I caught some brief footage on the 7 news of it doing night tests.
I have read a few different things on various forums about where the A sets will end up.
It seems that most suggest there will be none running on Sector 1. However some say they will mostly go to Sector 2 with a few for Sector 3 and others say most will end up on Sector 3 including Waratahs for all ECRL services and then just a couple on Sector 2.
EDIT: lol, JINX!
I've already heard of issues with the chinese welding plus another issue with the cabs.
I always have to wonder why RC go to an almost clean sheet design for each new train.
A lot of the criticism is anti-china bulldust which should be directed to the bin where it belongs. The Chinese have, and are building, the world's fastest trains - they're taking designs from Europe and Japan and ramping up the speeds up to 40%. They have no more problems than we do when we build ours.
Supposedly the first couple of sets have "ugly looking" but still perfectly functional welds. They welders have since improved and the welds on the other 70 sets should look fine.
A lot of the criticism is anti-china bulldust which should be directed to the bin where it belongs. The Chinese have, and are building, the world's fastest trains - they're taking designs from Europe and Japan and ramping up the speeds up to 40%. They have no more problems than we do when we build ours.
I've heard nothing but praise for the train from the test drivers I've spoken to. The cab layout apparently is very good, the "jerky" acceleration and braking (particularly when transitioning from stationary to moving and vice versa) from the M set has been eliminated, the computer systems are good.
I did read somewhere at work, where the sets will be allocated, but my memory is fuzzy. It's said there'll be 3 stages, and IIRC, Sector 2 will get the first sets, then Sector 3 "north" (ECRL/Main North) will get them, then sector 3 "west" (Richmond, Penrith, North Shore).
The PPTV test set was testing out on the East Hills line last night, saw it last night loco hauled passed Wolli Creek at about midnight or so.
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