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New York Times on Crossrail
On Wed, 2 Aug 2017 14:34:02 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote: In message , at 14:19:14 on Wed, 2 Aug 2017, Recliner remarked: A class 700 all the way to Leicester? Ouch! How far further north do you think Leicester is than Peterborough? By rail, I'd have thought it was nearly 20 miles further? Very close in mileage. For trains with a similar number of stops it's just 7 minutes. And that's with diesel on the MML, an electric train should be able to close the gap significantly. Or not, as the case may be: the current diesels can travel at up to 125mph, but the wiring to Bedford was only designed for 100mph running. And IEPs on diesel power probably won't be able to get up to 125mph. So if the HSTs are replaced by IEPs, the service may actually slow down. Mind you, I wouldn't want to travel even as far as Peterborough on a class 700. That's a different issue, but affects both routes. Indeed so. |
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