Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article
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(Mr Thant) wrote:
The old plan would have made poor use of King's Cross, leaving it
half- empty just as its redevelopment was complete. Although I don't
know what use the suburban shed will be post 2015.
Yes, I'd wondered about that too.
One of the options might be to dedicate it to sundry open access operators
running short formations, or Adelantes, Pioneers or whatever, leaving more
platforms free in the main shed for longer EMUs? For cheap travel go next
door!
My thoughts about the outer reaches of Thameslink have been coloured by the
trains needing high standing capacity, large doors and short dwell times.
The theory of having two types of unit, touched on in the recent Thameslink
rolling stock details appears flawed, because if all trains are stopping in
the core section, clearly short distance pax aren't going to differentiate
between trains with the high capacity or long distance interiors...
Paul S