No — Old trains: schedule based on experiences from having ran them for at least a year (i.e. all seasons)
New trains' buffers are larger because you don't know e.g. how shit the brakes are when you have tons of leaves on your rails. (Yes this is an actual thing¹.)
No — Old trains: schedule based on experiences from having ran them for at least a year (i.e. all seasons)
New trains' buffers are larger because you don't know e.g. how shit the brakes are when you have tons of leaves on your rails. (Yes this is an actual thing¹.)
[¹ Ed.: in case anyone is incredulous at the leaves thing: https://www.groupe-sncf.com/en/group/behind-the-scenes/traff... ]