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  • Double Decker in South Africa

    From Ulf Kutzner@21:1/5 to Terry Harper on Thu Apr 15 00:31:54 2021
    Terry Harper schrieb am Donnerstag, 30. Mai 2002 um 19:30:47 UTC+2:
    "William Pearce" <ben_i...@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:3cf5e8bd$0$31828$afc3...@news.optusnet.com.au...
    Fellas,
    Modern Chinese long-distance double deck stock, 26575mm over couplers, 4750mm max. ht. above rail, 3105mm max width, 250mm from lowest point to rail, SRZ 25b class, (soft class sitting car), 2x2 seating, ht. floor to ceiling upper deck 2020mm, lower deck 2050mm, light fittings arranged longitudinally protrude below ceilings. Passenger capacity, 110 persons seated, wt. (not sure whether MT or loaded) 52.6t. Into service, 1986.
    The standard class cars have 3+3 seating, IIRC, with GRP moulded seats and minimal padding. Not a lot of luggage space for the large number of passengers carried. I've ridden them several times on the Shanghai-Nanjing run.

    Do they privide 3+3 on both decks?

    Regards, ULF

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  • From Ulf Kutzner@21:1/5 to Nick Leverton on Tue Jul 27 06:41:48 2021
    Nick Leverton schrieb am Donnerstag, 16. Mai 2002 um 14:59:44 UTC+2:
    The UK's brief experiment with double-decked trains on the Southern
    Railway is often discussed in uk.railway. Similar schemes have recently
    been proposed as part of the South Western franchise renewal process.
    However I've never seen any mention anywhere of the Hulse double decked passenger carriage of 1927 on South African Railways - I hope you might
    find it as interesting as I did

    30 German DD cars, built in 1994, series 751 and 756, will receive aircon before getting shipped to *East* Africa, Tanzania more exactly, for use
    on standard gauge lines. Not sure about top speed being raised from
    140to 160kph.

    Regards, ULF

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