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As with many (most?) high speed lines, it's done through maintenance overnight: the Shinkansen doesn't run from midnight till 6am, plus dealing with the potenti
by gsnedders 4y ago
As with many (most?) high speed lines, it's done through maintenance overnight: the Shinkansen doesn't run from midnight till 6am, plus dealing with the potential expansion through additional work on the track during those overnight periods (largely by re-stressing the steel).
This is all about overnight access and about the cost of the work involved.
- mFixman 4y agoIs there a British train that runs overnight other than the Caledonian Sleeper? I don't think I ever saw a departure between 0:30h and 6:00h.
- growse 4y agoFreight.
- gsnedders 4y agoSee, e.g., https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:SVG/2022-07-25/0030-0600?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:SVG/2... for services booked to run through Stevenage during that time period next Monday. Some extreme passenger services: 0132 London Kings Cross to Peterborough (0315), plus what is likely the return working 0324 Peterborough to London Kings Cross (0451). But also as already mentioned, there's plenty of non-passenger services too.