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  1. Thunderer

    More should be done to enable XC to carry more passengers to encourage modal shift

    I find a lot of the "Terminate XC services at Leeds, York, Newcastle, Bristol and Reading amusing and short sighted. The operation is called "Cross-Country" not "Half Way Across the Country" Through long distance services are important. Cutting destinations will result in more changes, putting...
  2. Thunderer

    Could GWR procure more 802s or lengthen existing ones?

    With the 'GWR procured' class 802 via Eversholt (Not part of the IEP), does the operator have the ability (should it want or need to) to procure more class 802's or to lengthen the existing 5 car 802's? I guess it would be a lot more difficult to do that with the IEP procured class 800's (should...
  3. Thunderer

    Wouldn't it be great if Cross-Country took some of the redundant HST's?

    Wouldn't it be great if Cross-Country took some of the redundant HST's to work key Glasgow/Aberdeen/Edinburgh-Plymouth/Penzance services, freeing up Voyagers to "Double Up" on other busy services between Manchester-Bournemouth/Bristol and Newcastle and Southampton? Very unlikely I know, but it...
  4. Thunderer

    HST Preservation?

    With the Iconic "Inter-City 125" getting ever nearer to it's "end of life", are there plans to preserve a working example? - Perhaps with the original Paxman Valenta engines and in it's original 1970's livery? :D

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