On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 16:08:05 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message .com, at
07:01:53 on Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Kevin remarked:
Given the overcrowding that has come to light in the last couple of
days on Thameslink and lines out of Kings Cross mayber some of the
money should have gone there.

Do you mean FCC's excuses for putting up the effective ticket prices?

It's been clear for years that those services need upgrading, and the
plan to fix it is well developed: Thameslink 2K. But it's got stuck
because of planning issues.

And isn't it an interesting step by FCC as the potential franchisee for
the new Thameslink 3,000,000 (sic) routes to put those restrictions in
place. I wonder what that does to the revenue and usage numbers in the
business case? Will the DfT demand yet another reappraisal of the
scheme?
--
Paul C


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