The Anonymous Widower

Vivarail D-Trains Are Being Sent To Coventry

In A Video About The Vivarail D-Train, I said this.

I am sceptical about the Vivarail D-Train, but I do admire companies and organisations that think out of the box.

So after this report on Global Rail News, which is entitled Recycled Tube trains to re-enter passenger service this year, I am beginning to think that the Vivarail D-Train or the Class 230 train, might prove that engineering is the science of the possible. This is said.

Vivarail’s D-Train has its first customer and will enter passenger service between Coventry and Nuneaton later this year.

A Class 230 prototype, which started life as a London Underground D-Stock unit, is to be leased by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) for London Midland for an initial 12-month period.

The three-car train will act as a demonstrator, gathering feedback from passengers to inform the production of future trains.

I suppose there’s no better way to shut up the critics of a vehicle or transport system, than allow them to ride in it!

I don’t believe that the straight-talking inhabitants of the West Midlands will hold their tongue, if the train has shortcomings.

July 23, 2016 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Coventry, D-Train, Design, Vivarail