English Trains Struggle To Carry Three Tsheb kauj vab—Lub Scottish Ib Tug Muaj Nees nkaum

Folding tsheb kauj vab haum rau txhua lub tsheb ciav hlau, thiab ob lossis kab tias peb txoj kev tsheb kauj vab sib sib zog tuaj yeem raug thawb mus rau hauv lub tsheb kauj vab nruj-dawb qhov chaw ntawm cov tsheb ciav hlau tshiab tshaj plaws uas ua rau qee qhov kev tsheb ciav hlau loj hauv tebchaws Askiv tab sis tig mus nrog tandem lossis lub tsheb kauj vab ncig xyuas nrog panniers lossis lub tsheb kauj vab hluav taws xob, thiab koj tuaj yeem xiab. Cov tuam txhab tsheb ciav hlau, zoo li, tsis xav tau koj cov nyiaj yog tias koj pedal lwm yam tshaj li lub tshuab nrawm nrawm.

Tab sis rau cov uas mus thiab los ntawm Scotland lub gloriously gorgeous sab hnub poob ntug dej hiav txwv, muaj Highland Explorer, lub tsheb ciav hlau yog li kev caij tsheb kauj vab-tus phooj ywg nws tuaj yeem ua tau raws li qhov loj lossis cov duab lossis qhov hnyav ntawm lub voj voog - tsuas yog ntev npaum li koj tuaj yeem nqa nws ntawm koj tus kheej (cov neeg ua haujlwm tsis raug tso cai).

Lub tsheb tau hloov kho kom nqa nees nkaum lub voj voog.

Thiab, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog, nws tseem muaj lub qhov hluav taws xob los them koj lub tsheb kauj vab hluav taws xob thaum koj gawp tawm ntawm lub qhov rais ntawm qhov chaw dov ib sab ntawm Loch Long thiab Loch Lomond.

Lub tsheb kauj vab yog qhov thib peb ntawm kev pabcuam peb lub tsheb. Cov Highland Explorer nres ntawm chaw nres tsheb raws West Highland kab ntawm Glasgow thiab lub nroog chaw nres nkoj ntawm Oban. Nws tsis yog lub tsheb ciav hlau ceev - txoj kev 97-mais taug kev yuav siv sij hawm tsawg tshaj li peb teev - tab sis vim qhov no yog ib qho ntawm lub ntiaj teb txoj kev tsheb ciav hlau zoo nkauj tshaj plaws, uas tsis yog teeb meem, rau cov neeg ncig tebchaws tsawg kawg.

Cov kev pabcuam tau pib ua haujlwm thaum Lub Xya Hli 2021 (nws tau npaj ua ntej muaj kev sib kis) thiab tau ua tiav me ntsis, nrog 2,000 kev caij tsheb kauj vab thiab taug kev ntxiv hauv thawj xyoo ntawm kev ua haujlwm tau tshaj tawm Scotrail tus thawj coj ncig tebchaws Alasdair Smart.

ScotRail tau yog ScotRail-tsoomfwv-tswj lub koom haum txij li lub Peb Hlis, txawm hais tias Highland Explorer makeover tau commissioned thaum txoj kev tsheb ciav hlau tau ua haujlwm los ntawm Abellio, kev lag luam txawv teb chaws ntawm lub tuam txhab kev tsheb ciav hlau hauv tebchaws Dutch, Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

Thaum nws tso tawm, ScotRail tau hais tias Highland Explorer "txhawb nqa tsoomfwv Scottish kev cog lus rau kev txhim kho kev lag luam los ntawm kev ncig ua si thiab txhim kho kev thauj mus los, tau txais ntau tus neeg los txiav txim siab mus ncig ua si thiab muab sijhawm los ua."

Thawj xyoo ntawm kev ua haujlwm yog "kev nyuaj," pom zoo Smart, hais txog lub sijhawm xwm txheej ceev thiab kev mus ncig tsis meej vim yog COVID txwv uas cuam tshuam rau txhua tus.

