northernbelle
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No doubt I’ll be told off for this as well by the everything’s fine brigade, but I have a new complaint with these units. I’m currently travelling on one of the 800/3s, along a route I have travelled on near daily for many years, at linespeed. Yet nothing I’ve travelled on has oscillated this badly before. There’s a lot of side to side motion and subsequent rattling / creaking.
Unfortunately for this forum I’ve filmed it as a video but can’t upload it.
A new complaint? Never.
I believe reports of rough riding are currently being investigated by the engineering teams. I do remember the yaw dampers having to be adjusted on the 395s when they were new for similar reasons.
Well the 222s do have a buffet counter, and more luggage space than the 802s.
But the only way they'd match the capacity of the HSTs would be to run as 2 x 5 car sets.
The 222s do not have more luggage space than the 802s by a country mile. They'd have been a disaster on the busier trains to the west.