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  1. LM93

    Lostock- Wigan electrification

    15 Bridges between Lostock & Wigan, including Rumworth Road at Lostock.
  2. LM93

    Middlesbrough railway station masterplan

    The very same EU that no longer classes anywhere in the UK as disadvantaged anymore, not even Cornwall, and it changed before the referendum.
  3. LM93

    Leasing Companies contributing to cost of electrification

    Well that's up to them isn't it, whether they can see themselves getting a profit from it, if they can't, they won't go for it. I was only thinking of missing gaps where you're electrified to a point off the top of my head, I guess commuter lines would be better suited then, due to the higher...
  4. LM93

    Leasing Companies contributing to cost of electrification

    Well for a start they could charge for the usage of the OLE? Everything would have to be agreed up front, charges per train or a lease, then making a return on its investment. The same principal as building an office and renting it out or NR charging the TOC access charges.
  5. LM93

    Leasing Companies contributing to cost of electrification

    Read what I said at the bottom
  6. LM93

    Leasing Companies contributing to cost of electrification

    True, but the 769s will only have so much life Also, bi-modes can be seen as a stop gap to the full electrification of a route, rather than deciding to electrify a line and requiring a load of new EMUs to be operational when its finished, or waiting around for it to be finished/converted to...
  7. LM93

    Leasing Companies contributing to cost of electrification

    The OLE and maintenance of it. It’d have to be something small first though, as to reduce the risk, but if it pays for itself in the long run, plus with added benefits of releasing idle stock, it could be a win win for the ROSCO.
  8. LM93

    Leasing Companies contributing to cost of electrification

    Or the ROSCO could lease the electrification equipment to NR once it's completed?

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