New Bombardier Regio 2N Double Deck Trains for SNCF and STIF....
The expected fall out following the delayed finish to holiday engineering works...which over ran....
One executive will not get his bonus, and one may, even yet.
And a storm in a teacup involving Eurostar and one other...and a tea bag...
And Michael Williams argues forcefully for the reopening of disused railways, which would go some way to alleviating the sort of problems experienced this last weekend by London Kings Cross rail users....
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Headlines
UK
Network Rail chief calls for engineering work review(FT.com)
Lord Prescott: Keep HS2 in public hands (Express & Star)
Banned for life from Eurostar - after asking for stronger tea.(Mail Online)
Arriva accused of 'massive rail fail' after 150 passengers unable to board packed train(Daily Post)
Holyhead to Brimingham service so packed that six rail users had to sit in the driver's cab
Rail passengers face some delays at King's Cross station.(BBC News)
Network Rail ‘deeply sorry’ for ruined plans.(The Scotsman)
Minister 'chuffed' with success of Britain's railways, despite delays.(The Independent)
Network Rail must sack management over Christmas disruptions – Tory MP.(The Guardian)
Fury at £371,000 bonus for rail chaos chief.(The Telegraph) (see next headline....)
No bonus for outgoing Network Rail boss.(ITV News)
Network Rail boss(Mark Carne) 'may take bonus' after disruption. (BBC News)
Network Rail: Sorry is the easiest word and it doesn’t wash.(The Telegraph)
Shame of the rail chaos fat cat: As thousands of passengers are forced to endure misery on the trains, guess where the £675k-a-year boss is... at his holiday cottage in Cornwall.(Mail Online)
Michael Williams
It's time to resuscitate some of our closed railways, argues Michael Williams in the Daily Mail. A swathe of closures for engineering works over Christmas and the New Year, including the complete closure of King's Cross, led to chaos and inconvenience for tens of thousands of rail travellers around Britain.
We are now reaping the terrible consequences of the Beeching closures of the 1960s, where key diversionary routes were axed, notably the old Great Central route from London's Marylebone to the north – shut in 1966, even though it was the most modern main line in Britain. Another shortsighted act was to shut Britain's newest electrified line through the Woodhead Tunnel in the 1980s. This Christmas, motorists had to be dug from the snow on the road over the Woodhead Pass, while the relatively new rail tunnel beneath is used to house power cables.
Other lines that could easily be revived, he argues, are the line from Uckfield to the Sussex coast, creating a second Brighton main line, the old Southern Railway route to Plymouth around Dartmoor, avoiding the notorious sea wall at Dawlish. There are more than 200 old railways that could be brought back to life around the land – including lines to Wisbech, Skelmersdale and Portishead as well as between Skipton and Colne, Bourne End and High Wycombe and Leicester and Burton on Trent.
Michael Williams's new book 'The Trains Now Departed: Sixteen excursions into the lost delights of Britain's railways' will be published by Preface on May 7 2015
Read my newest books. Available from amazon.co.uk. But, better, your local independent bookshop
The Trains Now Departed: Sixteen excursions into the lost delights of Britain's railways (to be published by Preface, a division of Penguin Random House, on May 7 2015)
Steaming to Victory: How Britain's Railways Won the War WW2 75th anniversary edition (Arrow Books 2014)
The Future of Quality News Journalism, edited with Peter Anderson and George Ogola (Routledge, 2013)
On the Slow Train: Twelve great British train journeys and On the Slow Train Again: Twelve more great British railway journeys (Arrow Books, 2011 and 2012)
Network Rail
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International
France
Bombardier
Press Release
Bombardier to Supply 42 Regio 2N Double-Deck Trains to STIF and SNCF
December 29, 2014 Berlin Transportation, Press Release
The STIF and SNCF selected the long eight-car suburban Regio 2N version from the BOMBARDIER OMNEO platform of extra-wide double-deck electrical multiple units (EMU).
The 110m-trains will have five seats in each row, two seats on one side of the corridor and three seats on the other, in order to offer more seating capacity compared to conventional double-deck trains. The Regio 2N trains are designed to operate with three units coupled together, enabling it to transport a total of 3,120 passengers of which 1,746 passengers can travel seated.
Passengers will appreciate seats with arm rests and electrical sockets, wide windows, indirect lighting, a “tube”-style architecture for more transparency and security. A modern information system with sound and screens will keep passengers well informed and the intelligent air conditioning system will adjust according to the number of passengers on board.
All doors provide level access from 55 centimetre station platforms. Two cars in each train set are equipped for persons with reduced mobility, with an automatically operated ramp and two areas for wheelchairs. The Regio 2N complies one hundred percent with European accessibility standards (TSI PRM).
The eight 1.6 metre access doors and the wide gangways of 2.3 metres will ease the flow of passengers boarding and leaving the train to optimize stopping time in stations. The passenger alarm and the automatic door shutting management system, a tailor-made solution for Ile-de-France operations and successfully proven with the Francilien fleet, will contribute to the punctuality of the service. The Regio 2N innovations also bring benefits in terms of operational costs with energy savings of about 20% per passenger thanks to BOMBARDIER ECO4 technologies such as the BOMBARDIER MITRAC Permanent Magnet Motor, the electrical energy reuse during braking and a light steel structure.
