Barry Salter

Nick Willis wrote:

> As for EMT shutting down the buffet 20 mins from St Pancras that really
> does seem excessive - its not like the train is going anywhere for a
> while once it gets there!

Thanks to EMT only having 4 platforms at St Pancras now (3 when FCC were
in there over the weekend), they do try to get as much of the
"turnround" done between Luton and St Pancras as possible to reduce the
dwell time on arrival.

The Rules of the Plan specify a 30 minute turnround for HSTs (which can
be reduced to 20 providing the next or previous turnround isn't less
than the normal minimum for the location concerned), and 20 minutes for
Meridians; reduced to 10 for both types of train if they've run ECS from
Cricklewood.

Cheers,

Barry