Richard J. wrote:
Basil Jet wrote on 29 Jul 2016 at 14:53 ...
On 2016\07\29 13:50, Schnuzelbug (Chris Date) wrote:
Photos and video in link.

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Crossrail Elizabeth Line trainset unveiled
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/t...-unveiled.html

"UK: The first of 66 electric multiple-units for the Crossrail project
was unveiled by Transport for London at Bombardier’s Derby factory on July 29.

Following dynamic testing at the Derby plant, the first train is to
undergo trials at the Old Dalby test centre during August. This will
include carrying more than 100 tonnes of weight to simulate passengers.
A car is also to be sent to a climatic chamber. Once trials are
completed, the test equipment will be removed from the first trains and
the interiors will be fitted out with seats before delivery for passenger service.

The Class 345 EMUs are part of Bombardier’s Aventra family, and
according to TfL production in Derby is helping to support 760 jobs and 80
apprenticeships. Barber & Osgerby is acting as design adviser.

The EMUs feature wide gangways, air-conditioning, CCTV and real-time
travel information, and are equipped for regenerative braking which is
expected to result in energy savings of up to 30%.

The Class 345 is scheduled to enter service on TfL Rail services
between London Liverpool Street and Shenfield in May 2017. The first
trainsets will initially comprise seven cars and be 160 m long to fit
the existing platforms at Liverpool Street. Nine-car sets 200 m long
with a capacity of 1 500 passengers are expected to be introduced from
May 2018, initially running between Heathrow Airport and Paddington.

The full route linking Reading and Heathrow in the west and Shenfield
and Abbey Wood in the east via new tunnels under central London is
scheduled to open in 2019, and will be called the Elizabeth Line.

‘The Elizabeth Line trains, which are a great showcase of British
design and manufacture, will be running on part of our network within a
year’, said London Transport Commissioner Mike Brown at the unveiling
event. ‘The trains are fully accessible, will have air-cooling, and
once the whole line opens, they will help our passengers move more
easily into and across the city every day.’"


So is it air-conditioning or air-cooling? (Both terms used in the last 4
paragraphs.) After the fiasco of "air cooling" on the New Routemaster,
TfL should be more careful in describing it. Hopefully proper air-con
as on LU's S stock.

I'd hope so too. These are just next-gen Electrostars, so the aircon should
be similar.