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Old September 25th 06, 05:14 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Colin Rosenstiel Colin Rosenstiel is offline
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Default South West Trains retain franchise

In article om,
(John B) wrote:

MIG wrote:
have a vague idea Victoria itself isn't cleared
for 23m stock, but might have got that wrong.

How did GatEx manage then?


The old ones were Mark 2s. Not sure about their Junipers, but
again, probably different clearance from Mark 3s.


I thought the GatEx sets included some Mark 3s?

19.66m for the 460s, according to "electric-railways.co.uk", whoever
they a

http://electric-railways.co.uk/L2_DC...u/emu_dc/Class
_460.html

I know the 170s don't go to Victoria (because it's underground,
irrespective of coach length constraints), but how much - if any -
of the route from London Bridge to Brighton are they cleared for?


Saw one (actually a 171) at Brighton last week but it was on a service
to Ashford.

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Colin Rosenstiel