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>re the trains, the original application was for GU to use 'new build bi-mode rolling stock': presumably another 800
Allegedly Hitachi's recent price increases for new 80x units stopped GU from considering these, they had planned to use class 93s but scrapped that idea too for some reason. I suppose if they do end up using class 221's they'll be able to poach drivers from Avanti who already sign the traction & the route, but that hardly mitigates the fact that they'll be using diesel trains (and ones that are already unpopular with passengers) over a fully electrified route.

In other news, the track for the EWR project between Bicester & Bletchley is now fully laid. A generally good news story (leaving aside the fact it really ought to be electrified), but you wouldn't know it from the BBC, who've devoted most of their story to people whose lives have been utterly ruined because they've had to look at some diggers and because now people might want to move into their town

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-68500700

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