Title: 4 GWR coaches at Doncaster for power doors. Post by: LiskeardRich on December 18, 2016, 19:41:57 4 GWR HST coaches are currently at Doncaster works being modified with power doors etc for trial. An ex virgin coach also present being used as a design jig for the welding.
From an internal source it is hoped to be in service in September doing the daily Bristol Penzance 0600 start diagram. It will be extensively tested before any further coaches are converted. Title: Re: 4 GWR coaches at Doncaster for power doors. Post by: devonexpress on December 23, 2016, 20:06:26 So another set albeit small going to have GWR livery then?
Title: Re: 4 GWR coaches at Doncaster for power doors. Post by: Surrey 455 on December 24, 2016, 09:54:10 That testing must be extensive if it'll be 9 months before going back in service! Would it not be quicker to build a whole new train?
Title: Re: 4 GWR coaches at Doncaster for power doors. Post by: Rhydgaled on December 24, 2016, 15:35:21 Would it not be quicker to build a whole new train? Probably not; the first class 800 was taken off the ship from Japan in March 2015, and it'll probably be March 2017 before the first one enters passenger service. If you had an existing train design coming to the end of a production run with free factory space to extend that production run then you might be able to turn out additional units faster, but a new design will always take some time to put into production and the factory needs capacity to built it etc.Title: Re: 4 GWR coaches at Doncaster for power doors. Post by: rogerw on December 24, 2016, 18:02:18 This is also probably a test bed for the propoed Scotrail conversions
Title: Re: 4 GWR coaches at Doncaster for power doors. Post by: Surrey 455 on December 24, 2016, 18:07:56 Just out of interest, are they likely to be installing retention tanks in the toilets?
Title: Re: 4 GWR coaches at Doncaster for power doors. Post by: Rhydgaled on December 26, 2016, 18:02:44 Just out of interest, are they likely to be installing retention tanks in the toilets Not sure if the Doncaster work includes the toilets or not (it might), but I'm pretty sure I've read that, at some point before 2020, the retained IC125s for both GWR and ScotRail will be fitted with retention tanks. While I don't think it is a legal requirement, I think I've read that efforts are being made to ensure all TOC stock in use from 2020 doesn't dump toilet waste on the track.Title: Re: 4 GWR coaches at Doncaster for power doors. Post by: TonyK on December 26, 2016, 22:55:06 Probably not; the first class 800 was taken off the ship from Japan in March 2015, and it'll probably be March 2017 before the first one enters passenger service. That delay is as much to do with infrastructure as vehicle, I reckon. Title: Re: 4 GWR coaches at Doncaster for power doors. Post by: Rhydgaled on December 27, 2016, 09:30:57 Probably not; the first class 800 was taken off the ship from Japan in March 2015, and it'll probably be March 2017 before the first one enters passenger service. That delay is as much to do with infrastructure as vehicle, I reckon. Title: Re: 4 GWR coaches at Doncaster for power doors. Post by: TonyK on December 27, 2016, 09:35:41 Is it a delay though? I can't remember the original date the first one was meant to be in service anyway. It depends which report you read. It seems to have been a bit of a movable feast, but that is always the way with big projects. In the early days, I seem to recall thinking that I would get work to pay for a trip on one of the first IEP trains to run under wires from Temple Meads. I have now been retired for 6 months. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |