Last I heard, these trains are intended for the Piccadilly, Bakerloo, Central and W&C. They are only going to the Piccadilly first because of its status as an Airport Link.
Bit of an unfair test. That track is just one long loop, no super curvy bits in succession, and it's squeaky clean and perfectly level. Will be a whole different ball game when it's on the actual Piccadilly line tracks!
It's a track which features two kinds of third rail, top contact which the train is using, and bottom contact, which is less commonly used, but looks like the kind of third rail used by the Berlin S-Bahn, likely for the testing of the Class 483 which was jointly built by Siemens and Stadler (Stadler has a factory in Berlin). Fourth Rail is likely too unusual to add to the test track for, especially if the trains can easily be adjusted to work between Fourth Rail and also 750V top contact third rail, which is common at least in parts of London.
Lucky Piccadilly Line getting new tube trains. Hopefully Bakerloo Line will also be getting new tube trains. Looks really nice.
Last I heard, these trains are intended for the Piccadilly, Bakerloo, Central and W&C. They are only going to the Piccadilly first because of its status as an Airport Link.
Can’t wait to see them in service
So nice to finally see the actual thing!
Bit of an unfair test.
That track is just one long loop, no super curvy bits in succession, and it's squeaky clean and perfectly level.
Will be a whole different ball game when it's on the actual Piccadilly line tracks!
That's why they're going to be tested on the actual LU in the future
Wish there was sound 😢
There just that quiet...😂
@@ScottPC 🤣
the motor will sound like german trains
Choo choo
Very quite trains
Shame miss the 1973 stock when those hard to bare trains arrive, those hard seats again with seat deviders and door buzzers.
I think everyone will miss the old trains like me I have good memories of travelling on them.
More like shame to miss the 1972 stock
Awesome! Great video!
Nice 🔥 but no sound
Awesome new units!
Wow
Hey you know, the chance of geoff marshal being on that tube train IS likey
Do they get driven through the Chanel tunnel from Germany to then go to the Piccadilly line depots
I think they will be ferried to London via a ship
Would need to be shipped as they aren't designed for the high speeds needed to use the Channel Tunnel
@@mrender666 They woudl be delivered through channel tunnel as an "freight" train
Wow. There are short cars and they have no wheels!!
Seen it before canceled in 2017
Is that a fourth rail track?
It's a track which features two kinds of third rail, top contact which the train is using, and bottom contact, which is less commonly used, but looks like the kind of third rail used by the Berlin S-Bahn, likely for the testing of the Class 483 which was jointly built by Siemens and Stadler (Stadler has a factory in Berlin).
Fourth Rail is likely too unusual to add to the test track for, especially if the trains can easily be adjusted to work between Fourth Rail and also 750V top contact third rail, which is common at least in parts of London.
Yes. The centre 4th rail is clearly visible in aerial shots on Geoff Marshall's vlog on these new trains.
@@vaska00762 What looks like a fourth rail can be seen from 0:34 in this video
I was wondering the same. Surely, they must have installed a fourth rail for these tests.
they look so horrible! look at the windows!