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I saw a Class 700 working on the Fen Line (at King's Lynn) yesterday evening. Does anybody know why they are working on this line for some diagrams and when they started?

Is that confirmed now?

What about a franchising system by 'area' of the UK? So one operator who operates all services to/from stations in a certain area (e.g. the East, the West etc.) and have one franchise for routes that link these areas up? (a bit like CrossCountry) This obviously would need tweaking to ensure...

I don't think I've seen this type of thread anywhere but if there is, let me know. I thought that this would be quite an exciting thread to talk about how the railways could be adapted to be better suited for the future. This thread would be for what ideas you think could work in order to do this.

Credit to @JedKendray on Twitter Seems like this one doesn't have AZUMA plastered everywhere? 800107

I see. Thanks for the info. Another possible use for the 365s could be getting 8 car trains into operation ASAP?

What trains will be used for the peak Liverpool Street to King's Lynn services?

Could the 365s be retained on Great Northern King's Lynn to King's Cross route to supplement the half-hourly service in the future?

https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/25-june-1-july-2018/virgin-trains-east-coast-rebrands-as-london-and-north-eastern-railway/ This talks through the design work that had happened for LNER to be branded in such a short amount of time