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Old July 3rd 18, 12:54 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default First LO Aventra on display

On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 04:18:58 -0700 (PDT)
Paul Corfield wrote:
If Bombardier don't get type approval for the 710s quickly then the GOBLIN =
will end up with no trains at all as all of the 172s transfer to West Midla=
nds Trains in the Autumn (Nov) to allow an enhanced timetable from Dec 2018=
.. They have 4 months to get trains approved and route cleared, fault free m=
ileage accumulated, delivered, commissioned for passenger use, drivers trai=
ned and into service. I'd say that is now beginning to look very difficult=
indeed.


Given this electrification had been on the cards for a long time, why didn't
TfL just order a few more 378s back in the day?