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Old September 26th 06, 03:40 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article . com,
(John B) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article
.com,
(MIG) wrote:

Come to think of it, the 166s are quite long and wider still,
and cover the Redhill to Gatwick bit.

I very much doubt that they are 23m long (or indeed ,longer than
20m) though.


23.5m, according to their owners:
http://www.angeltrains.co.uk/datashe...ail.aspx?ID=10

I suppose this isn't too surprising given that (via the 168s) they
were the basis for the Turbostar.


Oh! I thought all Turbostars were 20m.




It was only checking for this discussion earlier that made me realise
that they are longer than Electrostars. (And that diesel Networkers,
sorry Network Turbos, are longer than electric Networkers.)