It's stupid, also EMR has spent money on nice shiny new staff uniforms but dirty filthy trains with 222s always dirty outside with steamy windows. I seen the oddball 222104 earlier with the different colour coach now it's had an extra coach, so messy and lazy not to paint that coach. Back on topic I'm glad progress with electrication is going well.
Good question: I’ve not been there since it was rebuilt.
Can confirm it's still there.
Yes it was. They made some minor alterations where the stairs come up to deal with the new platform being a slightly different height.
Yes, the pedestrian tunnel has been retained.
To be fair, the uniforms are long overdue. The old ones were literally falling apart and replacements exceedingly thin on the ground. I was down to three useable shirts and one pair of trousers.
Yes that's okay. Let's hope trains improve now. Had my first journey for more than 10 years to Wellingborough. How different the station looks now after electrification.
There's plenty of work going on on midweek nights this week.
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Masts not visible when I passed yesterday due to tree growth between Napsbury Lane and the railway line. Will try later in week to get photo. Probably explains why there were two road-rail platforms and road-rail crane parked outside St Albans South box during part of the past week and which had disappeared by Sunday afternoon.
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Depends if its one route section a year or the whole lot. So thry report section upto Syston Jcn now in delivery Shapps has yet to claim "he's getting on with electrifying the MML" by formally announcing this section unless ive missed it.
pity they cant do that with Manchester - Leeds. I sometimes feel hell will freeze over before thats done.
I think the politicians are now equally concerned about the bad publicity that comes from making big promises and then failing to deliver as they are about the good publicity that comes from a press event. When the big switch-on comes for Harborough though I wouldn't be surprised to see a minister turn up and cut the ribbon.
I don't know if the 810's aren't running would be an embarrassment which is why they've bought themselves extra time by making this section now Kettering to
Exactly +1
As far as I am aware, no politician or DfT has announced it, but it has been on Twitter feeds, railway press, LinkedIn and New Civil Engineer.
Correct - two sides of the Trent triangle (only the East Midlands Parkway - Nottingham side is mentioned above)
