On Tue, 8 Jan 2013 05:16:00 -0800 (PST)
e27002 wrote:
On 8 Jan, 09:58, wrote:
On Mon, 7 Jan 2013 23:51:53 -0800 (PST)

e27002 wrote:
All trains will have ATP: On the S stock it will be provided by the
Cityflo 650 system. On Chiltern DMUs it will be provided by Selcab
equipment via some form of compatibility layer with the wider Cityflo
650 system.

Modern Railways has reached me. =A0And, I have read the article. =A0It i=
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very interesting, but why does TfL have to be so non-standard. =A0Can
they not utilize a system compatible with the rest of the UK.

Don't be silly - they can't even utilise a system compatible with their
own ATO lines already in operation! TfL are the dictionary definition of
an organisation that has to constantly reinvent the wheel. And waste god
knows how many hundreds of millions in the process.

Doesn't that date from the failed PPP experiment?

Does it matter? An ATO system is an ATO system. And they already have
different ones on the Victoria, Central, Jubilee and DLR. And they'll soon
be 5 different ones with the SSL. What a pathetic situation to have ended up
in. Though I read that the northern line is going to be equiped with the same
one that the jubilee line has. Clearly someone will need to be fired for making
such a sensible decision.

B2003