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Title: Air conditioning on trains - apparently excessive sometimes - if working at all? Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 14, 2026, 19:45:39 I am posting here on behalf of SWMBO, who travelled by train from Exeter back to home in Nailsea this afternoon, on something like the second hottest day of the year yet recorded.
Apparently, the train's air conditioning was working - so much so that several other passengers complained to the train manager that it was 'too cold'. He ruefully explained to them that he couldn't moderate it: the air conditioning was either 'on' or 'off'. I have no way of verifying the veracity of this anecdotal experience, but it did amuze me. CfN. ;) Title: Re: Air conditioning on trains - apparently excessive sometimes - if working at all? Post by: Trowres on August 14, 2026, 20:59:30 Bearing in mind that people (well, most) dress for the weather, it would make sense for the interior temperature of the train to partially track the outside temperature - so that it's (say) 21C much of the year, but 25C when outside is 30C.
Apart from being more comfortable, it would also reduce energy consumption and wear on the A/C system. A related issue is the diffusion (or not) of the cooled air supplied to the passenger saloon. I've had to move seats on a double-deck train in the Netherlands due to the frigid wind concentrated on my original location. Title: Re: Air conditioning on trains - apparently excessive sometimes - if working at all? Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 14, 2026, 21:32:51 ... due to the frigid wind concentrated on my original location. Your GP may be able to prescribe something to help with that, Trowres. ;) :D ;D Title: Re: Air conditioning on trains - apparently excessive sometimes - if working at all? Post by: eightonedee on August 14, 2026, 22:07:09 Quote I've had to move seats on a double-deck train in the Netherlands due to the frigid wind concentrated on my original location. If it's one of the type with a rounded roof, so that those on the upper deck sit (effectively) under a glass dome. I have roasted there on a sunny but cold day in February when there was still some snow on the ground outside. They must be a nightmare to cool effectively inside in the kind of weather we are currently experiencing. Title: Re: Air conditioning on trains - apparently excessive sometimes - if working at all? Post by: GBM on August 15, 2026, 11:36:02 Bearing in mind that people (well, most) dress for the weather, it would make sense for the interior temperature of the train to partially track the outside temperature - so that it's (say) 21C much of the year, but 25C when outside is 30C. Ouch, sounds painful!.. ;D ;DApart from being more comfortable, it would also reduce energy consumption and wear on the A/C system. A related issue is the diffusion (or not) of the cooled air supplied to the passenger saloon. I've had to move seats on a double-deck train in the Netherlands due to the frigid wind concentrated on my original location. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |