Freight/Passenger - whats the difference?

[David Sinnett]

Just reading the Ebbw Vale reopening - Whats the difference in track and infrastructure between freight and passenger? Why the need to rebuild the track?

David

 

[gordonthemoron]

ride quality? line speed?

 

[Metroland]

track maintenance and signal standards mainly

 

[driver9000]

AWS is usually not installed on goods lines. Passenger trains arent permitted on goods lines unless permission is granted by the signalling supervisor, and even then must not exceed 20mph.

 

[Mojo]

For more information regarding this, I suggest you look at the 'Tracks' page on the Ebbw Valley Railway website here. It's mostly things such as old track which means slow speeds and uneven rides.

 

[TheSlash]

As mentioned, the safety and quality standards of a Goods line are alot lower than a passenger line. You can have things like facing points that aren't interlocked by the signalling {Facing Point Lock}

 

[me123]

Based on your title, One carries freight, the other carries passengers.

 

[Juniper Driver]

Based on your title one weighs more than the other.When I was at Stratford we used to get 2x37s pulling 2000 Tonnes freight trains.