What are these new carriages at Southampton docks (21/3/2022)?

[sfieldhouse@me]

Hi everyone, long term lurker - newbie poster.

Spotted these as I sailed past Southampton docks yesterday, they're currently at the bulk terminal next to 107 berth.

 

[edwin_m]

Monorail cars for Cairo, built in Derby: https://www.mtdmfg.com/news/derbys-bombardier-signs-multi-billion-dollar-egyptian-monorail-contract/

A multi-billion dollar contract which will see Derby train-maker Bombardier build hundreds of carriages for a new monorail system in Egypt has been signed.

In May, a consortium, led by Bombardier, was named by the Egyptian government as the preferred bidder to design and build two new monorail lines in Cairo – and supply rolling stock.

 

[D6130]

Is that graffiti on the sides of the cars....or just a rather trendy-looking logo?

 

[hexagon789]

Is that graffiti on the sides of the cars....or just a rather trendy-looking logo?

At first I thought like yourself, "is that grafitti". On looking a second time I think it's just a "trendy" logo!

 

[sfieldhouse@me]

Monorail cars for Cairo, built in Derby: https://www.mtdmfg.com/news/derbys-bombardier-signs-multi-billion-dollar-egyptian-monorail-contract/

Fascinating. Thanks for the info.

 

[Romsey]

Thanks for the info, all a bit exotic for Southampton Docks!

 

[DanNCL]

Is that graffiti on the sides of the cars....or just a rather trendy-looking logo?

It's part of the livery apparently!

 

[TRAX]

It’s a Bombardier brand identity design.

 

[Geeves]

Its nice to see the UK building stuff for export again, on a related note Newton Aycliffe was building metro cars for Milan, I assume they went out via a North Eastern port?

 

[Snow1964]

I saw another one on a low loader on the M3 heading south on Thursday.

Seeing as there are rail tracks all the way from Derby to Southampton docks, bit of a shame the railway doesn’t have any low wagons to move them economically.

 

[gingerheid]

It would be a very tall order for the railway to move rail vehicles that use a different form of rail!

 

[Runningaround]

Hi everyone, long term lurker - newbie poster.

Spotted these as I sailed past Southampton docks yesterday, they're currently at the bulk terminal next to 107 berth.

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They won't be happy they've already been covered in graffiti.

 

[Darandio]

They won't be happy they've already been covered in graffiti.

It's already established further up thread that it isn't graffiti.

It would be a very tall order for the railway to move rail vehicles that use a different form of rail!

That's why the poster never suggested them moving on the rails but by some sort of low wagon flat. I suppose it all depends on the dimensions of these monorail vehicles.

 

[D365]

Is that graffiti on the sides of the cars....or just a rather trendy-looking logo?

It's part of the livery apparently!

I had to zoom in and double check too!