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Old 20th May 2008, 12:22
hairyhandedfool hairyhandedfool is offline  
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Originally Posted by David A Hicks View Post
...... If NX have a broken down HST, no doubt there would be a spare set in the depot.
And there it is.... GC had no spares, no contingency, no hope of pulling it off. HT had a spare train till they (literally) dropped it, but even now they have sourced another unit and allowed down time on a set for maintenance. GC gambled on not needing a spare and rushed trains into service as and when they could. A one way road to disaster.
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