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Old April 10th 08, 08:09 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default Thameslink NGEMU procurement - now in motion

Capt. Deltic wrote:

FCC inferred from their net gain that they got 192 vehicles for KO. I
made it 100. I think I am right..


Which KO? Is it still 92 for KO0 and 100 for KO1 as before?

Either way, these are South Central 377s converted to dual voltage.
Hence South Central get 100 new vehicles to back fill.


That point I remember from MR March 2008.

The suggestion by DafT that the NGEMU could be delivered for KO1,
when tendering had not started and no detailed spec existed is par for
the course.


Interesting...

Meanwhile I have sussed out how the 1300 vehicles for Thameslink have
turned into 1100. Apparently further work since the LSP was published
shows that 1300 was over the top and 1100 will now do the job.


I see...the bidders could still propose anything between 900 and 1300
vehicles though, right?