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Originally Posted by Railmoose
Sidings at the factory in Litchurch Lane, Derby, are now starting to fill up with part-built trains — which operators such as First CapitalConnect, London Overground and Southern are desperate to get into service.
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There's been a whisper for quite a while that the Thameslink 3000 Programme is going to be delayed because of this. The 23x 377 units for Southern which will be loaned initially to FCC are nowhere like being completed in time for March. If this is the case, then presumably the 3 bays at Blackfriars will still be needed until the stock arrives, so the whole Blackfriars redevelopment project may stall.
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Even more ironical, Bombardier now faces paying compensation — “liquidated damages” — to these train operators for late delivery of the new trains.
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Oh brilliant, so they're forced to go bust as well ! It would far too sensible for Gordon Brown to sling a couple of extra billion of tax payers' cash in Bombardier's direction. (The reason it won't happen - he wouldn't want a position on
their Board of Directors when he retires !!! ).
Have I gone mad - or is just the rest of the world ??
22nd January 2009, 15:10
