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Crossrail rolling stock PIN
On 4 Aug, 07:54, TimB wrote:
On Aug 3, 8:40*pm, "Peter Masson" wrote: "anthony" wrote in message .... I have wondred about the rolling stock for crossrail services but one question i have *is that couldn't some 2/3 carriage EMU'S be built so that *peak hour trains can be split/attached so that they can serve some of the thames valley branches *instead of having a shuttle on those lines? One such route i am thinking about is the Maidenhead to Marlow branch, doesnt this have through services to London during peak hours? Marlow and Henley won't be electrified as part of Crossrail (and probably not as part of the GWML electrification). So they'll either lose their peak trains through to/from Paddington, or these will be dmus. One reason for running Crossrail with 10-car trains throughout the day is that the central area stations will be double ended, so trains that use the full length of the platforms will be desirable. Peter (old enough to remember when the Henley to Paddington through trains were Hymek + coaches) Peter I was wondering just the other day why there wasn't a joint procurement process for Thameslink and Crossrail... *something the coalition could look at? * *Tim- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - This is the question I have been asking. the official argument for separate fleets is that Crossrail needs to have 23 m long cars with three doors a side because of the capacity requirements/ station dwell times while Thameslink can accomodate only 20 m long cars with two doors a side because of curvature. - despite similar capacity/dwell time issues. I'm still not convinced. Rogert |
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