Electrification Infill

[phat2003uk]

If you have some lines electrified you can then cascade DMUs, allowing inferior or older types to be withdrawn, or increase capacity on the many lines which require it, especially as Northern have been told they aren't allowed to order new units

This is true but new EMUs would have to be sourced to run the newly electrified lines.

[tango4262]

What has me baffled is that i saw on the front page of the Metro a few weeks ago, Network Rail are only being given so and so amount of money, which IIRC was a lot lower then the sum they we're originally supposed/expecting to receive.

So im wondering how they are expecting to carry out these traction source renewals.??

As a side thought - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7493482.stm

Next they'll be telling us we need to cut down on water because "theres not enough"


Dave

[spartacus]

It'll be allocated for future years. All that really needs to be done is that it isn't a cost driven excercise like on the ECML and GEML, causing long term problems.