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Old August 10th 09, 10:01 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Basil Jet Basil Jet is offline
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Default Not in my back yard

Zen83237 wrote:

Can somebody explain how building the depot creates hundreds of jobs.
Will the new Thameslink trains be that much more unreliable than the
existing trains that they need more maintenance.
Surely the existing trains are maintained so why does the new
Thameslink require hundreds of extra maintenance staff.


A few more trains, but mostly, more carriages per train.