On Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:59:44 -0000, "Peter Masson"
wrote:



"Recliner" wrote in message
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Robin9 wrote:

What remains to be done? Why does it require another five years? Five
years is a long time

Two words: London Bridge.

and the Bermondsey diveunder.
And build rolling stock, new signalling through the centre to support 24 tph
Connection to the Great Northern

It's not building the rolling stock that takes an unduly long time,
but concluding the order. The short list was announced in July 2008
but it took three years to select Siemens as the preferred bidder, and
another two years for the financial close to be reached. Of course,
the deal was controversial as the trains won't be built in Britain,
but because of the delays, lots of interim trains have been ordered
from Bombardier without any high profile tenders. The Siemens trains
will start to be delivered in 2016, so it'll have taken much less time
to build them than to order them.