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Originally Posted by hstudent
They blamed Automatic Train Control for the crash even though having Pacers and Intercitys on the same route is like having trains and trams on the same route, which is definetly not allowed.
Also the Pacer may not have been going the way it was meant to, it was at Winsford (on the Liverpool to Crewe line) when it was supposed to be travelling empty from Crewe to Manchester Piccadilly.
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Pacers are often used on the south wales main line from maesteg to cardiff and cardiff to swansea which also has an hourly service each way by FGW (london-swansea-london).