 700s onto certain Southern routes is at least partly why there is a dispute.
The guard on the 11:12 ex London Bridge was proudly announcing the new train, and at least 2 passengers in front heading for Gatwick said at least they've started as they mean to go on!