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Originally Posted by lostcarpark
I don't think any of us would.
I expect that the first few passenger runs will be low-demand services so that there won't be too much impact if anything goes wrong. They'll be snuck in with no fanfare whatsoever. For all I know, this may have happened already. I imagine they will gradually be taking over from the Mk3s, so that by the time they are officially launched they will already be in use on most services.
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The trains look nice.
But I have a real worry that the Cork users will end up with a raw deal.
I am of the impression that CAF don't know how to do suspensions right, at least not for Ireland. Everything else on the IE network seems to have relatively simple suspensions that work, whereas, if the 29ks are anything to go by, the CAFs are overly complex and suck.
What I think we need now are clear answers to 2 questions.
1: What is the condition of Dublin-Cork track and earthworks vis-a-vis that of Dublin-Longford/Sligo?
2: Is the suspension on the CAF CDE more stable than those of the CAF 29K?