Re: New CityRail rolling stock

["Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>]

Stuff the tilt trains, just demolish some useless stations and then you can
get the V sets running a few minutes faster.



trendy rechauffé <trendy_rechauffe@start.com.au> wrote in message
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> Garry Hoddinett <hoddos@netspace.net.au> wrote in message
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> > David Bromage <dbromage@omni.com.au> wrote
> > > The problem is the limited capacity of tilt trains compared with V
sets.
> > Nobody has developed a double deck tilt train..... yet! Watch this
space.
> >
> > Why would we have to have a double deck tilt train?  A genuine intercity
> > service with set down say at Morriset , Broadmeadow and Newcastle
running
> at
> > an hourly frequency would not need anywhere near the capacity of 6 or 8
DD
> > V-set.  I would have thought a tilt train with 300 passenger capacity
> would
> > be sufficient.
> >
> >
> Wouldn't the fares have to go up a lot to cover the extra cost of extra
tilt
> trains only carrying 300 passengers on this line?
>
> bye tr
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