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Technicalities aside, given the Thameslink fleet is identical would it not be beneficial to have the whole platform the height of the 'Level Access Providing Utility'?

Having visited new Thameslink Programme stations, notably London Bridge and Blackfriars, I noticed that they both feature Harrington Humps in the middle. This is obviously a good way of raising platform heights at a low cost but given that they are new stations, could the platforms not have been...

Yes I'm not a 100% expert but I have reasonable knowledge with the two.

Yes that is how I experienced it for myself, but I had to do some detective work to find out that it was, it is not advertised anywhere (don't get me wrong it should not be advertised anywhere ;)) but most people will not go in the rear section, and still only one or two legitimate first class...

Well compared with standard on these trains, first class is a lot better, even after a relatively short journey (40 mins) on one it already started to hurt, while having done the same journey into London in First I was fine. The real problem is that there should not be First class at all...

Two Ideas: The first would be three routes, with a hub at Stevenage: London Kings Cross to Norwich via Cambridge, using single or double sets of three car Class 170s from Greater Anglia or Scotrail calling at Stevenage, Letchworth, Royston, Cambridge, Ely, Thetford, Norwich. This would be...

If only BREL could build them for us... Chose Alstom as they haven't really had any major products for Britain recently, also they have significant experience with the TGV for instance.