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    Rail firms should not be paid when trains run late, says Grant Shapps

    Bring back Chris Grayling? At least he didn’t spout simplistic guff like this.
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    First Group order AT300 for East Coast open access operation

    And while I’m at it ... using a battery instead of diesel may also reflect the lessor’s business model requirements - i.e. by the target 2040 diesel cut-off point, these trains will be likely just over half way through their economic lives. Going battery at the (more flexible) manufacturing...
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    First Group order AT300 for East Coast open access operation

    I wonder if the press release referring to ‘AT300’ is because the TOPS designation may be unclear as of now - e.g. it could end up being called an 803 rather than the 802 assumed by several other posters. I say this due to the swapping out of the diesel engine for a battery - so giving it a...
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