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Finnish pendolinos have been running with the tilting mechanism permanently off for felt 10 years.
by usr1106 6y ago
Finnish pendolinos have been running with the tilting mechanism permanently off for felt 10 years.
- Gravityloss 6y agoWell, the info says digital tilting hydraulics was tested 2013-2015 without faults and VR decided to install it on all trains. Couldn't find newer info.
- usr1106 6y agoI might have been wrong that the tilting mechanism has been completely disabled. A web search turned out only that it has been limited: https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-7047961 https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-7047961 And a press release by the railway company from 2011 says that the higher speed enabled by the tilting is no longer reflected in the timetables https://www.vrgroup.fi/fi/vrgroup/uutishuone/uutiset-ja-tiedotteet/kaukojunien-aikataulut-muuttuvat-31-lokakuuta-121020110130/ https://www.vrgroup.fi/fi/vrgroup/uutishuone/uutiset-ja-tied... I would say that has not changed afterwards. Either way, travelling slower through the curves has stopped the wobbly feeling for the passengers. So in practice the tilting has been a dead end in real life for the Finnish railways. Even if I did not really follow the argumentation in the article why tilting is a dead end.