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« on: March 01, 2008, 12:31:48 »
HSBC Rail Awards on Feb 2

http://www.therailwaycentre.com/News%20February%202008/290208_FGW.html
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« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2008, 13:21:00 »
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a step change in the levels of comfort

Hmm. So have Mr Boot-Handford or the awards judges ever travelled London to Plymouth or Penzance in one of these super-trains with inner-suburban seating arrangements?
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« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2008, 13:29:20 »
To be fair, it doesn't state whether it's a step upwards or a step downwards...
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« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2008, 14:37:26 »
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...All the re-engineering work was completed on time...

Was it?

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The entire fleet was to be withdrawn by the end of 2007, due to their poor reliability, this has now been put back until the HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) Refresh programme has finished.

It implies that the refresh overran. Indeed, timetables for December 07 did not include the Adelante symbol.
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« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2008, 14:51:23 »
Quote from: Btline on March 01, 2008, 14:37:26
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...All the re-engineering work was completed on time...

Was it?

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The entire fleet was to be withdrawn by the end of 2007, due to their poor reliability, this has now been put back until the HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) Refresh programme has finished.

It implies that the refresh overran. Indeed, timetables for December 07 did not include the Adelante symbol.
I wrote that on Wikipedia.
Yes it did overrun, it was meant to be finished by December, all carriages, including Buffets. It wasn't finished to early February.
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