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Old March 7th 17, 12:03 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Parliamentary trains in London

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In article ,
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Bristow) wrote:

In article ,
Christopher A Lee wrote:
On Mon, 06 Mar 2017 22:29:01 +0100, Jarle Hammen Knudsen
wrote:

Are there any interesting parliamentary services in London at the
moment?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parlia...xtant_.22parli
amentary.22_trains

That article lists the Woodgrange Park - Wilsden Junction service
as a parlimentrary one; I don't think it is. It's more of a peak
hours boost using the spare set, isn't it?


It uses a (short) stretch of line no other services use.


Yes, absolutly. Well, no other passenger services.

However "Using track that's not often used" isn't really the definition
of a parlimentery train, IMO. A parlimentry train is one that is
run to avoid the hassle of formal clousure procedures. That service
is a peak hours congestion buster.


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