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Roland Perry · December 20th 15, 07:44 AM posted to uk.transport.london,cam.transport

In message , at 19:07:44
on Sat, 19 Dec 2015, remarked:

The GN being lumped in wholly with the East Coast inter city franchise idea
included 5-car IEPs to Lynn, IIRC. That idea lasted well.

IEPs was a bit of a silly idea, although given the combination of power
restrictions north of Cambridge and the wires coming down in the fens,
bi-modes might have just made sense.

As a branding exercise, and to concentrate passengers' minds, it was a
good idea to differentiate the Lynn trains from the outer suburbans. In
the next round of re-franchising we might well have trains branded
"Thameslink" which never get as far as the Thames.
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Roland Perry