In message .com,
Boltar writes
Had a look around the mock up train at euston the other day. Whatever
happened to the walkthrough train concept they were promoting a few
years back with cars joined by a gangway? I also remember some
silliness over overhead line pickup too but unsurprisingly that seems
to have disappeared into the daft ideas bin. From the mockup I'd say
it looks pretty much the same as the interiors on the northern and
jubilee lines with the same narrow windows. Bit disappointing.

Anyone have any tech specs for these trains? I've tried to google
but nothing about the powertrain or electronics comes up. Also , what
type of signalling will be used? Will it be the same as the jubilee
system
or will it be yet-another-new-incompatable-with-every-other-line
system as per LULs apparent standard approach these days?

Metronet are installing a brand new flavour of ATO on the Victoria line
to replace the existing system. It will be different from that being
developed for the Jubilee line as it's being supplied by a different
company. The Victoria version, I would expect, should appear on their
other lines (Bakerloo and SSL lines) as they get their signalling
upgraded.

As the Jubilee is being upgraded by Tubelines, expect to see the Jubilee
system employed on the Northern and Piccadilly in due course. There
have been a few items in Underground News from LURS about this recently.

I don't think you can blame LUL on this as it's being led by the
companies put in to manage the infrastructure under the PPP. LUL get
what they are given as long as it meets the specification.
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