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Old 26th February 2008, 16:09
domeyhead domeyhead is offline  
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Hi - I'm new to this forum and this is my first post - I work in a high rise office block overlooking Basingstoke station, where there is a stady procession of intermodal freights to and from Southampton and these invariably get held at Basingstoke to allow slower passenger trains ahead of them - eg the FGW topping train to Reading which makes three stops and surely cannot keep ahead of a northbound 75mph freightliner running non stop? I've seen the same thing soutbound where a freight has been held for 20 minutes at Battledown to allow my Brighton semi fast through. If the signaller had let it run the freight could have easily gained Eastleigh yard or the passing loops near Micheldever without slowing anybody - the most lethargic trains on the route seem to be the Cross Countrys which dither at Winchester and hold everyone up. Ah well
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