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    VT peak trains with 2GETH?

    Does the easement allowing certain railcard holders to travel with off-peak tickets on peak-time VT services still exist, and if so does it extend to the Two Together railcard please? Thanks!
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    New Eurostar Stock

    I was on a service from Stratford to Tottenham Hale last week and saw one of the new Eurostar sets in what I assume was Temple Mills depot. I assume this is for driver & crew training purposes for now. Does anyone know when they'll start in passenger service?
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    Network Rail press release on Electrification

    http://www.networkrail.co.uk/news/2014/feb/Electrifying-the-railway-across-Britain-moves-a-step-closer/ There are 6 geographic framework contracts: Southern region: AmeyInabensa Central (London North Western, South) region: ABC Central (East Midlands) region: CarillionPowerlines Central...
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    My idea for AC conversion of Euston to Queen's Park

    Just a thought, would it make sense for the Watford DC line between Euston and Queen's Park to be converted to OHLE AC? It'd eliminate the requirement for all of the dual voltage infrastructure in and around Euston (instead just having a changeover in the platforms at Queen's Park). Same applies...
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    c378 & 379 pantograph "spang"

    I've noticed a loud noise, somewhere between a "spang" and a "thung" from somewhere around the pantograph on both the LO 378s when running on AC and then again more recently on a GA 379. Has anyone else heard this? Any clues as to what it is? Is it normal/expected behaviour? Request to Mod...
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    Acronym for bi-mode MU

    So we have DMU, DEMU and EMU happily established but the IEP order throws something of a spanner in to the works. What is the industry acronym for a bi-mode hybrid electric/diesel multiple unit? Is there one? If not, is there an amusing backronym that someone can come up with? Is it just a DEMU...
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    Online tickets to/from zone x boundary

    Is it possible to buy tickets to or from a zone boundary online? I've tried from all of the websites that I can think of and been unable to.
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    e-Petition to hand expiring franchises to DOR

    In light of the ICWC franchise tendering farce and the general feeling that the whole set up is designed to fleece the punters and the DfT I've posted up an e-Petition asking that as each of the TOC franchises expire they be handed to DOR, thus returning the operation of the principal rail...
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    Marylebone to MK requirements

    The East-West consortium envisages that the principal services we'll see from the Oxford to Bedford reopening are: Reading-Oxford-Bletchley-Bedford Marylebone-Princes Risborough-Aylesbury-Bletchley-Milton Keynes...
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    OHLE over LU 4th rail

    I know the explanation of why 3rd rail DC and OH 25kV AC can't coexist for long sections (cheers to everyone who has patiently explained this one in the other threads about the Basingstoke-Southampton upgrade to AC) but I was thinking about the shared NR/LU sections, Harrow-Amersham in...

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