In article , Richard J.
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David Jackman wrote:
"Richard J." wrote in
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They do indeed plan to extend existing platforms where necessary to
accomodate 10-car Crossrail trains, according to
http://www.crossrail.co.uk/consultation.

Er, Why 10-cars? Designing the in-tunnel stations for anything less
than 12 cars would be madness.

Who said anything about in-tunnel stations? We were discussing whether the
trains would fit into the existing above-ground platforms on, for example,
the Shenfield branch. The standard length of the in-tunnel platforms is
245 metres, compared to (I think) 210 metres above ground, so it looks like
they *are* designing for 12 cars in tunnel.
Are you sure they are not working on 10 23m long cars instead of the
current 20m long cars?
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John Alexander,