Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway: progress updates

[swt_passenger]

Is the shielding attached the shoegear arm or the bogies - point being if its fixed to bogies shoes are still exposed when there down. Presumable the 710/2's have same arrangement?

They’d be more exposed if the shielding is fixed (I think it is because the shoes are tied to it in transit), but the shoes are still vertically underneath the shield, which must have a slight benefit.

 

[aleggatta]

The reason for the arc shield is, primarily to protect against an arc from shoe to bogie, whether caused by lack of maintenance or external influence. if an arc from shoe to bogie occurs normally it results in the unit being removed from service until bearing change occurs. The arc shields seem larger on new units as most of the arc shield on older units blends into the rest of the outboard frame bogie, but by and large the protected area is the same on old and new

 

[3973EXL]

701005 has worked 5Q30/31 currently on Q32 Reading - Waterloo

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[spark001uk]

I passed 5Q30 at Surbiton on my way to Waterloo just now, it was blocking the up fast for about an hour, then got turned back to Eastleigh - guessing the signalling issue at vaux was the reason. Have to feel sorry for all the photters I saw waiting at stops north of there, if that was what they were waiting for.

 

[Goldfish62]

I passed 5Q30 at Surbiton on my way to Waterloo just now, it was blocking the up fast for about an hour, then got turned back to Eastleigh - guessing the signalling issue at vaux was the reason. Have to feel sorry for all the photters I saw waiting at stops north of there, if that was what they were waiting for.

That's twice now signalling problems have resulted in cancellation of a whole day's testing.

 

[spark001uk]

Today's 5Q30 canned again. Also there was a VSTP run to Staines and back (5Q40/41) for this morn, only for someone's gazebo to do a runner and wedge itself on the track between Addlestone and Chertsey, so that was canned as well.

 

[Goldfish62]

Today's 5Q30 canned again. Also there was a VSTP run to Staines and back (5Q40/41) for this morn, only for someone's gazebo to do a runner and wedge itself on the track between Addlestone and Chertsey, so that was canned as well.

At this rate a normal couple of months testing is going to take a couple of years!

 

[Bessie]

Has a 701 reached Reading?

 

[3973EXL]

Has a 701 reached Reading?

See post #1,862

 

[pompeyfan]

The first visit to Portsmouth today of a 701, running as 5Q30-5Q34, Eastleigh - Portsmouth - Guildford - Portsmouth - Eastleigh.

 

[moley]

The first visit to Portsmouth today of a 701, running as 5Q30-5Q34, Eastleigh - Portsmouth - Guildford - Portsmouth - Eastleigh.

Are they route clearing the entire SWR 3rd rail network for the Class 701 then? I get Eastleigh & Bournemouth. Even Weymouth has always been a proving ground.

Just not often they bring one of their new toys into Pompey.

 

[Murray J]

701005 on test today according to railcam data.

 

[pompeyfan]

Are they route clearing the entire SWR 3rd rail network for the Class 701 then? I get Eastleigh & Bournemouth. Even Weymouth has always been a proving ground.

Just not often they bring one of their new toys into Pompey.

They must be, but 707s also made their way down the PDL on more than one occasion.

 

[moley]

Just curious as 455s aren't cleared south of Haslemere on the PDL.
458s?

Clearly beneficial if both the 450s and 701s can go anywhere.

 

[Flange Squeal]

A staff competition was held to name the fleet. Looks like ‘Arterio’ was the winner.

https://twitter.com/paulcliftonbbc/status/1297838409394933760

 

[py_megapixel]

A staff competition was held to name the fleet. Looks like ‘Arterio’ was the winner.

https://twitter.com/paulcliftonbbc/status/1297838409394933760?s=21

I don't really like it. Sounds bland and corporate. Pretty inkeeping with the rest of the SWR brand really.

 

[nlogax]

A staff competition was held to name the fleet. Looks like ‘Arterio’ was the winner.

https://twitter.com/paulcliftonbbc/status/1297838409394933760

And if their introduction goes a bit wrong, can I be first with the 'arteriosclerosis' jokes?

 

[DenmarkRail]

A staff competition was held to name the fleet. Looks like ‘Arterio’ was the winner.

https://twitter.com/paulcliftonbbc/status/1297838409394933760

I think I’d like this more if they also branded the 450/444 fleets as ‘Desiro’ and then named the other fleets. Create a consistent naming structure rather than just naming the new.

It’s a little like how TPE annoyed me by naming their new trains in the Nova scheme but not the 185s.

 

[Meerkat]

I think I’d like this more if they also branded the 450/444 fleets as ‘Desiro’ and then named the other fleets. Create a consistent naming structure rather than just naming the new.

It’s a little like how TPE annoyed me by naming their new trains in the Nova scheme but not the 185s.

The Nova business is rubbish - how many people know which is which?

 

[444045]

Just curious as 455s aren't cleared south of Haslemere on the PDL.
458s?

Clearly beneficial if both the 450s and 701s can go anywhere.

458s are cleared to Fratton Depot on the Portsmouth Direct as they have been going there for mods recently

455s are cleared to Fratton Depot via Eastleigh

 

[Domh245]

I can understand the appeal of a special name (ie, not just the manufacturer family name) for a fleet where you're trying to sell an 'experience' more than a journey, but for suburban commuter stock‽

 

[WombleGuard]

Breakfast cereal for vampires?

 

[Nammer]

701005 currently in Plat 3 at Portsmouth & Southsea!

 

[K.o.R]

701005 currently in Plat 3 at Portsmouth & Southsea!

The Littlehampton train getting diverted to Platform 1 when they realise someone's parked in their spot!

 

[pompeyfan]

Guards P45s? *runs and hides*

 

[zn1]

If Arterios are the 701s squadron designation then a 5ART sounds a bit like FART...so in my warped mind trains will be formed of a five or ten farts

just my warped mind in overtime...

I just discovered cycling again....this warped mindedness is down to pressure on my pair of VEPS

 

[Ianno87]

If Arterios are the 701s squadron designation then a 5ART sounds a bit like FART...so in my warped mind trains will be formed of a five or ten farts

just my warped mind in overtime...

I just discovered cycling again....this warped mindedness is down to pressure on my pair of VEPS

5ART just needs the 'H' adding..

 

[Pete_uk]

Arterio? Oh my word.

Hope they don't get blocked.

 

[gazr]

Arterio? Oh my word.

Hope they don't get blocked.

Maybe, they'll carry defibrillators?

Edit: One of the 701s is out and about... Passed on the UF through Wimbledon about an hour ago.

 

[TrainTube]

Maybe, they'll carry defibrillators?

Edit: One of the 701s is out and about... Passed on the UF through Wimbledon about an hour ago.

2 are actually. One been doing stuff around Kingston and just passed me at Woking, the other is going Dorking runs.