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    Is electrification needed to avoid a DMU order by 2020?

    GOBLIN isn't in 3rd rail territory; it's north of the Thames and has some sections with OHLE electrification already. The Ashford-Ore section of the Marshlink line is not electrified Hurdt Green-Uckfield is not electrified Doing both of those would release all of the Class 171 trains (6x...
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    DfT Feb 25th (2014) meeting on Hull-Selby electrification

    If Leeds to York & Selby is due by December 2018 I suppose that it isn't that big a wait if Hull is done for the May 2020 timetable change.
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    Suggestions for Dawlish avoiding route(s)

    I hate to rain on everyone's parade again but let's be honest here: the simultaneous reopening of Bere Alston to Okehampton and upgrading the entire Exeter to Plymouth via Okehampton route to a mainline diversionary standard is absolutely not going to happen. It's a colossal waste of money when...
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    How would you interpret this franchise requirement?

    So, the reason that we stick doggedly to TOC franchising is because private operators are innovative and quickly adapt to the market requirements, but they'd need explicit permission from the secretary of state for transport to make a change to the seating configuration of one of their trains or...
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    Class 387

    An uninformed guess: maybe this is 110mph on the slow lines, or maybe EMUs are limited to 110mph because that's all the OHLE is rated for?
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    Is electrification needed to avoid a DMU order by 2020?

    I'd have thought that FGW's pacers were more likely to be replaced by the 165/166 units displaced by GWML & Thames Valley electrification than they are by sprinters. Are there enough 165/166s that some 15x units would be freed up from FGW to go to Northern? Manchester (Victoria & Guide Bridge)...
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    MML Electrification: progress updates

    More likely St Pancras - Ebbsfleet shuttles, and even then I think it'd need for TfL/SE to offer a plus HS1 option on z1-3 (or more) travelcards to see a big shift in usage.
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    Speculation: BR Class 442 - Northern Franchise

    Maybe they'll be hauling some surplus 319s around non-electrified routes? ;)
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    Lea Bridge Station

    If plans come to fruition there may be upwards of 12tph each way (4 Stansted Express, 4 Chingford, 4 Cheshunt/Broxbourne). I don't think that 4-tracking Stratford to Coppermill Junction would be worthwhile myself, and by the looks of it NR don't either.
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    Lea Bridge Station

    Although Lea Bridge station isn't explicitly mentioned there's a lot of interesting possibilities for WAML/GEML local services discussed in the Network Rail Improving Connectivity document. The proposals explicitly include the grade separation of Coppermill Junction and the reopening of the Hall...
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    waterloo east and southwark ticket barriers

    I meant in the sense that someone could do the following: Tap in as they enter underground network (say, Jubilee line at Bond Street) Alight at Southwark Tap out at the Southwark to Waterloo East single gateline Board a SouthEastern service Either alight at a SE station without a gateline and...
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    waterloo east and southwark ticket barriers

    Maybe the lack of a SouthEastern gateline was causing a disproportionate number of Oyster PAYG refunds to be issued to travellers through that route?
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    waterloo east and southwark ticket barriers

    I'd guess that TfL didn't want an ungated route to the Jubilee line at Southwark, but it wasn't practical to secure all of the routes through to Waterloo East. Having the double gateline would've been more acceptable than a single gateline followed by standalone Oyster validators.
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    378 extra coach

    Is there a Google spreadsheet akin to the excellent S7 & S8 tracker anywhere?
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    Oyster fare Shepherd's Bush to Ealing Broadway?

    Neither had I until I looked at that PDF!

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