What’s a Gadgetbahn? (2017)

Re:What’s a Gadgetbahn? (2017) by C1sc0cat on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @05:08AM (#19142325)

From a UK perspective (commuting to London 60+ miles each way) speed and comfort are an issue.

See the "new" trains by Siemens on the Bedford - Brighton line which have worse comfort and reliability that the older electro stars.

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Re:What’s a Gadgetbahn? (2017) by lmm on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @05:38AM (#19142457)

Do the trains actually have comfort or reliability problems, or do people just assume they must? The seats look incredibly thin, but are actually much more comfortable than the ones they replaced IME. Early days saw a lot of train cancellations but that was due to not having enough trained drivers rather than any technical issues.

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Re:What’s a Gadgetbahn? (2017) by C1sc0cat on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @10:39AM (#19144341)

Not from my experience the elctrostars where much more comfortable for longer > 20 min commutes and there are no power points and no tables at all in standard.

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