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date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:29:49 -0800 (PST),    group: uk.railway        back       
Re: Lord Adonis announces tram-trains for the Abbey Line   
On Nov 3, 1:07 pm, wensleyd...@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams)
wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 05:01:01 -0800 (PST), Rob 
> wrote:
>
> >There has been a campaign to run the Abbey Flyer into Euston in the
> >past, but it always ran into the problem that Virgin needed the train
> >paths, whereas St Albans already has a direct route into London
> >(albeit very overloaded)
>
> There has to be room on the slow lines, as LM are increasing the
> service in December with some Watford shuttles that could easily run
> through from St Albans if the infrastructure was sorted.
>
Where will this tram be maintained?  How will it reach that location?
If it is to reach Bletchley, it will have to be 25 kV Ac, or pulled by
another motive power unit.

My best guess is that these issues have been considered.
date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:29:49 -0800 (PST)   author:   E27002

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