Viva Rail Class 230's for West Midlands Trains

[edwin_m]

Is the floor on the 230 a bit lower (even though it's been shimmed to get clearance on Network Rail)? If so they could have a shorter ramp which is less likely to clash with platform furniture. Or if the interior layout might allow wheelchair access to more than one door.

 

[Bletchleyite]

Isn't the obvious and far cheaper answer just to move the bench?

 

[Lockwood]

Let's not have any of that "common sense" stuff here!

 

[edwin_m]

The issue is probably that the platform isn't particularly wide and wherever the bench is there wouldn't be enough space to use the ramp. So, unless the train can stop very accurately to land the appropriate door where the bench isn't, the common sense answer is to remove the bench completely. But perhaps in this case the common sense answer isn't actually the best one?

 

[geoffk]

I believe three units are now in service on the Marston Vale line. What do users think of them?

 

[superalbs]

See here:
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/creation-of-class-230-demus-from-ex-lu-d78s-by-vivarail.103488/