On 14 Jul, 18:47, Mr Thant
wrote:
On 14 Jul, 17:38, John B wrote:

However, it would have been much more sensible (ie cheap) to make the
TL2k+n specification equivalent to "Desiro or Electrostar, but a bit
faster and a bit lighter; if you're not Siemens or Bombardier you're
welcome to bid but bear in mind that we're not going to pay the
development costs of a whole new train platform", rather than going
for a step change in capabilities and weights.

But how have they not done that? I'm sure Bombardier and Siemens' bids
won't be far off a "Desiro or Electrostar, but a bit faster and a bit
lighter", and the other companies' bids likewise.

I'm not a procurement expert, but Uncle Roger seems to think that the
DfT specification is far too complicated/hard to achieve (not least
the self-propulsion).

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