"Peb cia siab tias lub caij ntuj sov no yuav muab ib qho piv txwv ntau dua ntawm lub peev xwm ntawm lub tsheb," nws hais.

Cyclist chav kawm

Lub Highland Explorer yog ib qho kev pabcuam muaj npe thiab raug nqi ntau dua li ib qho ntawm cov kev pabcuam tsis muaj npe, tib-kab kev pabcuam uas khiav ntawm Glasgow thiab Oban tab sis tsis muaj chaw rau 20 lub voj voog. Lub tsheb thauj mus los-peb tau hloov kho-muaj chaw rau 24 tus neeg caij tsheb uas tuaj yeem soj ntsuam lub tsheb kauj vab txhua lub sijhawm. Cov neeg caij tsheb kauj vab nrog caij tsheb kauj vab tau txais thawj zaug ntawm cov rooj zaum no, uas, nyob ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm muaj, tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm kev pub dawb ntawm lub rooj zaum.

Qhov tseeb, qhov no yog kev pabcuam thawj zaug. Cov neeg caij tsheb uas tsis muaj tsheb kauj vab yuav tsum tau them $ 15 ntxiv los zaum hauv cov rooj zaum tsis zoo, uas tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev yws yws vim tias lub tsheb thauj khoom tsis tau suav tias yog thawj chav kawm.

Hloov los ntawm a British Rail Class 153 Super Sprinter diesel tsheb ciav hlau ua nyob rau hauv thaum ntxov 1990s, lub Highland Explorer lub refresh muaj ib tug yeeb yuj sab nrauv tsim los ntawm Scottish artist Peter McDermott. Cov ntaub qhwv ntaub qhwv no muaj cov neeg caij tsheb kauj vab, cov nyuj Highland, thiab thaj chaw xws li Glenfinnan viaduct thiab lub roob Skye Cuillin.

Lub Highland Explorer tseem ua si dawb wifi, lub hwj chim ntawm lub rooj zaum, thiab USB sockets.

Puas muaj ntau qhov chaw ntawm ScotRail network tau txais Highland-Explorer-style refits?

"Peb tab tom saib seb peb puas tuaj yeem muab chav kawm 153s ntawm kev pabcuam ntxiv," hais tias Smart, ntxiv tias Highland Explorer tau npaj los ua tus tsav los ntsuas kev txais tos.

"Cov kev kawm tau kawm los ntawm chav kawm 153 yuav tsum tau muab tso rau hauv cov khoom lag luam yav tom ntej uas ua haujlwm ntawm West Highlands thiab lwm cov kab nyob deb nroog hauv Scotland," Smart hais.

Txawm li cas los xij, yuav tsis muaj kev hloov pauv ntxiv ntawm hnub tim, lub zog siv hluav taws xob siv hluav taws xob dov. Hloov chaw, cov qauv kev caij tsheb kauj vab-phooj ywg yuav raug muab tso rau hauv qhov tshiab, ntau dua eco-friendly tsheb ciav hlau specifications tam sim no tau tsim rau ScotRail.

Nyuam qhuav pib lub xyoo no, lub koom haum ncig tebchaws VisitScotland thiab lub koom haum mus ncig ua si Sustrans Scotland koom tes nrog ScotRail ntawm $ 65,000 kev tshaj tawm kev tshaj tawm txhawb nqa Highland Explorer. Qhov kev tshaj tawm xov xwm digital thiab luam tawm no tau nthuav tawm, ntawm lwm tus, cov neeg ncig tebchaws blogger Kathi Kamleitner ntawm lub tsheb kauj vab hluav taws xob thiab kev caij tsheb kauj vab thoob ntiaj teb Jenny Graham ntawm lub tsheb kauj vab gravel.

Lub Highland Explorer khiav ob zaug ib hnub mus rau thiab los ntawm dab tsi yog ua lag luam li "Scotland's Adventure Coast."