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He is referring to Sandro Muster, Stadler’s Project Manager.
There are a surprising number of factors! Through Cathays, for example, there are no wires to avoid electromagnetic interference to some sensitive equipment in one of Cardiff University's buildings. In other cases it may be that it's not worth inserting wires in a short-ish section between bridges. There was a talk some years ago at a trade association (PWI, I think) from one of the designers and they'd done a lot of computer modelling of how the trains use power in order to decide where electrification was justified and where it wasn't.
Nope, its totally seamless. We only check that the pantograph raises/lowers and the VCB opens and closes, all at normal line speed.
I believe it's a brain scanner in CUBRIC?
Thanks for this. Obviously not that simple and somebody had done their homework.
I can't recall them calling that mode a diesel/battery hybrid before now — it is more accurate.
There’s a brain scanner in CUBRIC and also a Transmission Electron Microscope in the TRH building (behind Sbarc) - the latter is imaging nanometre-scale objects so is very sensitive to noise.
50% extra capacity for a 3 car 756, over a 2 car 150, is being a bit generous isn't it? We know that the 756s have shorter carriages than 150s anyway with less seats per carriage.
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How true is this statement in the TfW / Welsh Government press release?
50% extra capacity for a 3 car 756, over a 2 car 150, is being a bit generous isn't it? We know that the 756s have shorter carriages than 150s anyway with less seats per carriage.
I'm pretty sure they have pretty much the same number of seats when you include tip-ups. A 756 will have a few more normal seats (10 maybe) and so there's not much in itNew electric trains running between Coryton, Caerphilly and Penarth | GOV.WALES
Brand new electric trains offering travellers an improved customer experience are now being used on Transport for Wales services between Coryton, Caerphilly and Penarth.
How true is this statement in the TfW / Welsh Government press release?
50% extra capacity for a 3 car 756, over a 2 car 150, is being a bit generous isn't it? We know that the 756s have shorter carriages than 150s anyway with less seats per carriage.
I think it's all what's called "Spin". There's no doubt the 756s are superb trains, but expect a lot of "world beating, look how great we are" claims from TfW and Welsh Government, that maybe exaggerate the facts, between now and mid-March next year, when the strict purdah rules come into force during the Senedd election period.
One could argue that 3 cars instead of 2 is a 50% increase in capacity. Most people will see it that way even if the seating or standing capacity doesn't make it so.New electric trains running between Coryton, Caerphilly and Penarth | GOV.WALES
Brand new electric trains offering travellers an improved customer experience are now being used on Transport for Wales services between Coryton, Caerphilly and Penarth.
How true is this statement in the TfW / Welsh Government press release?
50% extra capacity for a 3 car 756, over a 2 car 150, is being a bit generous isn't it? We know that the 756s have shorter carriages than 150s anyway with less seats per carriage.
3-car 756: 118 seats and 24 tip-up (142 total) with 148 standing spaces.
Based on those figures, it would be a 50% increase in total passenger capacity — just not seating capacity.
Probably the comment about the 5mph speed limit. Trains have data recorders which retain the data for several days after the event.
Based on that the capacity of a 150 is 193, 50% of that is 96.5, so 289.5 total.
While the trains aren't new to Drivers, the trains on that route are. Maybe it was a Drivers first time driving the 756 on that route without being under instruction.
Standing on those routes is unlikely, especially Penarth and Coryton. Even the Caerphilly legs won't be that full if they continue to run non stop from Queen Street.
Ive never noticed 36 tip up seats , where are they? Sure there's less than that.
There were only 4 that I can remember on the 150s in the bike space.
That was my thought, I remember atw used to have a few near the doors.
Agreed. The performance has improved a lot since 150s replaced 153s. Unfortunately that happened around the same time as the stops were pulled out on the Caerphilly runs so it's hard to tell what has caused the improvement.
There is a short video on Facebook of staff up a ladder on Pontypridd Station Platform 2 trying to lower or free the pantograph on a 756 which had failed to lower and had apparently struck the roof canopy. Comments include that failure to auto lower the pantograph is a regular issue.