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Roland Perry · August 9th 17, 12:06 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at 04:58:02
on Wed, 9 Aug 2017, remarked:

There's only one tph (to Nottingham) operated by HSTs, and now
electrification has been cancelled they'll have to find something else
to replace the HST. But I doubt it'll be IEPs.

It occurs to me that if the line is electrified to Corby (despite it
being "North of Kettering", that's what the "Bedford to Kettering
electrification" is all about) then they could release the three
Meridians used for that service to replace HSTs on the main line.

Three short Meridians wouldn't be enough, surely?

Depends on how fully utilised the current fleet is. HSTs run mainly to
Nottingham, where every other train is a short(sic) Meridian much of the
day.

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Roland Perry