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Presumably Cross Country will need to use an SDO System on the HSTs which they plan to introduce shortly.

No as all stations will have Grandfather Rights, as HSTs have been used before.

I Know the MML Set FGW had which has passed to Cross Country was fitted with SDO Panels, seems odd that FGW HST sets now no longer have Grandfather rights Whilst CC ones will retain them , presumably they will revert to using old type door panels

FGW sets don't have grandfather rights simply as SDO is now fitted in them. If they still retain original door locking then they will retain grandfather rights.

I believe LA79 will keep the SDO as I'm sure it can't be uninstalled once fitted.

And it has lost Grandfather Rights, Coss Country may fit it to all of them as one has it.

Surely if they fit SDO to all of there sets they will probably be forced to use it at Short platforms

Yeh, but they will learn from FGW's mistakes I bet.

I suspect it is more likely for a derogation to be issued to that set until it is sent for refurbishment by XC, which may result in SDO being removed.

I don't know if H&S would allow that though, a less safer train after it could have been safer.

How is it safer apart from the problem of a prat (sorry, but it's true) falling out of the coach onto the ballast when it is announced which coaches will be platformed (which was required even before SDO came in)....

It doesn't help people if there is a crash does it?

Which appears to be the reason behind it. IMO it doesn't make it safer at all.

Correct.

It is an insult to the Great British people (excluding the prats).