On Mon, 13 Feb 2017 17:17:15 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
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On Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:29:45 +0000
David Walters wrote:
On Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:04:48 +0000 (UTC), d
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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.
By that impeccable logic, they should have ordered some new-build 313s, not
shiny new 378s.
The last 378 car only rolled off the production line a couple of years back.
A slight difference in timescale. But no, lets spec out a new vehicle which is
most likely incompatabile in interoperatibility, driver operation, components
and quite possibily any ATO signalling for ... err, what reason exactly?
If there's a major flaw found in these trains will the 378s be able to
operate the goblin? Or if there's a shortage of 378s will the 710s be able
to run on the NLL and ELL? Probably not.
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Spud