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On 8 Oct, 15:15, "4sub" wrote:
"MIG" wrote in message ... On Oct 8, 3:03 am, darkprince66 wrote: On 7 Oct, 15:54, "Paul Scott" wrote: A bit of an issue for the upcoming WLL services? Southern have applied to ORR for the proposed Dec 08 service, but there are problems because (if I'm reading correctly) Network Rail believe the WCML Moderation of Competition agreement prevents them allowing a service that calls at Wembley Central and Kensington Olympia en route from EC to MK... http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pd...27sa_apfrm.pdf For further information the draft agreement he http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pd...27sa_dftag.pdf shows all the intended permutations of SN services on the route on weekdays, Sat, and Sun, from Purley to Milton Keynes... Paul S In it's original form, as introduced by Connex, the Brighton-Rugby service was a most useful innovation. At the time, ISTR that there was much talk of the service being extended north to Birmingham, I believe the plan was to take a North London Railways path north of Northampton, preserving the half hourly frequency between that town and Birmingham. It was truncated to a Watford-Brighton service a couple of years after it's introduction without ever getting it's northward extension, another victim of the WCML upgrade. To be fair, it did effectively get a southern extension, because only the odd run went to Brighton originally. *It was really a Gatwick to Rugby service. And didn't those 319 units shift under the wires although it was normal on a Monday morning to arrive at Rugby with no collector shoes. ![]() - Show quoted text - I often found you were lucky to get a train on a Monday morning. Connex had usually had to swipe them to cover shortage elsewhere... :- ( Rich |
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