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Old September 10th 09, 05:48 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.urban-transit
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On Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:19:24 +0100
Arthur Figgis wrote:
deckers, because of cost and not being able to send the trains somewhere
else and/or sell them second-hand afterwards.

So they wouldn't be able to sell 2nd hand UIC gauge 25Khz trains? Have they
not heard of this place called "Europe"?

Not unless Johnny Foreigner adopted our platform heights and things, or
we rebuilt to match their standards, which would be a big job unless
Crossrail is completely separated from the rest of the network.

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