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    What current train services would look different if certain railways hadn’t been closed?

    Are you sure it wasn't the fact that the former Merioneth constituency was marginal, and Labour held it? On the flip side, Minehead, part of the Taunton constituency, was safe Tory?
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    Varamis Rail Class 321s & 325s”

    ROG contact reports the condition of the units isn't known enough to be able to get Network Rail to sign off on the clearance. So someone has to go and get them properly looked at, check the state of doors, windows, and everything else to be able to then get them moved.
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    What current train services would look different if certain railways hadn’t been closed?

    Oh absolutely, or putting it back in from Hampton. Both would be excellent.
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    Ashchurch (for Tewkesbury) Station Needs More Services.

    In a previous thread, I said they should tinker with XC. - Plymouth to Edinburgh, hourly, 8 car. - Cardiff to York via Doncaster, hourly, 4/5 car. - Then have the 'slower' service the Bristol to Nottingham, as an XC Intercity route with a 22x. If you assume that would slot in behind the Cardiff...
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    What current train services would look different if certain railways hadn’t been closed?

    To be able to go south out of Northampton, round, and then face north at Wellingborough would be excellent for domestic freight. At the moment, stuff from Daventry has to go round Birmingham to get to Toton. To go to Northampton and straight up must surely be a massive potential time saving...
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    Varamis Rail Class 321s & 325s”

    Freightliner Heavy Haul are the operator for that obscure parcel network aren't they?
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    GWR, SWR and Chiltern possible combined fleet order - Philip Haigh

    So they aren't tested, and nobody wants to invest on an untested technology. But the speculation is they will be the future and totally without flaw? Seems odd.
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    Why I believe battery powered trains aren’t the answer

    So they aren't tested, and nobody wants to invest on an untested technology. But the speculation is they will be the future and totally without flaw? Seems odd.
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    GWR, SWR and Chiltern possible combined fleet order - Philip Haigh

    Seems almost remarkable with all those absolutely obvious benefits that they aren't operating already. I wonder why?
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    Why I believe battery powered trains aren’t the answer

    Seems almost remarkable with all those absolutely obvious benefits that they aren't operating already. I wonder why?
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    GWR, SWR and Chiltern possible combined fleet order - Philip Haigh

    Then let us all prepare for the glorious arrival of batteries, cease our overhead electrification, and instead timetable trains to sit at key places for 5-10 minutes throughout their journey to recharge. Afterall, no customer will complain at the extensions to journey times whilst they "fast...
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    Why I believe battery powered trains aren’t the answer

    Then let us all prepare for the glorious arrival of batteries, cease our overhead electrification, and instead timetable trains to sit at key places for 5-10 minutes throughout their journey to recharge. Afterall, no customer will complain at the extensions to journey times whilst they "fast...
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    Varamis Rail Class 321s & 325s”

    It's hard to say. But, if you're a small operator, and then do something quite silly, it becomes more difficult for you to come back as you then need to spend quite a lot of money to get yourself compliant again. Then you're under constant scrutiny, and if you're running the operation in this...
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    GWR, SWR and Chiltern possible combined fleet order - Philip Haigh

    You were previously asked for clear evidence of Merseyrail, and 777s, working these services. You have pivoted to general chuntering. Where is your clear evidence? 1752772885 Known, cheaper technology. Obvious, ongoing power source. That easy.
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    Why I believe battery powered trains aren’t the answer

    You were previously asked for clear evidence of Merseyrail, and 777s, working these services. You have pivoted to general chuntering. Where is your clear evidence? 1752772885 Known, cheaper technology. Obvious, ongoing power source. That easy.
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    Varamis Rail Class 321s & 325s”

    They got a prohibition notice served on them, for not having a Control function, and the driver who had a SPAD was the person who should have been on a 'Control Desk'. When this was found out, the ORR rightly hit the roof. The operation has had a few questions, but the general jist of it seems...
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    Why I believe battery powered trains aren’t the answer

    In the TfW documentation, all they manage to come up with is a desire for cooperation with Liverpool City Region. There is no very specific wording or aspiration as to what that would imply. It could just be a service to Birkenhead North, ergo improving the total number of connections. It could...
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    GWR, SWR and Chiltern possible combined fleet order - Philip Haigh

    In the TfW documentation, all they manage to come up with is a desire for cooperation with Liverpool City Region. There is no very specific wording or aspiration as to what that would imply. It could just be a service to Birkenhead North, ergo improving the total number of connections. It could...
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    GWR, SWR and Chiltern possible combined fleet order - Philip Haigh

    So despite the fact that the Bidston work is being funded by the Welsh Government under their equivalent of the Barnett Formula money, you then immediately assume that "4 trains per hour will run direct between Wrexham and Liverpool by 2035" implies immediately that Merseyrail, who are neither...
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    Why I believe battery powered trains aren’t the answer

    So despite the fact that the Bidston work is being funded by the Welsh Government under their equivalent of the Barnett Formula money, you then immediately assume that "4 trains per hour will run direct between Wrexham and Liverpool by 2035" implies immediately that Merseyrail, who are neither...

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