Re: Scotland on Sunday: Secret talks on London bullet train

In article <wJydnWqy_9f_wdvVnZ2dnUVZ8uidnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, peter.masson1
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 says...
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> "Joe Curry" <egph@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> > On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:13:47 -0700 (PDT), B <blimpie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > wrote:
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> > >> Before 1966 the Royal Scot made one intermediate stop,
> >
> > >100% correct.
> >
> > And the ECML  Flying Scot?
> 
> The Flying Scotsman used, in steam days, run non-stop from Kings Cross
to
> Edinburgh Waverley. This took 2 drivers and 2 firemen, each on lodging
> turns, and tender corridors so that the two crews could change over near
> Thirsk. When the Deltics arrived, the train made one intermediate stop,
at
> Newcastle, and this continued into the HST era. Since the line was
> electrified trains have made at least 2 stops, York and Newcastle, and
in
> the current timetable all trains make at least three stops, the third
being
> either Peterborough or Berwick. For a time two stop trains were timed in
> 3h59m, but punctuality was unsatisfactory.

I wonder how well punctuality compares today. You would think domestic air

travel would wipe the floor with rail in the punctuality stakes but in 
reality it is quite appalling.