RECENT SPEEDS OF 230 KM/H IN WESTERN EUROPE

The two train sets designed for 200 km/h peak-speed services made 'mince meat' of this maximum, by running at about 230 km/h in the early summer. The trains in question were the BR HST diesel train and the RTG.O1, a specially-geared but otherwise as standard turbotrain set.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Broadfields (Technical Publishers) Limited

  Little Leighs
  Chelmsford, Essex CMB 1PM,   England 
• Publication Date: 1973-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 285-286
• Serial:
  • Rail Engineering International
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: De Rooi Publications
  • ISSN: 0141-4615

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: High speed rail; Passenger service; Technology; Turbotrains
• Geographic Terms: France; United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00048027
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 4 1974 12:00AM