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Old December 6th 06, 08:49 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default New Carriage Lengths and Other Rolling Stock News

The 7 Car Artic S Stock will be used on the District and Circle &
Hammersmith lines. These will be longer (can't recall how much,
probably about 5ish metres) than the current C Stock. Until rebuilding
work has recieved consent through the Transport & Works Act and been
carried out at stations with shorter platforms like Bayswater and Baker
Street (5&6) some doors will remain closed.

The Metropolitan Line will use 8 Cars of S Stock and I suspect that the
seating may be a bit different than the 7 Car - to satisfy those
further north.

Clive D. W. Feather wrote:

In article , Paul G
writes
Trains on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines will increase in size
from six to seven carriages, an overall capacity increase of 17 per
cent, as will those on the District line between Edgware Road and
Wimbledon.

[...]
District line trains (D-stock) will increase to seven carriages from
their present six carriages but the overall train length will remain
virtually the same


The first part refers to S-stock, right?

Is it 7 carriages each the length of the C-stock ones, in which case how
are they going to solve the platform length issues? Or is 7S the same
length as 6C, in which case the "increase of 17%" is grossly misleading.

The second part is talking about replacing 6D by 7S, right?

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