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    TRIVIA: Anywhere a Sprinter Family Train Hasn't Been?

    Into Heathrow?
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    Keolis Amey Wales - Future Rolling Stock

    Making a few of them bi - modes could work for routes from Manchester / Liverpool / Birmingham .
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    1980s/90s Computer based Arrival/Departure boards, pictures?

    Were there examples of these at Birmingham New street around 2007 ?
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    HS2: the rolling stock bids

    But they won't be on ancient Victorian rails at least not all the time like a pacer is so that might help a bit.
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    HS2: the rolling stock bids

    Would any of them be produced in their Newport factory in the event of a successful win ?.
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    HS2 and the next Prime Minister

    Rather inconvenient for travel towards the South East of England and London though But perhaps this debate belongs in another thread i apologise for going off topic.
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    HS2 and the next Prime Minister

    Must've been half asleep writing that sorry.
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    HS2 and the next Prime Minister

    From a personal standpoint id like the tunnel to go from holyhead to Belfast with electrification of my local line to get to Manchester and Crewe or preferably a new high speed rail route following the A55 in places. But that is a matter for another thread. sorry for going off topic. to be...
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    Ideas to simplify the Northern rail network and improve reliability and financial viability

    Would a partial solution to this issue be the construction of the western access link allowing trains to continue to knutsford , Crewe , chester or North Wales.
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    HS2 and the next Prime Minister

    Perhaps but how would the DUP vote on the matter ? They don't benefit from HS2 in any major way.
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    Alternative route for HS2 phase 2 proposed with Manchester as through station

    I suppose I was being rather over the top. It doesn't sound so bad on reflection.
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    Alternative route for HS2 phase 2 proposed with Manchester as through station

    It would take forever to get to newcastle or Leeds if the train went through Manchester first but it's already going through Birmingham and old oak common anyway. At least NPR would be built.
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    East Midlands franchise won by Abellio

    That's because it wasn't their choice what livery they used it was the local authority's.
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    New Chester to Leeds service

    In northern livery of course
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    New Chester to Leeds service

    Saw a pair of 158s on platform 5 at Chester this mourning I'm guessing their on driver training for this route.
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    Pacers elsewhere?

    I'm sure I've seen pictures of a preserved 141 on a heritage line and last I heard they count as pacers .
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    New trains for East Midlands Franchise

    Or hydrogen powered knowing this goverment.
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    East Midlands franchise won by Abellio

    They tried that before and barely anyone used it as far as I know.
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    East Midlands franchise won by Abellio

    It would be nice to see the 175s find a new home , would they work well in pairs on the skegness route in the summer ?
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    Potential future uses for stored HSTs?

    Being replaced by 170s last time I checked.

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