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17th July 2008, 05:25 AM

On Jul 16, 9:25 pm, "Peter Masson" <peter.mass...@> wrote:
>
> How many HSTs have NXEC got now? It should be enough to use HSTs form the
> Sunday KGX- LDS trains, diverted via Cambridge, plus a KGX - PBO shuttle,
> with passengers for York and beyond changing at PBO to a PBO - EDB 225.
> Better, if passengers have to change, that it's from train to train rather
> than train to bus to train.

They claim not to have enough, but I haven't tried calculating
possible north of PBO diagrams to validate this for myself.

> There might even be enough HSTs to run the KGX - ABD and INV trains through,
> but if not, it would not be the end of the world if passengers had to change
> again at EDB.

Agreed. People can live with train to train interchange - it could
even be done same platform (different ends) at EDB.

17th July 2008, 05:25 AM	#11 (permalink)
EE507 Guest Posts: n/a Classified Rating: % ()	Too many passengers for Grand Central - (Sunday) On Jul 16, 9:25 pm, "Peter Masson" <peter.mass...@> wrote: > > How many HSTs have NXEC got now? It should be enough to use HSTs form the > Sunday KGX- LDS trains, diverted via Cambridge, plus a KGX - PBO shuttle, > with passengers for York and beyond changing at PBO to a PBO - EDB 225. > Better, if passengers have to change, that it's from train to train rather > than train to bus to train. They claim not to have enough, but I haven't tried calculating possible north of PBO diagrams to validate this for myself. > There might even be enough HSTs to run the KGX - ABD and INV trains through, > but if not, it would not be the end of the world if passengers had to change > again at EDB. Agreed. People can live with train to train interchange - it could even be done same platform (different ends) at EDB.