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Oyster System to become national by default. Is this a cunning plot- shock

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(jonmorris) wrote:

Bob wrote:
If Stagecoach have had to agree to boost the number of seats at
the peak by 20/21% - how come the same provisions were not applied to
FCC thuis leading to the Thameslink shambles.

Goodness knows. At the last Q&A session with FCC, Elaine Holt
pointed out that they have no requirement to provide any new trains
during their franchise period. As the 13 trains they need for the
Thameslink branch are currently with Southern, they have pretty much
said there's nothing they can do. The DfT are left trying to sort
something out, but why wasn't there any requirement to build new
rolling stock during the next 9 years? The 313s, 317s and 319s will
all be rather old by then!! Even the 365s will be falling apart.

The 365s and 319s are less than 20 years old. They are less than half
way through their operating lives. Even the 317s date from 1981.

Read this month's Modern Railways on how SWT might help Elaine Holt out.

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