Bletchleyite
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Once 2b is built, there might be a case for dedicated, possibly double-deck (much as I hate it) stock for Euston-Brum and Euston-Manchester, but then potentially the existing spare units could be cascaded onto other routes, e.g. to replace by then very much ageing Pendolinos, as while they would be 300km/h (or whatever it is) capable they could still be used at 200km/h.
Once 2b is built, there might be a case for dedicated, possibly double-deck (much as I hate it) stock for Euston-Brum and Euston-Manchester, but then potentially the existing spare units could be cascaded onto other routes, e.g. to replace by then very much ageing Pendolinos, as while they would be 300km/h (or whatever it is) capable they could still be used at 200km/h.
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