Cascaded rolling stock

[D365]

All depends how long they were intended to last when they were designed.

30 years, according to the Electra documentary series that aired when the type was first introduced.

I know this is going to sound silly and I believe it has been suggested before, but if VWC had trains to replace their class 221's, say like the Hitachi AT300 surely then the class 221's could then be moved to XC?

And how is that going to help VWC with their requirement for tilting trains?

In an ideal world XC would also be using AT300 type trains that as well as having overhead electrical capability, also had third rail DC capability as per the class 395.

Once again, why? SpacePhoenix has claimed this to be a good idea, despite being told on a multitude of occasions that the third rail supply is not capable of powering more trains.

 

[RobShipway]

30 years, according to the Electra documentary series that aired when the type was first introduced.




And how is that going to help VWC with their requirement for tilting trains?



Once again, why? SpacePhoenix has claimed this to be a good idea, despite being told on a multitude of occasions that the third rail supply is not capable of powering more trains.

Really DC not able to power more units. Then please explain why the Reading - waterloo route has recently had to have an upgrade in supply to be able to cope with the class 458 units when they move back over to this route and why a few extra sub stations have had to be built?

 

[swt_passenger]

Really DC not able to power more units. Then please explain why the Reading - waterloo route has recently had to have an upgrade in supply to be able to cope with the class 458 units when they move back over to this route and why a few extra sub stations have had to be built?

The difference is that there is an agreed project to beef up the Reading line power supply for both 10 car units and additional frequency, because doing so was a requirement of the DfT's HLOS.

There is no agreed project to upgrade the DC on the SWML west of Basingstoke, because government policy for that part of the route is completely different. So the current situation is that XC would not be able to use DC on that part of the route.