THE council's barrister Matthew Reed has battled hard to discredit Helioslouogh's rail expert Nick Gallup.
Concluding his cross-examination, Mr Reed forced the witness to concede all the extra passenger trains envisaged by the Thameslink programme would use the slow lines, as the fast lines were needed for expresses.
He also established that freight trains would have to avoid the peak hours of 7am to 10pm and 4pm to 7pm, leaving only a few hours a day for services using the railfreight terminal.
Mr Reed, after presenting a detailed analysis, said: “It is not a workable timetable, is it?”
Mr Gallup replied: “Not on that basis, but I'm not sure it is applicable to Radlett.”
Mr Stinchcombe, representing Strife, cut short his cross-examination as Mr Reed had covered most of his points, but Eric Roberts of the St Albans Civic Society questioned Mr Gallup on engineering works and future passenger train growth.
The enquiry has adjourned until 9.30am tomorrow when Mr Gallup will be re-examined by Mr Kingston.
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