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There's enough space for four engines but the rest is AnsaldoBreda Hitachi Rail Italy's design... (I have no source for this, please correct if wrong!) AFAIK, the wiring looms are the same as the 26m stock with Hitachi coiling up the excess length, which is causing problems.

Different engines needed iirc. 805s are essentially the same as the 802s (if you look at early Avanti press images, they even have the 802 number...) but updated to deal with this. IIRC ~50 units are required. 60 5 car sets should be enough, including maintenance spares, and for when Reading to...

I’d argue it’s unnecessary as well. A 5 car TPE-spec 802 has 318 standard and 24 first, compared to a 4 car 220 having 174 standard and 26 first. Just a single 5 car TPE spec 802 is a near doubling of standard class capacity. If a complete XC fleet replacement was happening then something...

The order was placed by FirstGroup, though. The TPE 397 order was only 12 x 5 cars and wouldn't be a completely off-the-shelf product (apart from Hitachi), so I'm doubtful they had much manufacturer interest.

IIRC - yes, they could be fitted, but you'd lose a traction pack and as such lose 110mph. (we're in GWR land so @Clarence Yard may be able to help here...)

A type 1lead is usually a J1772 lead, used for some older cars and in America. Since it’s only single phase it’s fallen out of use in Europe, with the type 2 lead being predominant. A 10A UK plug charger is usually referred to as a granny charger or portable ev charger. Some EVs included them...

Alstom/WSMR were planning to use 221s. Their open-access application has been declined so securing a short lease should be possible.

I think they mean comparing charging off a 10A (13A can't be done continuously) 2.3kW "granny" charger and a 7.4kW proper EVSE. There isn't a definitive number. If you are doing >40 miles per day, then a 2.3kW charger is potentially adequate; however, you'd need to plug in every single day, and...

It’s quite expensive. If you use Octopus Electoverse you get a slight discount, since their payment mechanisms take a much lower cut than credit cards. The on street AC charging pillars are too expensive as well. ConnectedKerb is 43p/kWh (midnight to 7am), Shell Recharge is 47p/kWh (11pm to...

Both would have been eventually available. Greater Anglia planned to release the 360s first, and the fleet size fit EMR well. Class 720 delays caused the 360s to be released later. Greater Anglia's maintenance of outgoing stock wasn't great. So, the units arrived late, full of faults and need...

Shrewsbury has lacked direct London services for a long periods before, and is still in England. The “franchise” (though those don’t really exist now) is known as Wales and Borders. TfW took over the whole franchise, not just the bits in Wales. The Welsh Government are doing a better job (via...

Has EMR been given any cash directly? AFAIK the compensation is to Rock Rail Leasing. EMRs compensation is they aren't paying the 810s lease yet, though the money saved will be spent on the 222s lease.

Neither International nor Coventry has the capacity to turn back new services. If Coventry could take more, they wouldn't be planning a bay platform (if that ever happens...). If you could get through the Cov corridor, you'd probably be able to get a path down to Northampton, which is right...

They're already going via Nuneaton, they could go via the MML from there. I don't really understand why WSMR think they can make it work financially while not stopping at any major stations (apart from MK). Avanti/Virgin only worked on high-priced business travel, and that's just an extension...

They have enough 360s to deliver the Corby service with 12 car trains at 2tph. Doing so would need 18/21 units, the maintenance just hasn’t been great.

I disagree. By that logic, the United Kingdom painted A321neo means no one is too good to catch an easyJet A321neo. The late Queen catching the Great Northern service to Kings Lynn is a better example of royals taking ordinary transport.

MK5s may struggle for political support unless CAF can move production from Spain to Newport. I seem to remember she wasn't impressed with the 387s, particularly their worse first class... They'll still go on trains, though it's unclear how often the King himself will use them. Prince William...

Civil servants move around; I wouldn't be surprised if many from the IEP era are no longer in the DfT. Since TOCs have been under DfT instruction, we've seen the EMR 170 refurbishment, LNER CAF order, and XC 170 & (CGI currently) Voyager refurbishments; all of these have been reasonably good...

Is there any reasoning behind this aside from a personal dislike of open access? I've noticed a seemingly personal dislike of open access from a few posters. The only reasoning I can think of is that privately owned = bad. I don't think open access is perfect, but if it didn't exist, LNER...

The TPE is asking for 29x at least 5-car 200km/h (124mph) trains with an option for another 26. They intend that all services are full-length units, and the units will be multimode to avoid procuring several fleets. [source] The 350/2s don't really fit this criteria.