In message , at 13:36:50 on
Wed, 9 Aug 2017, Recliner remarked:

I'm assuming it'll be transferred to TL. It's roughly the same
distance as Peterborough, and it'll take pressure off the four MML St
Pancras platforms, particularly if they're being used by longer IEPs
than the current 222s.

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/rail-...82823601204305

As the electrification project also includes doubling Kettering-Corby
they'd better get a move on to meet the 2019 delivery date.

"These services could become daily" [wow] "and be extended to
Kettering/Corby". - some "could" weasel wording applying also to the
extension.

But anyway, it looks like a later to the editor, rather than anything
more definitive than that.

So it's a safe bet that Grayling knew what he was talking about when he
announced that bi-modes would be used.

He knew he was buying time, knowing that this frog still has several
rounds of being boiled to come.

Given the necessary timing to order replacement trains before the HSTs
are retired, the announcement will have to be made fairly soon, well
before the new MML franchise starts. So it'll be the DfT making the
decision, and guess what train they have a soft spot for?

The cheapest, which will probably be making do with the existing
Meridians.
--
Roland Perry