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Old August 26th 15, 11:54 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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On 26/08/2015 12:21, Mizter T wrote:

On 26/08/2015 12:16, Graeme Wall wrote:

On 26/08/2015 12:04, Mizter T wrote:

I assume the door in this shot will not be in use:
http://www.railmagazine.com/news/2015/08/24/vivarail-begins-testing-on-first-converted-d-stock/image/7985


Or could be a throwback to the old Southern Region 4-VEPs?


That was my first thought, but the doorway seems a bit too wide for that.


The sort of services they seem to be aimed at won't need quite such
speedy loading as London so I assume they've actually disabled the inner
two sets of doors each side. Cheaper and, as you say, leaves them with
options for the future.

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