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

[email protected] · February 13th 17, 05:26 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , 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. 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.

They aren't a new design, just a variant of the class 345 Aventras being
bought for Crossrail/Elizabeth Line.

Likewise the 378s were just another variant of the Electrostar.

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Colin Rosenstiel