TheOneKEA wrote:

short platforms at South Tottenham station (necessitated by the
junctions at either end)

Back in the day, when the service ran from Kentish Town, it was 4-car
DMUs with people opening their own doors. If 378s have SDO (perhaps even
if they don't, given where the doors are), then there shouldn't be any
problem, should there?

Also, are the 172s any good?

I like them. They are clean (and look like it will be easy to keep them
that way), comfortable, and fairly well-used.

I'm interested to know if the GOBLIN has had a mini-sparks effect
thanks to the newer trains.

I can't say if more people are travelling than before, but what's
against the line is that few of the stations have direct interchanges
with other lines, so it's always going to be among the quieter lines in
its area. Mind you, there has been plenty of work at most if not all the
stations to make them more pleasant, so who knows.
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