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Old July 20th 18, 10:27 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 02:29:44 -0700 (PDT)
Paul Corfield wrote:
On Wednesday, 18 July 2018 10:16:01 UTC+1, wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 05:24:29 +0100
Basil Jet wrote:
It's looking fairly likely that TfL will have to give away their diesel=

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trains before the electric trains are ready, and might end up=20
bustituting for a while.

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Its not hard to see why this has happened when you witness the responses =

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so called "professional" railway employees on here when I suggested perha=

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TfL should have ordered a few more 378s when they had the chance or perha=

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should have just electrified the goblin with DC decades ago. It really is=

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surprise the british rail industry is an utter basket case when this is t=

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calibre of the people working in it.


As I was the person who gave you a honest answer to your past questions abo=
ut the 710s vs 378s then I assume you are tarring me with your insults abou=
t "so called professional railway employees". I have always tried to give y=


I wasn't thinking of you tbh. However please explain why tfl didn't order
any more 378s for the goblin when they ordered more cars for the ELL back
in 2013 when the goblin electrification had been given the go-ahead.