How much for a pendolino?

[mr_moo]

Hi guys and gals,

Does anyone know how much a pendolino costs?
More specifically, does anyone the cost of pendolino that was written off in the grayrigg crash?

I'm doing a lecture on S&C, and am using the failure of the Grayrigg S&C as an example of what can happen when it goes wrong. I just wondered what the financial cost was.

Thanks!

 

[driver9000]

I stand to be corrected but I heard £1m per vehicle.

 

[poshbakerloo]

I stand to be corrected but I heard £1m per vehicle.

For the whole 9 car unit?

 

[eos]

Try this link for info you want...

http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/class390/

 

[mumrar]

Try this link for info you want...

http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/class390/

Well that says the Pendo order was worth £1.2bn, so that's £22,641,509 per set of 9, or £2,515,723 per vehicle. That may not be exact due to the initial order being delivered as 8 car sets, but it's a ball park figure at least.

 

[MCR247]

For the whole 9 car unit?

Per Vehicle

 

[mr_moo]

Wow! That's a lot of money! I knew it was a lot, but around £2.5m per vehicle? Wow!

Thanks everyone!

 

[royaloak]

Does the £1.2bn include maintenance? that would make it very different indeed.

 

[Geezertronic]

I tried searching to see if there was any info relating to the Pendolino lengthening project (which includes 4 new sets) but there does not appear to be any costs listed anywhere

 

[eos]

From http://www.lococarriage.org.uk/virgin_trains.htm
and written by Dennis Lovett - Acting Director of Corporate Affairs, Virgin Trains ( at that time)

with an option to order an extra 44 standard class vehicles for £44 million to make all Pendolincs nine-cars long.

 

[Drsatan]

From http://www.lococarriage.org.uk/virgin_trains.htm
and written by Dennis Lovett - Acting Director of Corporate Affairs, Virgin Trains ( at that time)

Presumably these new centre cars will be powered. The unusually low price of £1 million per coach (given their advanced construction method) suggests that they may be unpowered. If that's the case then journey times will suffer.

 

[MCR247]

Presumably these new centre cars will be powered. The unusually low price of £1 million per coach (given their advanced construction method) suggests that they may be unpowered. If that's the case then journey times will suffer.

This is old, when the pendolinos were 8 car and they have since been lengthened to 9car which is what that report is talking about

 

[Pumbaa]

Presumably these new centre cars will be powered. The unusually low price of £1 million per coach (given their advanced construction method) suggests that they may be unpowered. If that's the case then journey times will suffer.

And yes, as MCR247 later says, these extra cars were all unpowered (coach E) in Pendo sets.

 

[Fincra5]

Well it wouldnt suprise me at the cost. I think 1 377 car is £1m