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100mph line speed will see Chiltern step up competition with West Coast

£250m Evergreen III upgrade will also create London-Oxford link

James Dark
25 January 2010
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A Virgin Trains billboard taunts Chiltern about its journey times
A Virgin Trains billboard taunts Chiltern about its journey times

 

Chiltern Railways is expecting its £250m Evergreen III upgrade to increase its share of the London-Birmingham rail market from 33% at present to 40%, taking passengers from Virgin West Coast and attracting people from road to rail.

The project will see 50 miles of track on the Chiltern line with 60 and 75mph speed restrictions upgraded to 100mph, slashing journey times by 20% across the Chiltern route. Chiltern’s fastest journey time to Birmingham will fall from 1hr 47 minutes to...

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