>>1775328Also designed to 70s "We take pride in our work and want you to have a quiet, comfortable ride in a plush seat with side-headrests, accurate window alignment and soft lighting" standards. If a single modern train could manage to avoid giving the impression that you're a unit of account inconveniencing the railway by taking up space that could be occupied by profit, I'd prefer it to the HST. As it is though, I'll accept the slightly-higher risk of dying in a crash the likes of which makes front-page news for a week on account of its rarity.
Plus it's a multiple-unit (which HSTs are not, unless you also want to count the old Gatwick Express 73+mk2+73 rakes as MUs), which are automatically shit. Passenger numbers go up by 150%? Tough shit, your two options are 6 cars and 12, and 12 doesn't justify the cost. Enjoy sitting on luggage racks, if we've bothered to put any in. Need rescuing if you're stranded? Sorry mate, the only compatible diesel units still running are in Scotland. TPE extending the life of their Nova sets beyond the stop-gap they were supposed to be is the first drip of the inevitable torrent that is the triumph of LHCS over units.
