In message , at 08:18:55 on
Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Paul Corfield remarked:

* A new hourly service between Kettering and London, increasing the
number of off peak services on the midland main line to five trains per
hour. It has also been agreed in principle to extend this service to a
new station at Corby from December 2008. This removes the need to split
and join trains at Leicester.

I don't follow this at all. What removes the need to split trains at
Leicester - the Kettering service, or the extension to Corby? And why
does the new Kettering service mean they "don't need to" run one stopper
from London to Leicester per hour, then send two separate sections to
Derby and Nottingham. If anything it would make it *more* of the right
thing to do.

* The new station at East Midlands Parkway will be served by two trains
an hour from December 2008,

One fast and one stopper perhaps? Alternating each between Derby and
Nottingham, or what?

And they'd better get cracking - still no sign of them breaking ground.

* More investment including more than £5m on improvements to stations,
at least 1250 extra car parking spaces

Double-counting the parking spaces at EMP, perhaps?

and the introduction of smart card technology by 2010.

Oyster, or something else?

* 50% of the price paid for a single-leg journey delayed by between 30
and 59 minutes;

* 100% of the price paid for a single-leg journey delayed by between 60
and 119 minutes; and

* 100% of the price paid for a return journey delayed by more than 119
minutes.

So you can "tot up" the delays on a return trip, presumably.
--
Roland Perry