Cost, Siemens offered them a better deal.Why did Eurostar order Velaro's from Siemens instead of the AGV from Alstom?
Hi,What is the height of the catenary wire above the tracks?
Train companies pay a toll fee for each train running on tracks. It will cost less to transport the same number of passengers with less train services. That's also why Eurostar trainsets are 18 cars long (16 for e320), not the usual 8-10 figure.This all being said, I don't really understand where you are going with this line of thought with the double-deckers. High Speed 1 (the British line) isn't near capacity, they can still fit more trains on the tracks. So inventing new double-decker high speed trains to run on HS1 isn't really viable in any sense of the imagination.
That's good to know. If that is the case, then why aren't Duplex train-sets taller than the current 14'2''?Hi,What is the height of the catenary wire above the tracks?
Exactly 5,08 m on all high speed lines, that's 16'4".
Actually, 5.08m is the lowest. According the Network Rail Registry of Infrastructure for HS1, the Catenary height can range from 5.08m to 5.1m (16' 8"-9") and has a 200-400mm (7.8" to 15.7") allowable uplift.Hi,What is the height of the catenary wire above the tracks?
Exactly 5,08 m on all high speed lines, that's 16'4".
I don't have numbers to back this up but...I am trying to find information, but I have not been able to locate it:
Does anyone know how many trains per hour the busy LGV Nord section sees, and why the Eurostar shares these tracks, rather than have it's own alignment that runs parallel to the LGV Nord in France?
That's an ambiguous question. Is what worth paying for business class?Just to depart from the technical, we (my husband and I) hope to travel on Eurostar from London to Avignon, then return from Paris to London several weeks later. This would probably be in May. Is it worth paying for business class?
Yes, there has.So it sounds like the Channel Tunnel is a bit constrained by its mixing of traffic on only two tracks. Has there ever been talk of either two more bores (four tracks total) or an additional two-track tunnel? Glancing at Wiki, I don't see anything myself.
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