New High Speed Train? ('Timed for 168mph max')

[trubla]

Do we need a new High Speed line of the trains are running this fast already ?

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/O23299/2015/09/03/advanced

Timed for 168mph max

 

[Tim R-T-C]

0Z69 - suggests it was a class 69?

Must be the new experimental ultra-high-speed version of the Class 68, or one of these:

 

[sprinterguy]

This was discovered a little while ago, and it seems that there is a multiplier of 2.24 floating around in the system: This was theorised as being due to speeds being given in metres per second, rather than miles per hour:
http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=119241

Got to admit that it is mildly amusing when you see, for example, a booked move for a solitary 153 showing a maximum timing speed of 168mph!

 

[grumblingalong]

Got to admit that it is mildly amusing when you see, for example, a booked move for a solitary 153 showing a maximum timing speed of 168mph!

I wonder how many parts would still be attached upon arrival

 

[Pseudonym]

This schedule amused me.
Who needs HS2 if Pacers can travel at 168mph?

 

[D365]

It's been long established that the reported '168mph' max speed is a conversion error between km/h and mph.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

It's been long established that the reported '168mph' max speed is a conversion error between km/h and mph.

Then why, noting you say that it has been long established, has it not yet been altered to a correct designation?

 

[najaB]

Then why, noting you say that it has been long established, has it not yet been altered to a correct designation?

Because it is NR's data and they haven't felt the need to fix it.

 

[JB_B]

It's been long established that the reported '168mph' max speed is a conversion error between km/h and mph.

You mean between mph and m/s ?