London Banter - View Single Post - Tube driver: The Job is going down the pan

[email protected] · April 10th 17, 02:00 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(michael adams) wrote:

As to management and the board. My 3rd most frequently used line is the
Central Line. For the new stock some genius presumably persuaded numerous
committees and boards that it would be a nice idea to have wrap around
windows up to the ceiling to allow the punters to better view the Essex
countryside. Unfortunately it was only after the new stock came on stream
that it was realised that in the absence of air-conditioning the insides
of the car became unbearably hot in sunny weather. Like little greenhouses
in fact. Now who'd have thought ? So that as result all the windows ended
up tinted. Which while maybe looking stylish to types attracted to that
sort of thing had the unfortunate result that passengers standing outside
on the platform are unable to see inside and which carriages are full and
which are empty. One possible solution might be to blank out the
additional window area with opaque film do reducing it to what it was
before. However that's unlikely to happen as it would be a living
testament to the monumental cock-up that was seemingly perpetrated at all
levels of LT management. Instead Central Line passengers are going to have
to suffer a situation where they can't see inside a train before boarding
for the next, what 40 years ?

Hey! Less of the ********, please! An advantage of windows going up into the
roof space is that passengers can see out at stations more easily and see
which station they are at. The original Victoria Line 1967 stock introduced
the idea after trials on a 1938 stock car after the War. I can see this is
less of an issue with modern passenger information systems which announce
each station but does the 1992 stock have such systems?

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Colin Rosenstiel