"Dr. Sunil" wrote in message
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On 29 May, 13:36, "Paul Scott" wrote:

Posts elsewhere suggest it is to do with not allowing 'foreign DMUs' on
the
GW because they cannot be rescued due to coupling incompatability...

Oh I presumed it would be a 377/2 - DC from Wandsworth as far as Mitre
Bridge then AC after that.

That would have been too simple... There are a couple of significant
non-electrified bits, eg to get from the NLL to the GW reliefs around Acton
somewhere; and the route from Mitre Bridge Jn loses its OHLE once past the
WCML and turning round towards the SW direction. (IYSWIM - it is AC as far
as whichever WCML tracks that the SN Milton Keynes service uses, but then
DMU required...)

The whole idea of this service is a complete waste of everyone's time, and
surely must have already cost the railway more than it would cost the DfT to
close it...

Paul S