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Title: You can't always take the press reports at face value ... Post by: grahame on June 02, 2014, 03:53:17 Quote Currently the line from Uckfield to Brighton is not electrified meaning only diesel stock can run on it, but as diesel trains are being phased out, restoration of the line would require it to be electrified. ... and it would also require the little matter of relaying some 10 miles of track ... Quote A spokesman for Network Rail said: "We have asked for the trackbed of the route to be protected as we agree the route will be needed in future ... which Network Rail appear to have promised as a certainty - just not yet! http://www.courier.co.uk/Commuters-rail-upgrade-pleas-falling-deaf-ears/story-21165454-detail/story.html What's your best example off way-off railway reporting? This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |