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Would be more logical if they were St Pancras to Leicester services with a Corby portion that split off at Kettering, leaving the semifast intercities to all run fast from Luton Airport to Leicester.
That needs a few more miles of wiring though.
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I imagine that wiring North of Glendon Junction will be planned for completion after the introduction of the Midland Bi-modes and will depend on the long-lead item of Braybrooke GSP/Feeder Station. This will need cutting into a NG 400kV overhead line and one or two (large) SGT's (supergrid...
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Possibpe thing might be to divide the Corby trains at Kettering with MH/Corby portions, then the "semifast" intercities could run fast from MH and call at Luton Airport instead of Kettering.Good to know, makes MH turnbacks from the south much more viable.
Would be more logical if they were St Pancras to Leicester services with a Corby portion that split off at Kettering, leaving the semifast intercities to all run fast from Luton Airport to Leicester.
That needs a few more miles of wiring though.
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