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Old July 4th 09, 11:17 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default The beginnings of Thameslink (was: ECML demise)

On Jul 4, 9:45*am, John B wrote:
On Jul 4, 9:31*am, D7666 wrote:

On Jul 4, 9:15*am, MIG wrote:


But weren't there a lot of new build 317s that went straight to Kings
Cross as well? *The ones with the opening windows and smoother cabs


Also correct, but that 2nd batch of 317s was never related to Snow
Hill / TL and again can't be counted as part of that fleet.


I assume they were 317s for no more reason than that was the current
type in production - this is the same reason NSC got extra 6 x 319s as
Cig/Vep accident replacements - they were the only third rail DC
capable type in current production.


When did SNC/Connex's allocation change from 6x319 to 20x319?

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Have we not been through this several times ?

There were always always more than this six .... I am sure I posted a
historical audit trail of this based on NSE sub sectors ... and it was
across 3 of them ... as NSK as well as NSC were assigned them.

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Nick