rail-britain
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Those are the current timescales, there hasn't been any change since last yearAre those firm plans? Until it's done, it will be a little odd having a single diesel-only line out of the four E-G routes (though most of the "Via Carstairs" service is diesel XC services)
The issue, which I pointed out above, will be the lack of new rolling stock, so DMU will continue until the entire scheme is completed and that pretty much applies to both EGIP and Glasgow South
I suspect this is why there is a proposal within the new ScotRail franchise proposal "the franchisee may acquire any available rolling stock" and this would cover this inital period until the new rolling stock arrives
However, I am not aware of any such suitable rolling stock that would be cascaded from other franchises between 2014 and 2015, and it does seem rather short-term
I will check next week as to the status of the rolling stock procurement as it is a few months since I last checked