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Is a rolling stock programme possible?. Roger Ford Industry & Technology Editor: Modern Railways. Feast and famine. 1064. 999. A bit of history. 1986: Network SouthEast planned to replace Mk1 stock with Networkers at 400 vehicles a year 1990: Recession curbs investment
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Is a rolling stock programme possible? Roger Ford Industry & Technology Editor: Modern Railways
Feast and famine 1064 999
A bit of history • 1986: Network SouthEast planned to replace Mk1 stock with Networkers at 400 vehicles a year • 1990: Recession curbs investment • 1992: Privatisation halts train orders • 1995: OPRAF decides Mk 1 adequate for first 7 year franchises • HMRI does not raise objection
Then what happened? • 1997: HMRI realises that Hidden recommendations will not be met • 1997: HMRI sponsors development of cup & cone anti-overide modification • 1998: First live test of cup & cone • 1998: HMRI publishes draft regulations • 1999: The Railway Safety Regulations (1999) introduced
Drop dead date • Unmodified Mk 1 Stock banned after 31 December 2002 • Mk 1 stock modified to prevent or reduce over-riding could remain in service but illegal after 31 December 2004 • Slam doors without central locking also banned from 31 December 2004
Prospects 2014-2019 • DMUs – life extension for PRM-TSI post 2020 and cascade • EMUs – existing fleet re-engineering and life extension for PRM-TSI post 2020. • EMUs – New build perhaps 1,000 vehicles on top of mega-contracts