Stephen Lee
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I wondered what will the new DB connection be, is it the Stuttgart-Singen-Zurich service?
Whatever it is it'll be avoided!!!I wondered what will the new DB connection be, is it the Stuttgart-Singen-Zurich service?
It is.I wondered what will the new DB connection be, is it the Stuttgart-Singen-Zurich service?
Yes, it's not hauled, but personally I find the regional KISS units pleasant to travel on, with much lower vibration and noise levels on the upper deck than you would get on a single deck low floor EMU.Whatever it is it'll be avoided!!!
what about Dresden - Rostock services ? what they are using to cascade the KISS? ICE-4?It is.
It seems that WESTBahn had a fleet of 4-Car KISS units which are already in use on the Dresden - Rostock services. DB will now take over the 6-Car KISS fleet too, which represents entire current WESTBahn fleet. In order that they can still operate a train service, they will buy... more new KISS units from Stadler. Presumably this game of musical chairs makes sense to someone somewhere.
Yes, it's not hauled, but personally I find the regional KISS units pleasant to travel on, with much lower vibration and noise levels on the upper deck than you would get on a single deck low floor EMU.
I've used both the ODEG and the DB Regio KISS trains in the Berlin area and I agree that they are quite pleasant to use, mind you I always prefer to travel on the upper deck so no idea what the lower deck is like.It is.
It seems that WESTBahn had a fleet of 4-Car KISS units which are already in use on the Dresden - Rostock services. DB will now take over the 6-Car KISS fleet too, which represents entire current WESTBahn fleet. In order that they can still operate a train service, they will buy... more new KISS units from Stadler. Presumably this game of musical chairs makes sense to someone somewhere.
Yes, it's not hauled, but personally I find the regional KISS units pleasant to travel on, with much lower vibration and noise levels on the upper deck than you would get on a single deck low floor EMU.
Upgraded, as in, they're actually going to refurbish them?There is no cascade. The article headline and photo is a bit misleading, but then it is just a headline.
The KISS running the Dresden - Rostock services are 4-car units. These extra ones are a completely seperate fleet of 6-car units which just happen to have come from the same source - they are being purchased and upgraded.
It is.
It seems that WESTBahn had a fleet of 4-Car KISS units which are already in use on the Dresden - Rostock services. DB will now take over the 6-Car KISS fleet too, which represents entire current WESTBahn fleet. In order that they can still operate a train service, they will buy... more new KISS units from Stadler. Presumably this game of musical chairs makes sense to someone somewhere.
...AIUI at considerably more favourable rates than a few years ago too.WESTbahn ...their new trains will be leased.
...AIUI at considerably more favourable rates than a few years ago too.
...AIUI at considerably more favourable rates than a few years ago too.
or maybe IC2 BBD?what about Dresden - Rostock services ? what they are using to cascade the KISS? ICE-4?
or maybe IC2 BBD?
So actually using the IC2s for their purpose of giving non IC stations an IC service, good stuff! Or in this case, returning to the originalMdr reports that there are plans to run some Rostock - Dresden trains through to Chemnitz. Good idea, the last IC trains called there in 2006
So actually using the IC2s for their purpose of giving non IC stations an IC service, good stuff! Or in this case, returning to the original
Just to clarify, the proposal is for trains "early morning and evening" - in other words the classic marginal-time working; as 3 sets stable in Dresden overnight, they might even run to two each way (0615/0815 ish from Chemnitz, back there at 1945/2145).Mdr reports that there are plans to run some Rostock - Dresden trains through to Chemnitz. Good idea, the last IC trains called there in 2006