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Liverpool City Region model train carriage to help teach rail engineers of the future
A life size mock-up carriage of one of the new trains for the Liverpool City Region has taken on a new role this week at a college teaching rail engineers of the future.
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has now transferred the mock-up carriage to the National College for Advanced Transport & Infrastructure (NCATI) in Doncaster, Yorkshire where it will be displayed used as a learning aid and design tool by students.
The carriage will be used by the students for many tasks which will include rolling stock specification writing, design and driver’s cab ergonomics.
The detailed model is fully interactive, with working doors as well as an automatic sliding step – the revolutionary technology which will allow level boarding for all passengers across the Merseyrail network.
A group of local rail users, who directly influenced the design features of the new trains through a passenger research exercise, made excellent use of the mock-up carriage while more than 10,000 people also came to see it when it went on public display in summer 2018.
Cllr Liam Robinson, transport portfolio holder for the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority said:
Andy Gregory, Senior Curriculum Lead, Rolling Stock at National College for Advanced Transport & Infrastructure said:
David Frost, foundation degree student in High Speed Rail and Infrastructure said:
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