First Thameslink train tested at 160km/h at Widenrath [IRJ]





Date: 24/06/2014

THE first of the fleet of 115 class 700 EMUs being supplied by Siemens for the upgraded cross-London Thameslink network has been tested successfully at its maximum operating speed of 160km/h at the Wildenrath test centre in Germany. [From Richard Buckby]


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