Thread: why are the new Victoria and trains so slow?
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Old August 8th 11, 09:53 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default why are the new Victoria and trains so slow?
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On Sun, 7 Aug 2011 14:19:01 +0100
"Mizter T" wrote:
The performance of both sets of new stock is (UIVMM) superior to the old
stock it has replaced / is replacing - it's just all about the new
signalling systems being in place to support that superior performance.

Just out of interest, does anyone know if these new stocks get superior
performance from the same amount of electricity or are they just sucking
up more of the stuff?

It rather depends how you count the introduction of regenerative braking,
surely?

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