In article ,
Tom Anderson wrote:
On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 14:31:28 on Tue, 8 Jul 2008,
Paul Scott remarked:

and an order for new units for the Stansted Express (although that has
gone a little quiet).

East Midlands news today crowing about a Bombardier order for South
Africa that they've just started to deliver; also mentioned they were
building new trains for London "for the Olympics". What line are they
for (not Crossrail or Javelin, obviously).

No, no - they're for the 500 metre train pull.

This being the DfT's latest plan for how trains should propel themselves
in the event of power failure

Nick
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