"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 11:20:54 on
Tue, 20 Mar 2007, Paul Scott remarked:
Must be a slow news day in BBC Leicester though, this was first announced
5
weeks ago:

http://www.metronetrail.com/default....=1170757840171

In November 2005, Alan Duncan MP led an Early Day Motion
supported by 38 MPs in the House of Commons condemning the
decision to allow the line to close. "This House notes that the
loss of the facility will mean that new trains will either have
to be tested on the already congested rail network or have to
enter service without being full tested, therefore putting
passenger safety at risk"

I hadn't realised that the main-line TOCs (as opposed to London Underground)
no longer used Old Dalby, as the report implies by the talk of saving the
line from closure by the decision to test LU trains there. I'd assumed that
Old Dalby would still be used for testing main line trains - and now,
additionally, LU trains. If main-line trains are no longer tested there,
then where are they tested?