London Banter - View Single Post - Javelin Trains Side-lined

[email protected] · September 9th 10, 08:27 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:00:35 -0500
wrote:
London's Olympic bullet trains have been modified after commuters
raised concerns over _frightening and alarming_ wobbles at 140mph.

The passengers _ who pay premium fares to use Britain's fastest
domestic service _ complain of _turbulence_ as the trains pass through
tunnels between St Pancras and Kent.

[snip]

Curious. The trains are timetabled at only 125MPH, with higher speeds only
used to catch up when running late.

The whole 140mph thing was a marketing con. They've simply reproduced 1970s
era technology and managed to get it wrong.

I wonder if Hitachi sub contracted out any part of the train suspension to
the same idiots who built the DLR trains which wobble all over the place?

B2003