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Rail plans are going at full tilt



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NEW carriages for tilting trains to ease overcrowding on the Glasgow-London west coast main line by 2012 have been ordered by ministers.
The 106 coaches will create four new Pendolino trains and lengthen 31 existing trains to 11 coaches each.

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  • Last Updated: 06 May 2008 10:02 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: The railways
 
1

truthsleuth,

07/05/2008 01:05:23
If its true then at last a little bit of common sense has entered the world of D(a)fT
Department for Transport acronym
2

tomi,

07/05/2008 05:26:31
#1 Ditto!
3

danielrober,

07/05/2008 11:12:30
An excellent train and a modern classic.
4

CEng,

Lanarkshire 08/05/2008 08:54:54
But if the draft timetable for December published by DfT in September is not changed, most journeys from Motherwell and Lanarkshire will get 1 hour longer!

 

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