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Roland Perry · August 1st 11, 11:04 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at 15:47:21
on Mon, 1 Aug 2011, remarked:
More trains now call at Royston and/or Letchworth and end-to-end times
are almost never as quick as 45 minutes any more.

And after all that fuss in what, 2001, about chopping a minute off
the end to end time, by upgrading Cambridge-Royston.

The Cambridge-Royston power supply has been upgraded twice since
electrification.

It was the track they upgraded, to increase the speed. It was closed for
a week during (iirc) August, when it was expected to have less
passengers.

At first nothing more than a four car EMU could use it,
then up to 8 cars and now 12 cars. I think the odd loco can now be
accommodated but I could be wrong.

Locos can go as far as Chesterton sidings, I think.
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Roland Perry