Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road
A friendly call to the DafT press office to see if there were any further details on the up to 200 vehicles being brought forward from a never specified delivery date, brought the following reply:
"We don't have details on how they will be allocated to the TOCs".
According to their Master's statement:
"...an additional 200 train carriages to relieve congestion on the Great Western, Northern and Transpennine rail franchises."
And the press release says:
"The delivery of 200 new carriages earlier than originally expected for rail passengers in the Thames Valley, around Bristol and on longer distance inter-urban services in Northern England."
What sort of press office is it that claims not to have information that has been published in the House earlier that day?
Come back Miriam the railways need you more than aviation.
