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Re: Cross country on Camp Hill line?

"allan tracy" <thunderbird57303@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1b1c486b-298b-4271-908b-986ee63c880b@34g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>> It seems to me that it would make sense to send all XC
>> Voyagers/HST's that way to keep them out of the way of this
>> congestion, but I guess that operating circumstances at New Street may
>> not always allow this.
>
> Yes, finding half a platform to reverse in is much easier than a whole
> one to pass through.
>
> However, whilst Virgin were still cross countrying they did at one
> point state that their plan was eventually to send all their services
> via Camp Hill.
>
> The plan was obviously dropped but not entirely sure why?
>
> It would make plenty of sense to send NE - SW services that way, with
> a reverse.

That may well be true, but at the time the stated idea was to send the SW-NW
services that way precisely to avoid a reverse. But the point you make about
needing a whole platform is valid.

Regards

Jonathan

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