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| £3·3bn premium wins E Coast franchise for Stagecoach & Virgin 28/11/2014 at 09:07 #65844 | |
BarryM
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Article courtesy of Railway Gazette.Here are the facts. Barry Barry, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Log in to reply |
| £3·3bn premium wins E Coast franchise for Stagecoach & Virgin 28/11/2014 at 10:15 #65849 | |
Peter Bennet
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"Additional paths may be released through the installation of ETCS on the southern part of the ECML, which is due to be completed by 2020." Well according to NR in response to a [pseudo] FOI request the capacity of the Welwyn Viaduct is currently 18 trains an hour and they do not envisage that changing with the introduction of the Class 800 in 2020 (or the earlier Class 700 tube-trains). On-peak all the paths (relevant flow) are used (which is why the introduction of the Class 700 tube-trains will see a net fall of around 2000 seats in the morning peak but that's a different row) but there will be free paths during the day for the proposed additional services and I guess when GC is wiped out their paths will be freed up. Peter I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs! Log in to reply |