New train orders/Tories destined to repeat mistakes of the past?

woody

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New train orders/Tories destined to repeat mistakes of the past?

« on: November 08, 2011, 19:21:15 »

Railway eye -the railway blog says that on the 28th December it will be a 1,000 days since the placing of the last new train order.http://railwayeye.blogspot.com/2011/11/tories-destined-to-repeat-mistakes-of.html
Interestly it says "the IEP^▸ is reported to be neck and neck with Thameslink. Make of that what you will, but East Coast and Great Western are already devoting time and effort to looking at 'credible' alternatives."hmmmm


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Re: New train orders/Tories destined to repeat mistakes of the past?

« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2011, 20:15:04 »

enviro 200's on rails............


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paul7575

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Re: New train orders/Tories destined to repeat mistakes of the past?

« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2011, 20:52:41 »

Odd that they seem a bit worried about Siemens being responsible for Thameslink train service provision, but I don't think the basic set up of the deal, ie Siemens building dedicated depots and doing all the major maintenance, is any different to the contracts they already have with SWT^▸ , LM^▸ and TPE^▸ ?

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