Have articulated units ever run in this country?

[poshbakerloo]

Have articulated units ever run in this country?

All the TGV and Euro Star trains are articulated, which I think is good for crash safety as it holds the train up right, but have there ever been any in the UK (Other than Euro Star) and are there ever gonna be any?

 

[mumrar]

The APT was, and the LNER had a quad-art set which is teak coaching stock formation in this way. It's recently been restored to use too

 

[Dreadnought]

Have articulated units ever run in this country?

Yes, the APT was articulated.

 

[90019]

Weren't some Gresleys atriculated?

 

[CarterUSM]

I feel like a fool here, but what does articulated mean to a train or unit as compared to non articulated?

 

[poshbakerloo]

I feel like a fool here, but what does articulated mean to a train or unit as compared to non articulated?

Its when you get permanently coupled couches, that share a bogie...

 

[CarterUSM]

I see, got you now. Much obliged to you poshbakerloo.

 

[jopsuk]

The there's trams, the DLR and the Tyne and Wear Metro.

 

[ralphwedgewood]

All four of the “Big Four” Companies used articulated stock to a greater (LNE) or lesser (SR) extent.
The quad arts (Kings Cross suburban) and quint arts (Liverpool St) were designed with the aim of reducing overall weight by saving one bogie under each intermediate coach and maximising the number of seats available by decreasing the gap between each coach. This last was important at King’s Cross suburban station due to the short platform lengths.
Don’t forget that the LNER streamliners Silver Link, Coronation and West Riding Limited were also composed of twins and triplets.

 

[Oracle]

The Underground experimented with 2 1935 Stock motor cars that were converted to an articulated unit.

 

[transportphoto]

If the Eurostar trains are - then when GNER experimented with Eurostar Units on their KGX to LDS? route they would have been as well.

 

[Crossforth]

If the Eurostar trains are - then when GNER experimented with Eurostar Units on their KGX to LDS? route they would have been as well.

Correct as they are the same class (373) just shorter as they were meant to be used for Regional Eurostar. FAIL :roll:

 

[jopsuk]

The short Eurostars are now used domestically as TGVs by SNCF. The period they were used by GNER was less an "experiment", more that they needed (at the time) more trains to run the timetable they wanted.

 

[starrymarkb]

I feel like a fool here, but what does articulated mean to a train or unit as compared to non articulated?

Where two vehicles share a bogie. Often but not always the bogie is mounted so that it is shared between vehicles like

But some trams and units built by Stadler have the bogie completely under one vehicle and the other rests on a coupler.

 

[Ploughman]

And then you have the Auto ballaster trains which are made up into 5 wagon sets articulated.

 

[jopsuk]

There's also the Talgo system, which (excluding one end car, else the the ends would drag somewhat) has only one wheelset (ie two wheels) per (short) carriage! The wheels aren't even on an axle