On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 09:31:19 +0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
The whole thing seems crazy to me. Why don't they just get some 170s or
something? Why re-engineer metro trains with a top speed of 40 mph that
have little in the way of crash protection?

The top speed is 60mph. And they can't buy new 170s any more, as they're
not emissions compliant. In any case, the D-Trains will be far cheaper. The

Another EU triumph.

Also I'm curious to know how they'll deal with the loading gauge issue.
LU surface stock is wider than mainline stock.

The D stock was always mainline certified.

In that case presumably so is the 9 foot 7 wide S stock which runs on the
same NR lines. Which makes me wonder why they don't build wider mainline stock
then instead of the pokey things they dish up these days where the seats are
never quite wide enough.

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Spud