London Banter - View Single Post - why are the new Victoria and trains so slow?

[email protected] · August 8th 11, 10:17 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 04:53:12 -0500
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On Sun, 7 Aug 2011 14:19:01 +0100
"Mizter T" wrote:
The performance of both sets of new stock is (UIVMM) superior to the old
stock it has replaced / is replacing - it's just all about the new
signalling systems being in place to support that superior performance.

Just out of interest, does anyone know if these new stocks get superior
performance from the same amount of electricity or are they just sucking
up more of the stuff?

It rather depends how you count the introduction of regenerative braking,
surely?

I was assuming without. The effectiveness of regenerative braking varies
anyway , plus I don't understand how it can work well on the tube with all the
seperate sections of traction supply the lines have. Surely it will only
work if theres another train fairly close by?

B2003