Alliance Rail

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RE: Alliance Rail
This is a new application under section 17, so whether or not the previous one passed an abstraction test (which is of course really nothing more than guesswork) is irrelevant - if they are going to be faster by cutting out a Crewe stop that must surely increase the likelihood of abstraction not reduce it.
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On the ORR website there is a letter
http://www.orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_...-03-02.pdf
criticising Mr. Yeowart for using section 17 to apply for their Southampton access instead of negotiating with NR and applying under section 18 and asking questions about exactly how far they have got with securing Cl.442s.