 Grand Union Bradford - Euston proposal
<trackmiles@> wrote in message
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> Finally (in this highlights package) - and in a way the best bit - DfT
> says it has spent billions making the WCML suitable for longer trains
> - 11-car Pendolinos and 12-car London Midland sets as this is the only
> way to increase capacity on an overcrowded railway - and is not
> impressed that GC wants paths for 5-car trains. (at effectively peak
> times - when cherry picking is best).
> Actually this is the best point DfT makes.
> Maybe it should have come back and said "come back with proposals for
> 12-coach trains and we'll withdraw the objections" ?
Best not mention the 5-car Voyagers that Virgin use out of Euston then? |