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InTheEastMids's latest activity
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IInTheEastMids replied to the thread Class 810 for East Midlands Railway Construction/Introduction Updates.Not the biggest fan of Neil O'Brien MP but he's really got the bit between his teeth on this at the moment. He wrote to DfT recently...
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IInTheEastMids replied to the thread Definitely Not MML Electrification progress updates: A6006 bridge reconstruction.Many other bridges in this area were done 10 years ago. I haven't seen anything to suggest there is an ongoing pipeline of structures...
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IInTheEastMids replied to the thread EMR to introduce reduced Inter City service from Monday 20th July.Interesting detail on this latest BBC piece is that high profile stakeholders like the Mayor of South Yorkshire were given virtually no...
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IInTheEastMids replied to the thread Leicester Station Gateway Project.The bare minimum to get the thread heading in the general direction of topic would be to at bring in Kasabian or Englebert Humperdinck...
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IInTheEastMids replied to the thread Class 810 for East Midlands Railway Construction/Introduction Updates.Hitachi would not have needed to read Wikipedia too know all this. That they failed to supervise their designers, factories &/or supply...
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IInTheEastMids replied to the thread EMR Class 222’s - declining reliability.At least Kettering customers have the option of the Connect 2tph service. To be fair to EMR that's what they are trying to do - improve...
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IInTheEastMids replied to the thread Class 810 for East Midlands Railway Construction/Introduction Updates.Over on Twitter, rail journo Roger Ford said this: https://x.com/i/status/2078148571967152152
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IInTheEastMids replied to the thread EMR reduced intercity timetable from the 20/7.There's a morning train from these places that joins to a Nottingham IC at Kettering around 0915. The 1835 from London splits at...
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IInTheEastMids replied to the thread EMR Class 222’s - declining reliability.The basic issue is a lack of capacity at Etches Park coupled to a maintenance/repair backlog that Hitachi allowed to develop. I am not...
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IInTheEastMids replied to the thread EMR Class 222’s - declining reliability.And this points to a pointed question that out esteemed railway press might ask. Start by asking Hitachi whether they investigated...
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IInTheEastMids replied to the thread EMR Class 222’s - declining reliability.Looking at EMR media releases, it's quite a change in tone and in my experience it's unusual for the blame to be so clearly laid at the...
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IInTheEastMids replied to the thread £33.4 million for next batch of ticket gates.It will obviously need to retain access both from the station building and car park. On the car park side, there is no suitable under...
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IInTheEastMids replied to the thread Battery Conversion of Existing Stock.Agree. Existing EMU will only work when 1. There is not enough pure EMU work 2. The platform and train is new and suitable enough for an...
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IInTheEastMids replied to the thread Class 810 - The Right Fit For EMR?.If I was "World King", I'd be asking EMR if they've got the capacity/cheap fare balance right on Saturday mornings, or if there's enough...
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IInTheEastMids replied to the thread Class 810 - The Right Fit For EMR?.Reengineering them as single ended 5-cars (semi) permanently coupled back to back. might get you 32-40 seats compared to existing 2x5...