D78 stock / Class 484 on test runs at Ryde Esplanade /Ryde Pier.

[45669]

Afternoon All,

By a stroke of luck, I was in the right place at the right time yesterday and got a bit of video footage of one of Vivarail's new SWR Class 484s doing some test runs / driver training on the Isle of Wight. If you'd like to have a look, it's now on my YouTube channel:

I spoke to one of Vivarail's staff and he was quite confident that the opening date of the 1st November should be achieved.

Hope it's of interest.

Ron.

 

[Gloster]

I spoke to one of Vivarail's staff and he was quite confident that the opening date of the 1st November should be achieved.

Well he would, wouldn’t he.

 

[45669]

Well he would, wouldn’t he.

Do you have a reason to doubt him?

 

[Nym]

Do you have a reason to doubt him?

Previous performance of the introduction of anything from Vivarail, or anything else from any other rolling stock manufacturer?

 

[45669]

Well, time will tell. It's only a month to D (78) day.