London Banter - View Single Post - Network Rail "incorrectly designed" the Gospel Oak

Basil Jet[_4_] · February 13th 17, 04:51 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On 2017\02\13 16:50, d wrote:
On Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:29:45 +0000
David Walters wrote:
On Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:04:48 +0000 (UTC), d
wrote:
On Mon, 13 Feb 2017 08:15:01 -0600
And 378s won't be used on GOBLIN either.

Are they planning on buying a whole new set of EMUs just for the goblin then?
I find that hard to believe.

TfL are buying 45 four-car 710s for use on the West Anglia Routes and
the Watford DC, GOBLIN and Romford to Upminster lines

I should have guessed.

No, you should have heard it here several times.

Another pointless new EMU design costing extra when
there's already perfectly servicable one in the 378. I guess shiny new toys
are more important than saving money and having interoperability with
existing equipment when its someone elses money you're spending.

West Anglia platforms can only take eight (mostly nine, actually)
carriages, and Emerson Park can only take 4, so five car units would not
be much use in either.

The DC line is mostly 6-carriage platforms.