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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2006 17:03:29 GMT
announced today, is the plan for the 2012 transport. See the BBC NEWS article here that tells us all about it! also from further back on the official 2012 site there is an article ( HERE) that describes them as "bullet trains"  Really? ;D apparently they go 140mph, but that isn't that much compared to other trains built by Hitachi for Japan.  AND the wikipedia article.  |
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Post by chris on Oct 30, 2006 17:39:53 GMT
That's a nice train!! What will they do with them after the games?
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Post by Tubeboy on Oct 30, 2006 17:43:15 GMT
They will [before, during and after the games] run between St Pancras and the Medway towns, due to the much shorter journey times, compared to say travelling from Victoria, London Bridge, the fares will be much higher.
Agree with ChrisA, nice trains, remind me of the TGV Duplex trains!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2006 17:43:16 GMT
That's a nice train!! What will they do with them after the games? Circle Line |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2006 17:43:33 GMT
use them for the southern domestic services like other ones built and also to keep them on the same route as there will be many people living in East London who will want to use them. Remember these trains will come into service in 2009 that will leave 3 years to iron out any creases and also to get a solid user base that will use them regularly.
use them on the circle ;D that would really mess up pjrb, do you think we should tell him? ;D
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2006 18:04:50 GMT
Reminds me more of the Pendolino. Nice train though.
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Post by Tubeboy on Oct 30, 2006 18:39:36 GMT
I clicked on the BBC link, to see "Red" Ken in front of a class 395, so there is something bigger than his ego?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2006 18:41:43 GMT
it appeared the RM was too big for his ego too  |
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Post by Tubeboy on Oct 30, 2006 18:48:54 GMT
How about he takes himself out of service, on a permanent basis?!
That nasally, whining voice of his does my head in!!!!!
I am surprised it isnt used to torture people!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2006 19:51:48 GMT
would he be preserved for heritage purposes? I doubt it!
I took the 15H the other day and even though the interiors are re-furbed and it has a dash from a Dart, they still have the quality of the RM. It isn't the fact that it is open platform it is the quality of materials and the quality of the interiors.
Oh no, he's off again!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2006 20:54:41 GMT
use them on the circle ;D that would really mess up pjrb, do you think we should tell him? ;D ;D I clicked on the BBC link, to see "Red" Ken in front of a class 395, so there is something bigger than his ego? It looks as if he's about to be eaten by a giant duck.  |
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Post by donnytom on Oct 31, 2006 8:46:48 GMT
Remember these trains will come into service in 2009 that will leave 3 years to iron out any creases and also to get a solid user base that will use them regularly. Plus three years of spray paint, scratching and acid-etching! Will they actually be used to 140mph, unlike the 91s? |
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Post by c5 on Oct 31, 2006 9:31:06 GMT
I clicked on the BBC link, to see "Red" Ken in front of a class 395, so there is something bigger than his ego? Hopefully he's forgotten to take the driver's key.....   |
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Post by Phil on Oct 31, 2006 16:27:31 GMT
That's a nice train!! What will they do with them after the games? Wrong question, as has been hinted at above. The real question is what do they do about the posh Kent commuters, who HAVE been persuaded to get super-expensive seasons on these trains and have been using them for up to 3 years, during the Olympics? With the Javelins doing all the Stratford shuttles, just what WILL they put on the CTRL domestics? I guess the Kent commuter will be even more vociferous in protest than your average Metrolander! That's assuming anyone will WANT to pay so much extra for the privilege of going to KXSP and then trying to get to the City (rather than from Cannon St, London Bridge, Blackfriars...........) |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2006 16:56:07 GMT
That's a nice train!! What will they do with them after the games? That's assuming anyone will WANT to pay so much extra for the privilege of going to KXSP and then trying to get to the City (rather than from Cannon St, London Bridge, Blackfriars...........) Thameslink. ;D Seriously though, the papers reported around 2 weeks ago Thameslink will be majorly expanded. Whether that comes to fruition is another issue (CrossFail anyone? :  . |
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Post by towerman on Oct 31, 2006 20:41:31 GMT
The "train" Ken's photographed with was actually a mock up of the front end of a Javelin train.
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Really? ;D apparently they go 140mph, but that isn't that much compared to other trains built by Hitachi for Japan.
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