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Old 14th July 2012, 20:43
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As Phil says, they might announce just the nine yards!!!! The Westcountry needs the 'lectric first. We are getting ever more remote from London, soon we will be classed as a separate country if the wires stop at Bristol as currently envisaged.


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The whole network should be electrified as in most of Europe, we are in the EU, unfortunately, but we are still living in the past with a lot of things. We should get on and do these electrifications and stop pussy footing about.


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Agree with all above and more! Hope they decide to go the whole nine yards and not cut back or take short cuts to save money! Do it all and do it right and maybe we can have a rail network to be proud of again!! The other consideration is the price of tickets! Keep them low to benefit from full capacity and reduce the volume of cars on the road!
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Don't hold your breath too long the TOC's NEED maximum profits for their shareholders now a days the companies MUST make MORE profit each year or they are considered failure even if their profit is in the millions of pounds
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But that's like running round the inside of a p**s pot looking for the handle!
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Agreed


What I want to know though in the last news bulletin they said about RE-OPENING old routes


Hmmmm
Just looked at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18851907

they missed a bit between Sheffield and Leeds
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What I want to know though in the last news bulletin they said about RE-OPENING old routes


Hmmmm
Just looked at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18851907

they missed a bit between Sheffield and Leeds
I guess we will have to wait for the next edition of "Rail" to get the full break down. I hope there will be contracts for Bombardia out of all this.

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It's a lot of money too spend on saving 10 minutes from Leicester
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What I want to know though in the last news bulletin they said about RE-OPENING old routes


Hmmmm
Just looked at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18851907

they missed a bit between Sheffield and Leeds
What about Sheffield - Doncaster?
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Or Sheffield - Leeds. There are Southampton - Leeds Freightliner trains, they are not going to be given electric haulage when chunks of the route are missed off.

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