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Old December 31st 15, 09:23 AM posted to uk.transport.london,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.railway
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On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:42:23 -0600,
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In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 10:37:50 +0000, e27002 aurora
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On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 20:34:24 -0600,
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In article , (Basil
Jet) wrote:

On 2015\12\29 12:14, Recliner wrote:
On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:11:04 +0000, e27002 aurora
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Now that the Circle is a Tea Cup, the Hammersmith and City is no
longer needed. Why not replace it with a Metropolitan service from
Uxbridge to Barking?

Because they wanted the extra services to Hammersmith, but there
isn't enough capacity on the southern side of the Circle for more
Circle line trains. Also, the H&C stations to Barking may not be
long enough for S8 trains.

Indeed they aren't.

Hardly a major problem these days with SDO and walk-through trains,
surely?

One would have thought not. But, we speak of TfL.

You really have no idea at all do you? All this "we speak of TfL"
nonsense is just a ludicrous sweeping statement where your version of
what should happen does not accord with reality. You have no idea
what is considered, what is assessed and what it would cost to deliver
the various options. Is anyone really complaining about the new S
stock trains on the H&C and Circle lines? Anyone? I haven't heard a
single moan about them.

Yes we have had the whingeing from Met Line users but we are now in a
different era from times past in terms of the numbers that need
shifting. We all love to have a seat but never ending increasing
demand means that's simply not a realistic prospect any more.
Expectations will have to shift because it is not feasible nor
affordable to run enough trains of huge length to offer everyone the
prospect of a seat.

One has to wonder where the Metropolitan Line would be today sans the
destructive forces of the LTPB, LT, LRT, and TfL.

The Metropolitan Railway was a fine organization. Would that it had
survived.

So S8s east of Aldgate shouldn't be a problem then?

Quite so. On the Portsmouth Direct SWT have various SDO options. Six
Cars @ Rowlands Castle, eight @ Liss and Liphook, etc. But this is
T... oh never mind.

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