The Anonymous Widower

Is This Another Line For A Great Western Railway IPEMU?

Nothing much has happened since I wrote Rumours Of Battery Powered Trains, which said that a report had appeared in Modern Railways saying that Great Western Railway was looking at Class 387 IPEMUs.

But I did find this article on the Get Reading web site entitled Green Park Station may open without any trains stopping there.

Apparently, the problem is that diesel multiple units can’t accelerate fast enough to keep to the schedule with the stop at Reading Green Park station, but electric ones can.

As it appears the wires won’t go up in time for the station’s opening of 2018, then the trains won’t be electric.

Unless of course an IPEMU could stick to the schedule. It would certainly have a lot of power in the battery, as Reading to Basingstoke must be less than twenty miles and it’s electrified at both ends.

The line is a classic for use of IPEMU technology.

November 8, 2015 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Class 387 Train, IPEMU, Reading