The Regio 2N fleet offers substantial maintenance optimization, resulting from the joint cooperation with SNCF experts. These trains will benefit from economies of scale of a platform widely spread out in ten Regions, including Ile-de-France.
"Bombardier is delighted with this breakthrough order for Ile-de-France and Paris suburban network which is a confirmation of the benefits that the Regio 2N fleet can bring in terms of operating costs, comfort and seating capacity," said Jean-Baptiste Eymeoud, Vice President Projects, Western Europe, Bombardier Transportation.
The Regio 2N train belongs to the new BOMBARDIER OMNEO double-deck train platform. The Bombardier teams in its Crespin site in the North of France have designed it to meet a wide range of needs. The version selected by the STIF for line R will benefit from all the SNCF and Bombardier expertise in Ile-de-France trains. Today, Line H, which is fully operated with a Francilien fleet, is the most punctual line of the SNCF Transilien network in Greater Paris.
As the Regio 2N is modular, it is possible to select from five train lengths from 81m to 135m, speed of 160 km/h or 200 km/h, interior configurations for suburban, regional or intercity services and from over 200 interior design options. The OMNEO premium version has been designed to meet the needs of intercity services for the Trains d’Equilibre du Territoire (Balance of the Territories Trains) government programme.
Regio 2N train - perfectly adapted for commuter transportationBombardier Press Picture
- With a capacity of 1,000 passengers, the suburban version of the Regio 2N train is perfectly adapted for commuter transportation
- An extra-wide articulated suburban train which combines seating capacity, accessibility and comfort
- Performance, energy savings and maintenance benefits for the operator
The STIF and SNCF selected the long eight-car suburban Regio 2N version from the BOMBARDIER OMNEO platform of extra-wide double-deck electrical multiple units (EMU).
The 110m-trains will have five seats in each row, two seats on one side of the corridor and three seats on the other, in order to offer more seating capacity compared to conventional double-deck trains. The Regio 2N trains are designed to operate with three units coupled together, enabling it to transport a total of 3,120 passengers of which 1,746 passengers can travel seated.
Passengers will appreciate seats with arm rests and electrical sockets, wide windows, indirect lighting, a “tube”-style architecture for more transparency and security. A modern information system with sound and screens will keep passengers well informed and the intelligent air conditioning system will adjust according to the number of passengers on board.
All doors provide level access from 55 centimetre station platforms. Two cars in each train set are equipped for persons with reduced mobility, with an automatically operated ramp and two areas for wheelchairs. The Regio 2N complies one hundred percent with European accessibility standards (TSI PRM).
The eight 1.6 metre access doors and the wide gangways of 2.3 metres will ease the flow of passengers boarding and leaving the train to optimize stopping time in stations. The passenger alarm and the automatic door shutting management system, a tailor-made solution for Ile-de-France operations and successfully proven with the Francilien fleet, will contribute to the punctuality of the service. The Regio 2N innovations also bring benefits in terms of operational costs with energy savings of about 20% per passenger thanks to BOMBARDIER ECO4 technologies such as the BOMBARDIER MITRAC Permanent Magnet Motor, the electrical energy reuse during braking and a light steel structure.
The Regio 2N fleet offers substantial maintenance optimization, resulting from the joint cooperation with SNCF experts. These trains will benefit from economies of scale of a platform widely spread out in ten Regions, including Ile-de-France.
"Bombardier is delighted with this breakthrough order for Ile-de-France and Paris suburban network which is a confirmation of the benefits that the Regio 2N fleet can bring in terms of operating costs, comfort and seating capacity," said Jean-Baptiste Eymeoud, Vice President Projects, Western Europe, Bombardier Transportation.
The Regio 2N train belongs to the new BOMBARDIER OMNEO double-deck train platform. The Bombardier teams in its Crespin site in the North of France have designed it to meet a wide range of needs. The version selected by the STIF for line R will benefit from all the SNCF and Bombardier expertise in Ile-de-France trains. Today, Line H, which is fully operated with a Francilien fleet, is the most punctual line of the SNCF Transilien network in Greater Paris.
As the Regio 2N is modular, it is possible to select from five train lengths from 81m to 135m, speed of 160 km/h or 200 km/h, interior configurations for suburban, regional or intercity services and from over 200 interior design options. The OMNEO premium version has been designed to meet the needs of intercity services for the Trains d’Equilibre du Territoire (Balance of the Territories Trains) government programme.
Contract data
Ten French regions have ordered a total of 201 Regio 2N trains under a contract signed in 2010 with SNCF on behalf of the regions for a maximum of 860 trains. Orders per region are as follows: Aquitaine: 24 trains, Centre: 14 trains, Brittany: 17 trains, Nord-Pas de Calais: 18 trains, Provence- Alpes-Côte d' Azur: 16 trains, Rhône -Alpes: 40 trains, Picardie: 7 trains, Pays de la Loire: 13 trains, Midi-Pyrénées: 10 trains, and Ile-de-France : 42 trains.
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