"Arthur Figgis" wrote in message
o.uk...

It still seems a bit vague as to what the future services will be, no-one
seems to know what to do with the Sutton/Wimbledon loop, there are/were
the technical doubts about the rolling stock and automation needed to get
a zillion trains an hour through Farringdon, there seems to be a
possibility for something breaking at King's Lynn and wrecking all the
services at Eastbourne,

I think that the current RUSs give enough away for it to be highly probable
that the loop trains will terminate at Blackfriars, and that Eastbourne,
Littlehampton, Guildford etc will not be served. OTOH Kings Lynn seems to
have migrated into an ECML IEP service.

Any technical doubts about achieving the frequency will be 'claimed to be'
sorted by the spring, when either Siemens or Bombardier, (the only two
bidders remaining), are given a contract because their bid meets the spec
for the trains...

Paul S