Re: [VIC] New DMU possibilities!!

[james_ccj@my-deja.com]

In article <xvwD4.46$Xt3.292828@news0.optus.net.au>,
dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage) wrote:
> james_ccj@my-deja.com won a Nobel Prize for literature by writing:
> > It would be good if we going to have something like Turbostar, turbo
> > star looks very cool! Modular shape front with stylish design.
>
> The class 170 Turbostars are reasonably popular in the Midlands and
> Scotland, or at least more popular than the class 15x Sprinter
variants.
> Don't know how they are for Anglia.
>
> Scotrail has 3-car Turbostars running every 15 minutes between Goasgow
> (Queen St?) and Edinburgh. Reports are that patronage is rising.
Midland
> Main Line has 2-car Turbostars running St. Pancras - Nottingham/Derby.
>
> The 2-car units have a capacity of 29 first class and 97 standard
class.
>
> Cheers
> David
>
My only concern is according to "Today's railway", some users complaint
the seating arragnment is somewhat compact, not enough leg room
provided. But from the photos it seems to me they offer more leg room
then XPT sitters.


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Cheers
James


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