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The First eurostar

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I've just seen on BBC News 24, the first eurostar test the link between Stratford INTL and Kings Cross St Pancras INTL. The IOC was on board and the presenter said that they go quite fast then slow down, to the station. If anyone else saw this, write hear
 
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Not sure how you can write hear, but you can certainly write here.

It's not at all surprising they accelerate then slow down...... ;)
 
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The first Eurostar into St. Pancras was in early March?!

TPWS is set to 7mph all platforms when entering the station, and I'd imagine the sets have to slow dramatically due to the rather sharp curve when splitting from the MML tracks immedietly outside the station.
 
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The boards show 10mph IIRC, but I was told the TPWS would trip you at anything over 7.. (this is heading into station don't forget)
 
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Odd - I know that they use kph on that line so thought it must be that, but 7mph doesn't equal a round number in kph either!
 
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It might be 5mph and trips at 7mph? I know somebody involved with CTRL so i'll ask him next time i see him
 
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It was carrying the IOC and the press on the test run. It takes only 7 mins, speeds upto 110 MPH in the tunnels between Statford and St Pancras. The Approach speed into St Pancras is 15/10 MPH.
I think that they turned the TPWS off but I'm not to sure
 
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HS1 was marked off on my route map in early may and i was a passenger ;)
 
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You crossed off the entire HS1? ;)

London St Pancras - CTRL boundary is all HS1 ;)
 
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The entire CTRL (St Pancras - Ashford Internation IIRC) is part of "High Speed 1".
 
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You must have been thinking of CTRL1 (Channel Tunnel Rail Link phase 1) and CTRL2 (phase 2).
 
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Direct high-speed rail-links... none exist.

High speed - over 126mph in pax.
 
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Those 4 letter abbreviations just mean that you are unable to detect sarcasm which was brought on by asking a stupid question you already knew the answer to. They are obviously figments of our imaginations.
 
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RJ said:
Those 4 letter abbreviations just mean that you are unable to detect sarcasm which was brought on by asking a stupid question you already knew the answer to. They are obviously figments of our imaginations.
Click to expand...

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Yawn

Anyway, If HS2 was built wouldn't that make the WCML improvements a massive waste of money?
 
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