"Mizter T" wrote

The problematic service that the new south central franchisee will
apparently be required to provide is that of KO to Ealing Broadway - I
can't really see how that could neatly fit in with the positioning
moves of Southern's 171s, FGW's 165/166 Turbos could do it but I doubt
they'd exactly be keen to do so.

It wouldn't be impossible for FGW say to divert the 2153 from Greenford to
KO, then returning to Ealing Broadway and ecs to wherever it goes for the
night (Reading?), if necessary covering the last Acton Main Line to
Paddington service with an extra stop by a train up from Reading. Would need
165s to be cleared to KO, if they aren't already, and FGW train crews to be
route trained.

Peter