Re: Eurostar electrical and signalling

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"P.L.Guillemin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hans-Joachim Zierke wrote:
> Alan J. Flavell schrieb:
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>
> > I don't say something against 2+3 in the Shinkansen loading gauge, and
in
> > US loading gauge, or Danish loading gauge, it might be acceptable for
> > short distance trains.
>
> It could also be acceptable in Mainline traffic in Russia...
>
>
> >> I think you need to take into account that the tendency in the UK
> is
> >> to provide as much seating as possible within the space available.
>
> > I'm aware that this is the specific UK way to relocate passengers into
> > cars.
>
> In the South East, people have little choice but to undergo such
> misery.
>
>
> > For an inner city vehicle, where most people travel 5 or 10 minutes,
lots
> > of things are acceptable, but not for a long run into town.
>
> Fortunately, the 376s Metro of SET will have 2+2 seating only. A
> welcome move from the Networkers 465s-466s currently in use on those
> suburban services. Same with soon-to-be refurbished 455s of SWT and
> SCT.
>
>
> > Accomodating such a tiny number of commuters should be easy.
>
> Hey mate, come here and make a few journeys on South Eastern Trains
> from Kent or any SE postcode to London Bridge in the morning peak. Of
> course, take a Networker service with a long flat crossing in
> Bermondsey, like Orpington-Cannon Street or Slade Green-Charing Cross.
> You will be squeezed in the vestibule, or in the tiny aisle, while
> waiting at a stanstill for 15-20min in total, first for your train to
> get a path to cross 2-3 pairs of tracks in Bermondsey and then to get
> a platform at London Bridge...
Not just from the SE postcodes, Phil- my wife assures me that it is
perfectly normal to have to stand from or to Tonbridge, even when the trains
are formed 12 cars. As to when they are formed with 8... Currently, she's
commuting on RER D, which is generally more agreeable.
Brian