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Old January 15th 04, 04:38 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Iain Iain is offline
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Default Fastest tube trains?

"Nes" wrote in
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They get up to that speed in passenger service? I wouldn't really
know, as I haven't been as far Epping on 92TS. Last time I went that
far was on the old 62 stock.


Wouldn't surprise me if they do approach that speed. There's a portion of
the Central Line between Leyton and Leytonstone where the track runs
parallel to the A12, which is a 3-lane dual-carriageway with a 50mph limit
at that point. The trains usually run at about the same speed as, or
sometimes a little faster than, the middle-lane traffic, which is probably
sitting at about the 50mph limit.

Iain