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Old July 24th 07, 11:28 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default St Pancras International

On Jul 24, 11:27 am, Boltar wrote:
Is there any prospect of through services yet beyond London? Also does
anyone know if TGVs or ICEs will ever visit these shores now that
there is a UIC gauge route the whole way?



Only if they can be modified to comply with Channel Tunnel safety
standards, plus whatever signalling systems are necessary. This is
not easy, so it would probably be easier to build new.

Oh, if they are not carrying passengers I suppose there's a
possibility, but there wouldn't be much point.

PhilD

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