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I propose an hourly (at first) LNER service, run by 9 car Class 800s, running:
Kings Cross - Peterborough - Grantham - Nottingham - Chesterfield - Sheffield
The service would take over the Norwich to Nottingham service (after the split of Liverpool to Norwich). I would have GA run an hourly Peterborough to Norwich service, in the opposite half hour to the (increased to hourly) Peterborough to Ipswich service, with good connections to and from this service.
By my calculations, a service with the current infrastructure doing this would take just over 2h15m. With speed improvements between Grantham and Chesterfield to bring down the time closer to 2h, would a service like this be viable and would it be able to rival the MML?
Kings Cross - Peterborough - Grantham - Nottingham - Chesterfield - Sheffield
The service would take over the Norwich to Nottingham service (after the split of Liverpool to Norwich). I would have GA run an hourly Peterborough to Norwich service, in the opposite half hour to the (increased to hourly) Peterborough to Ipswich service, with good connections to and from this service.
By my calculations, a service with the current infrastructure doing this would take just over 2h15m. With speed improvements between Grantham and Chesterfield to bring down the time closer to 2h, would a service like this be viable and would it be able to rival the MML?