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All aboard high-speed tilting trains



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RAIL passengers in Edinburgh are set to benefit from 106 new high-speed tilting rail carriages agreed for the West Coast Main Line.
The UK Government has placed an order with engineers Alstom to deliver more than 7420 extra seats on the route – which links Edinburgh to Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham.

The new Pendolino carriages – which will create four new 11-car trains and lengthen 31 existing trains – should be in full service by December 2012.

There is an option to buy a further 42 carriages by 2013 to meet rising passenger numbers.

The line – which is currently undergoing a massive £8.8 billion overhaul – is set to see a 45 per cent increase in long-distance services in December this year.

UK Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly said: "The £8.8bn upgrade of the West Coast Main Line will cut journey times and deliver more frequent services."





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1

Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 07/05/2008 12:19:02
This was being done in the mid-1980s.
2

Amenemhat,

07/05/2008 13:34:31
Yes and why is everything suddenly UK government
3

Foo,

Ejinbara 07/05/2008 13:38:10
TGV can do 357mph

The Shinkansen can do 361mph.

Our railways suck.
4

I love to eat Sellotape,

07/05/2008 14:47:37
Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head can do 423mph on the M8 - or at least he would do if didn't live in a nanny-state.
5

Foo,

ejnbara 07/05/2008 16:10:02
#4 - Excellent!

ps. Have comments been disabled on the sex in the park story or is it just me?
6

Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 07/05/2008 16:47:29
#3:

A modified TGV did 357mph. The normal ones do 200mph---which I grant you is fast, but not as fast as a Bugatti Veyron.

#4:

424.6 mph actually. Please get your facts right!
7

Gorgie_Tony,

Edinburgh 07/05/2008 17:50:14
#5 - yes comments have been disabled on that particular story. I wanted to get my penniesworth in - these deviants should be arrested - why did the police wait 25 minutes to deal with something that is totally offensive to public decency and would mentally scar the wee kiddies for life? Had it been two guys carrying out this disgusting act you can guarantee the riot squad would have been there within a few minutes. It's quite clear L&B plod favour heterosexuals.
8

Rodger the Leith lodger,

edinburgh 07/05/2008 23:28:29
#7 MMM Gorgie boy, what is going on in your wee brain? "Deviants" for havin sex whilst pissed? Well. lock up half of the population.
Wee kiddies maybe seein' this in a park during the day, and in leith? Na, unlikely, a total waste of calories bein' in a park anyway so unlikely.
This is a non-story and totaly boring
9

Julian,

EDINBURGH 08/05/2008 01:29:32
#6 Altenative Fuel Head

How do you know you could do 424.6mph if you didn't live in a nanny state?

#2

Because the UK government is paying for it.
10

Julian,

EDINBURGH 08/05/2008 01:31:36
#5 Foo,

Yes, they've been disabled, as they have been on the topless sunbathing story yesterday. Bl00dy disgrace.

I wanted to ask. Does anyone have any more photos?
11

pencildick,

08/05/2008 04:21:24
Was there a woman there?

It looked to me that he was interfering with the chute.

 

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