j0hn0
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Does anyone know more about the Bombardier Xtrapolis concept for E/DMU's?
I've seen a picture of it and it seems crude and over-complicated compared to TGV's. They say it will provide more capacity, but with the high floors, will this matter? Low slung regional Eurostars worked well on the ECML but is it all to do with what we can get rather than design trains ourselves like we used to?
APT had tilting articulated bogies, any reason why we haven't seen these since?
Any pro's and cons would be nice from people more in the know than me, Germany obviously don't share the same views as the french concerning the subject so I was wondering what your views were.
cheers
I've seen a picture of it and it seems crude and over-complicated compared to TGV's. They say it will provide more capacity, but with the high floors, will this matter? Low slung regional Eurostars worked well on the ECML but is it all to do with what we can get rather than design trains ourselves like we used to?
APT had tilting articulated bogies, any reason why we haven't seen these since?
Any pro's and cons would be nice from people more in the know than me, Germany obviously don't share the same views as the french concerning the subject so I was wondering what your views were.
cheers