stu227
Member
I have a question which I'm sure someone here will easily answer...
Is it possible for a regular passenger train (pendolino in this case) to exceed the max line running speed?
I ask because we were on a late running service yesterday which made up about 15 minutes of lost time. We seemed to be flying so I turned on a GPS Speedo and it hit 131mph.
It could just have been a glitch in the GPS I guess, but it made me wonder whether trains are limited, or if the driver can actually just let rip?!
Is it possible for a regular passenger train (pendolino in this case) to exceed the max line running speed?
I ask because we were on a late running service yesterday which made up about 15 minutes of lost time. We seemed to be flying so I turned on a GPS Speedo and it hit 131mph.
It could just have been a glitch in the GPS I guess, but it made me wonder whether trains are limited, or if the driver can actually just let rip?!