Choice of CTRL-DS trains

Hi,

Why did the government choose the Hitachi trains for the CTRL domestic
services?

Wouldn't it have been better to get some more TGVs with support for the
third-rail? After all, they've already been designed, it'd just be a
matter of making them.

I assume that Hitachi will have to do a reasonable amount of R&D around
the third-rail compatibility, and that might account for some of the
delay in rolling out the CTRL-DS services?

(apologies if this is a naive question - I don't know much about
trains! :) )

Richard

Roger H. Bennett <roger.bennett85@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> I could be wrong, but I think Hitachi have already done some test running on
> UK third rail.
>

The V-Train - yes, it's done both AC overhead and third-rail testing.

pete
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