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Old March 22nd 12, 01:18 PM posted to uk.transport.london,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.railway
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Default Crossrail tunnelling to start shortly
On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:46:55 +0000 (UTC), d
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:23:19 -0700 (PDT)
77002 wrote:
By the time Crossrail is built, Paddington to Reading will be
electrified. Crossrail will run to Reading.

Well yes, thats part of the scheme.

Is it? When was that announced?


Thameslink has on board facilities. Thameslink's central section is
extremely well utilized.

But not really in the same league. Its nowhere near as long and is (was) very
slow with a poor service. Speaking as someone who used to work at blackfriars
for a couple of years I can safely say that it was often quicker to walk to
farringdon and get the tube to KX than wait for a thameslink train to show
up and crawl its way up there.

Presumably improved now that the Moorgate branch is no more? But
there's still the need to change voltage at Farringdon, something that
won't be needed with XRail.
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