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Old October 28th 14, 01:00 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:32:45 +0100, Paul Corfield
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On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 13:17:59 +0100, David Walters
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There also appears to be a small model:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24759744@N02/15496258746


Thanks for promoting my photo. ;-)


I finally got round to going to this little display (somewhat
overshadowed by the larger, brighter cupcake stand next to it), and
took a few close-up pics of my own. Obviously I know that this isn't a
scale model of an actual proposed train, but just from a firm of
designers, but I had a few observations on the model, FWIW:

This pic seems to confirm the absence of a driver's cab:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/15464378918/

The attendant is shown in the passenger saloon.

This is supposed to be a Heathrow-bound Piccadilly Line train, but I
see no space for luggage:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/15464554657/

Also, it doesn't have the standard Tube livery. I wonder if this is
just the designers indulging themselves, or is TfL contemplating a new
livery for the new trains?

And again, recognising that this is just an indicative model and not
an engineering scale model, the windows are bigger than in other
recent Tube trains, though not as big as the 92TS. I hope the real
ones follow through on this

The trains will also have level access from platforms. From the video,
it looks like this is planned to be achieved mainly by raising
platforms, though I wonder if the train floors will also be lower?