I would have thought that China is probably the best example of place with high speed railways and a larger temperature range than here. Looking at Beijing for example at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Beijing_weatherbox they have record highs of 41.9° and lows of -27.4° so pretty chunky difference.
The "Yorkshire Flyer" being the Leeds->Sheffield service run by Northern (running via Wakefield Westgate)? What units are used?
I'm not sure that comparisons with otehr countries are that useful because we don't know about any disruptions, or the safety standards that they choose to adhere to. However, new infrastructure that is dedicated to one type of train is undoubtedly going to be better than the mixed traffic railway we have.
It covers an area from London to South Wales and Bristol, so I expect the GWML to be under extreme pressure.
Ah, thank you, that makes perfect sense.
Also quite unusual to see a red warning this far out, i.e. just under 48 hours from the start of the warning period. Forecast model are in agreement to be fair and only really argueing about 37, 38, 39 or 40 as the maximum temperature. Hopefully people will heed the warning and only travel if they need to. Companies will probaly stand people down, I was under a Red wind warning in Scotland some years ago and we all got phone calls telling us to 'shelter in place' until the worst had passed.
That's a bit of an understatement - the warning - Amber and Red - covers almost all of England and Wales south of a line drawn from the Humber estuary to the Furness peninsula. That includes all of the major population centres other than the north-east, and will affect all the main lines outside of Scotland.
Humidity shouldn't make a difference to the railway though, as far as I am aware.
No aircon either!I’ve started using the Hadfield Line… can’t wait to see how that ultra modern Overhead Electrification holds up on Wednesday & Thursday
It will mean aircon (where it exists) has to work harder. The higher amount of moisture in the air will require more latent heat to be taken out to bring the temperature down, and it will add to the amount of condensate produced.
Dolphin isn't finished, big blocks coming up at the end of the year for that.
158s are the usual unit which is good from a passenger experience but negative in terms of them being 30+ year old units and the first service to get scratched if there are issues. I've seen 150s sub in sometimes, I don't think there are enough 195s to come in if needed.
Darn auto correct!
I can't remember the exact years but it happened at least twice in different years.