HS2 High Speed Train – MSOL

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Author: GWVillager

Last revision: 13 Nov, 2021 at 21:36 UTC

File size: 2.52 MB

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Description:

This is the third coach, Standard Class seating with a toilet and bike space. About as generic as they get.

A proper high speed train! This is my interpretation on what I would like the new trains for the HS2 High Speed Railway between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds in the UK to be like. Heavy inspiration was taken from Hitachi and Bombardier’s joint operation, but as very little is currently known about these designs, large amounts were borrowed from either existing High Speed Trains in the UK (Eurostar etc.), but also the Japanese Shinkansen.

Speaking of the Shinkansen, this train bears a lot of features that seem distinctly Japanese. Why? Well, there isn’t really a British equivalent to compare it with. Besides, I like the standardisation the Japanese Stormworks community have set about, so have followed these norms with the likes of connectors and so on. I’d like to see this spread to other regions, so I’ve put this on myself without being remotely Japanese.

HS2, Britains’ second High Speed railway, will initially open between London Euston and Birmingham Curzon Street in 2026, and will be extended North to Manchester and Leeds in the 2030s, providing much needed relief for the overcrowded, Victorian West Coast Main Line that currently serves the cities. As a result of the new design of these lines, the trains that run on them no longer need to conform to the many restrictions that apply elsewhere in the country, most notably the loading gauge. This means that HS2 trains can be substantially larger than other UK rolling stock, which came as a great benefit when designing this.

FEATURES:
Max Speed- 130mph (210 km/h) (Irl this will be 225mph, or 362 km/h, but Stormworks is broken)
Length- 24m
Width- 3.25m
Passenger capacity- ~180 passengers per 5 coach set
-Master/Slave system
-Working PIS

CREDITS:
-not_mop_man for the First Class Seats
-Crazy Fluffy Pony for the Passenger Information Screens
-Jay Jay 2496 for the door Microcontrollers
-The Angry Driver for the Master/slave microcontrollers