New Victoria Line Trains

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BR7MT
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Re: New Victoria Line Trains

Post by BR7MT »

That is not true actually.

Faster and more frequent trains will mean an increase in the heat in the tunnels. Regenerative braking will only work when there is a train nearby to receive the generated electricity, otherwise it will be dissipated as heat through rheostatic braking.

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Re: New Victoria Line Trains

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So apart from the heat issue, in terms of progression i've seen new power tracks down, on the third and fourth rail. A notice in service is that there's always a train that fails, more so than when i was growing up using the tube, which wasn't too long ago ;)

It looks like it will be soon, maybe end of the year
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