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Old September 26th 06, 08:13 AM posted to uk.transport.london
John B John B is offline
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Default South West Trains retain franchise

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article .com,
(MIG) wrote:

Come to think of it, the 166s are quite long and wider still, and
cover the Redhill to Gatwick bit.


I very much doubt that they are 23m long (or indeed ,longer than 20m)
though.


23.5m, according to their owners:
http://www.angeltrains.co.uk/datashe...ail.aspx?ID=10

I suppose this isn't too surprising given that (via the 168s) they were
the basis for the Turbostar.

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