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On Tue, 12 Jan 2016 20:51:38 +0000
Steve Fitzgerald ] wrote:
In message , Mizter T
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Hammersmith is no longer a depot as such. It's just a stabling point.

We have to take trains from Ealing Common to Edgware Road for H&C
services now.

Back on the front now?

Have been for over a year.

Do you like the S-stock - from a driver's POV that is?

I love them. Comfortable, good driving position, cab air-com (although
it's a bit noisy) and hi-tech controls (which always goes down well with
me!)

It's almost disappointing when a D stock turns up as they are getting
dated and not much loved by the depots these days.

Someone needs to ask LU why they spent millions having the D stock fully
refurbished up until 2008 only to bin them 7 years later.

It's a fair point, but I think this was yet another Metronet-related issue.
The refurbishment was delayed by the PPP contract, and should have happened
years earlier. See
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lond...#Refurbishment

Also, not all the D stock has been binned yet; most are still in service
with LU, so it'll be more like 8-10 years between the refurbishment and the
transfer to Vivarail. I suspect you'd be at the front of the queue of the
complainers if the D stock was still running around unrefurbished after 35
years of service.