High speed testing

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As with other heritage railways, the SVRSevern Valley Railway operates normal services at a maximum speed of 25 mph under its Light Railway Order and Safety case. The SVRSevern Valley Railway and Great Central Railway have permission to operate non-passenger carrying trains at higher speeds under certain controlled conditions.

Class 175 'Coradia 1000' diesel multiple units 1999-2000

From 1 August 1999 the speed limit was increased to 50 mph to allow commissioning of Alstom's new Birmingham-built units, owned by Angel Trains and destined for First North Western. A special temporary shed with a pit road was built for the purpose outside the Carriage Repair Works at Kidderminster.[1] Prominent notices were in place on rights of way by the previous April to warn the public of the increased speeds, and testing took place at night while no other trains were in service. Three-car unit 175 101 arrived in August 1999, fitted with test instrumentation, and clocked up a few thousand miles of test running. Two-car 175 001 was fully fitted-out. It moved from the SVRSevern Valley Railway to Chester depot behind 47 775 on 10 January 2000.[2]

High speed testing between Bewdley and Kidderminster

In more recent years testing is restricted to the section between Bewdley and Kidderminster. The railway's policy during high speed testing periods mandates there is no lineside access and restrictions are published in the Traffic Notices, on SVRLive and the SVROnline intranet.

Class 73 testing July 2016

In 2016 recently converted locomotives 73951 and 73952 ran test trains between 1900-2300, after the end of daily services.[3]

See also

Main Page

References

  1. Train testing.com (Retrieved 20 April 2018)
  2. Class 175 Chronicles (Retrieved 20 April 2018)
  3. SVR Forum

Links

Train testing.com
Class 175 on Wikipedia