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Is the Heathrow Express a viable, worthwhile service?
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We have discussed this many times before. The value of this service to Heathrow Airport Limited is not just as a passenger service - it...
13 Apr 2024
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East Coast Timetable Dec 24
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It wasn’t four tracking all the way but re-instating on the up allows for more overtaking moves, which unlocks presentation times at...
13 Apr 2024
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XC strike Sat 13th April OFF
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Exactly this. LSL presumably had a contingent right under STP to operate in those paths. As soon as Avanti could operate the paths under...
13 Apr 2024
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East Coast Timetable Dec 24
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Actually, I do. One of the key constraints on the ECML is the ability to present at various junctions at the right time. So you need...
12 Apr 2024
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East Coast Timetable Dec 24
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The postponement shouldn’t be announced by the DfT during an election period but there is no reason for NR not to announce it because...
12 Apr 2024
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Could LSL be launching a competitor service to the Jacobite?
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Empty trains don’t retain the paths if they run as a class 5 and without an exemption, he shouldn’t be running as a class 1 or 2. He...
8 Apr 2024
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Lincolnshire OAO?
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By the time the work has been done, the DfT had blocked off the paths from Peterborough with the TL timetable and the Lincoln via Newark...
8 Apr 2024
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Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway
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Yes. And this level of control is not confined to SWR.
7 Apr 2024
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SWR, C2C, LNER Prior Information Notices for direct award
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The NAO don’t usually get involved in a DA - it’s the Treasury that gives it the nod. The NAO only usually gets involved in post event...
7 Apr 2024
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SWR, C2C, LNER Prior Information Notices for direct award
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That’s not how it will work. There is a well worn legal process for nationalisation and the state has to pay compensation if a contract...
5 Apr 2024
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SWR, C2C, LNER Prior Information Notices for direct award
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There are no penalties in an NRC - it’s a “one way” fees contract. And, in response to another poster, LNER is not open for bids. It...
5 Apr 2024
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SWR, C2C, LNER Prior Information Notices for direct award
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They would if they had the chance because it’s fees only now, no real risk. You get millions each year for just “minding the store”...
4 Apr 2024
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SWR, C2C, LNER Prior Information Notices for direct award
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Yes, it isn’t a competitive tender. The PIN is to show that they are going through due process, not to open it up for others to get...
3 Apr 2024
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Avanti West Coast Cancellations
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I think it really depended on the “minding” regime from the DfT at that TOC, together with the attitude from the reps/local officials to...
1 Apr 2024
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Avanti West Coast Cancellations
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No, it had more to do with how many trained drivers you had to run your trains when COVID struck. It really was the luck of the draw...
1 Apr 2024
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