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Re: It's creeping socialism I tell you! (4.00 / 3)

Presently, less or no spare Eurostars due to increased traffic on its core lines: they'd need more trains no run North again. (In fact, on High Speed 1, they could now run standard TGVs with their wider cross-section.)

But, the problem here doesn't seem to be the choice of train, but the business model.

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by DoDo on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 05:09:02 PM EST
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Re: It's creeping socialism I tell you! (none / 0)

They wouldn't have been eurostars, they're too wide for British gauge.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 at 04:48:20 AM EST
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Re: It's creeping socialism I tell you! (none / 0)

Nope, Eurostars were specially designed for British gauge, as they ran on normal British lines from the Chunnel to Waterloo before High Speed 1 fully opened to St. Pancras International.

The leased Eurostars' Northern excursions were a relatively short episode, lasting from 2000 to 2005. Check some photos on RailFanEurope -- here is one, with a train in GNER colours:

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by DoDo on Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 at 07:17:41 AM EST
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Re: It's creeping socialism I tell you! (none / 0)

On the other hand, checking Wikipedia, I find the North of London sets (which are shorter by four cars) are still not in regular Eurostar service, but were leased to SNCF for domestic services.

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by DoDo on Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 at 07:22:51 AM EST
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