(12 Sep 2020, 5:37 pm)Andreos1 wrote It will be interesting to see how the shortfall in top speed makes up for quicker acceleration and more power on the hills. Especially as the frequency has dropped.
This could have been a chance to improve the X1 beyond a new livery and on-board spec.
Faster journeys would have been a good start.
A new livery and on board spec is only part of making things 'better than ever', but pretty pointless if it is taking people longer to get to/from work.
Correct me if I'm wrong as I'm not too familiar with the route, but doesn't the X1 spend about 4 miles on Washington Highway?
So if we do some back-of-the-envelope maths...
Assuming a straight 4 miles with no difference in acceleration/deceleration the StreetDecks will be able to do the stretch in 4 minutes 48 seconds, whilst the B9s will be able to it in 4 minutes 13 seconds. That's only a 35 second difference. I'd expect they spent more time than that sitting at traffic lights, and certainly not enough to make a difference to the timetable.
I don't know what the difference in acceleration speeds are as I can't find any figures online, but it'd only make the difference in time shorter, as would the difference on hills