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« Reply #15 on: September 05, 2012, 22:17:35 »
Quote from: Electric train on September 05, 2012, 19:55:35
In reality I doubt anyone in the ORR» (Office of Rail and Road, formerly Office of Rail Regulation - about) or NR» (Network Rail - home page) have done any in depth study into this

Yet they are proposing electrification for this branch! Bonkers if there ain't any stock to utilise the wires.
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« Reply #16 on: September 05, 2012, 23:46:43 »
Quote from: anthony215 on September 05, 2012, 18:42:46
Quote from: IndustryInsider on September 05, 2012, 12:50:26
Or some surplus 3-Car Class 313s from FCC▸ (First Capital Connect)?  Not a long term solution given their age mind you!

Might be a solutiuon if Southern decide to give up their class 313's
313s should be off once Southern gets the 377/5s back from FCC. By that time it will probably all be one franchise anyway. The Southern 313s are decent internally but they are still old units which ultimately have a limited life span. Suggestions of moving the similarly aged Class 315s from Greater Anglia to the Valley Lines seem to have died down recently.
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« Reply #17 on: September 06, 2012, 19:42:13 »
Quote from: bignosemac on September 05, 2012, 22:17:35
Quote from: Electric train on September 05, 2012, 19:55:35
In reality I doubt anyone in the ORR» (Office of Rail and Road, formerly Office of Rail Regulation - about) or NR» (Network Rail - home page) have done any in depth study into this

Yet they are proposing electrification for this branch! Bonkers if there ain't any stock to utilise the wires.

Funny I should say that yesterday ........... a college I was talking today says GRIP▸ (Guide to Railway Investment Projects - Network Rail's process for project management of schemes through development and implementation) stage 3 is authorised for next year for the branches etc (GRIP 3 produces the option selection report)
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