And let's not forget that you could easily log in to the train Wi-Fi and do a few hours work on your laptop which you can't on a train. Less chance of a diversion due to fog and no security checks to contend with.
We still have growth this year so I am not too concerned. And history tells us that so many strong rumours never happen and quite often it is a total surprise announcement that no-one has even mentioned that comes out of the blue. Let's just have another successful year
We might get some cascaded 170's from Cross Country with a bit of luck. They are picking up the ex Avanti West Coast 221's which I believe means that some 4 car 220's will replace the 170's on the Nottingham to Birmingham and Cardiff corridor. Also the electrification of the Glasgow Central to...
Ideally the long block sections need removing and fully automatic 4 aspect signalling replacing it. One issue not mentioned is that 195's will absolutely piss it up the hills compared to 150's. 195's also give you the option of operating longer sets with SDO being used for shorter platforms
So that's Blue Air not happening, Eastern gone banky and now it looks like Blue Islands are sunk too. All very depressing. I guess that's why they call it the blues
A nice little 2s up to Cross Country trains who prefer to operate South Coast to Manchester rather than Leeds. Plus it will be ideal when LUFC are playing Southampton in the Championship again next season :LOL:(only joking...I meant Premier League).
Pretty intense reading. So are we hinting that even if they didn't consolidate over the hill, they are not in a great state and we could end up losing them anyway?
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