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    UKDPT: Coaching Stock: NMT

    Coach

    New Measurement Train Carriages

    The New Measurement Train (NMT), also known as the Flying Banana, is a specialised train which operates in the United Kingdom to assess the condition of track so that engineers can determine where to work. It is a specially converted High Speed Train, consisting of two Class 43 power cars and five or six Mark 3 carriages.

    It can check the condition of most main lines and some secondary routes operating on a 4 weekly cycle. This cycle replaced its original 13-week cycle after the introduction of the Plain Line Pattern Recognition (PLPR) Design Patrolling Program. The train is permitted to travel across any part of the network where HSTs are permitted, as well as High Speed 1.

    Length 23m
    Introduced 2003

    Photo: Dan Cardwell

    Number Altnumber Status Note Livery Depot Pool Owner
    975814 11000   High Speed Track Recording Train coach. Formerly Test Car 10 NRL ZA QHST NRL
    975984 40000   High Speed Track Recording Train coach. Formerly Laboratory 15 Argus and later Test Car 4. NRL ZA QHST NRL
    977984 40501   High Speed Track Recording Train coach. NRL ZA QPLV PTR
    977993 44053   High Speed Track Recording Train coach. NRL ZA QPLV PTR
    977994 44087   High Speed Track Recording Train coach. NRL ZA QPLV PTR
    977995 40319   40719   40619   High Speed Track Recording Train coach. NRL ZA QPLV PTR