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Written by Colin on 2025-01-22 at 07:44

Many commuter train designs consider suspension an essential feature. And then there’s the X’Trapolis.

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Written by A Silly IEC 61850 :honk: on 2025-01-22 at 08:02

@abstractcode fun fact: when Connex was negotiating with Alstom on the original X'Trap design, they specifically asked Alstom to downgrade the suspension to coil springs in order to make it cheaper - the "basic" platform that Alstom offered actually had airbag suspension.

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Written by Colin on 2025-01-22 at 08:07

@ThermiteBeGiants Isn't privatisation wonderful.

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