Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Trainspotter's View of the New Thameslink Trains
Govia Thameslink Trains has concluded a financing deal which will allow it to replace the current 1976-vintage trains that run on services from Moorgate, to Harringay and Hornsey The 25 new trains, built by Siemens, will enter service in late 2019.
According to a press release issued today, the new trains will feature:
- Fixed length with full width inter-vehicle gangways, creating more space for passengers on board (there are no intermediate cabs)
- Intelligent climate-controlled air-conditioning
- The latest in passenger information systems with real-time information
- Fully accessible and compliant with disability legislation
- Power points throughout
- Full Passenger WiFi functionality built in.
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Permalink Reply by kotkas on
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This is most welcome. The existing 313 series is an embarrassment of a carriage. I do wonder when we’ll actially start seeing them phase in. Haven’t boarded one yet, despite the planned ‘late 2018’ launch...
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Permalink Reply by Arkady on
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There's already a few running Moorgate-Gordon Hill (albeit not stopping at Essex Road or Old Street) off-peak - technically test trains but they're carrying passengers. All the stock has arrived - a lot of them are sat in the Ferme Park siding at the moment. Supposedly they'll be deployed in earnest starting in the next few weeks. The main delay as been because of driver training - they've been focused on getting drivers trained up on the new Class 717's to tackle the new-timetable nightmare that happened last year.
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Permalink Reply by Joe Bailey on
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What they fail to mention is a fairly significant reduction in the number of seats :(
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But that decrease in seats is in conjunction with a vast increase in the amount of standing room, which if you're travelling from Harringay in the morning peak is a huge boon. Getting a seat is irrelevant - getting on at all is a challenge, so anything that increases space is a good thing. A bay of 6 seats can hold 6. The equivalent space can hold 15-20 people standing.
Incidentally these will be one of the first multiple units without the yellow ends which are no longer mandatory; combined with the fact they're built by Siemens means they look distinctly "Un-British" to me.
Still, vast improvement on the 313s - but I'll miss them quite a bit. They're quirky, and still get away like muck off a shovel with the right driver in the hot seat!
As the bloke says in the video, this is the first time in 40 years they've stuck anything else down the Northern City - any service train down there has to have cab-end egress, hence why the 313s look like they have gangways in the cabs - they're emergency exits. It looks like these new models follow a similar principle as the Overground/Underground trains with a stowed set of steps that extend down.
Looking forward to it!
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