Re: 2 Questions 1)route 2) funding



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> "Edward Sloley" <edward.sloley@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Silane wrote:
> >> Why cant MML run trains from Sheffield to Brighton via Thameslink,
either
> >> HST or 222?
> >
> > The reduced gauge in the Kings Cross Tunnel and the requirements for
> > cab-end doors means that only Thameslink trains are permitted to use the
> > tunnel.
> > There are also capacity issues to deal with especially south of London,
so
> > it's not really viable.
> >
> >> Why does the government have to pay for the fitting of the thameslink
> >> box. Why cant Fir$t group do it? They make a good job of ripping of the
> >> public on their buses, why wasn't this put into the contract?
> >
> > FirstGroup don't even own Thameslink, at least not until midmight on
31st
> > March 2006 at least. Besides, the government have actually agreed to
fund
> > the fit-out for around £60 million (which they shoudl have done months
> > earlier), thanks to some persuasion from CTRL who will fit-out the
station
> > from sometime this year - well, technically next year (until tomorrow),
> > but who cares?
>
> its about time the Box was fitted out - that was shameful and very absurd
> that an empty station shell wasnt finished off until it was actually
> forced - if it had been done in one go costs would have been cheaper
>
> but remember we live in penny pinching Great britain, the place where
> railways were born, designs perfected, even St pancras was overbuilt to
cope
> with the traffic of tommorow
>
> NoW we rely on the expertise of the rest of the world to run our railways
>
> how the mighty hath fallen
>
>
The Box will be a two platform station that is expected to handle the GN and
Bedford line plus runs from Ashford Internationsl, Brighton, Eastbourne,
Sevenoaks and Guildford, plus a few others I have forgotten.
The only locos allowed through the tunnel are 31s, 33s and 73s.
On the funny side, the urban myth going around in certain circles was that a
ballast train supposed to be topped and tailed with a 33 at each end was
changed by mistake to a 66. When asked why this substitution had happened,
the planner pointed out quite correctly that 2x33 = 66!
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