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Old July 13th 07, 03:37 AM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
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Default North London Line goes 4-car in early 2011

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:33:04 +0100, John Tattersall wrote:

Initially, TfL may substitute the current trains running the Euston -
Watford service (aged Class 313 and Class 508 trains) with some
(modified) stock cascaded from the Victoria line after that line
receives its new trains. The Victoria line stock is similar to the
Bakerloo line fleet, and the two could be merged fairly easily later
on (see below).


Yes, but haven't TfL ordered part of the Electrostar fleet for use on the DC
lines out of Euston?


I think so, but I don't think they've explicitly said so.

There are 24 sets on order for the North London routes,
to replace, IIRC, 26 Class 313/508 sets. With the benefits of higher
availability of new EMUs that looks like a straight replacement - or is
there to be an increase in frequency on the North London part of the
Overground?


You're right about 26 units being replaced by 24. However it's
difficult to make a direct comparison as AFAIK the plans are still
being finalised (the order for the 4th cars only recently went in) and
TfL and Network Rail have slightly different sets of aspirations, and
the number of units required could vary depending on things like the
increase in frequency on the WLL, the introduction and frequency of
the Queens Park - Stratford service, the possible switch to diesel
stock for the WLL (with through running to Barking), whether London
Overground stock is used for the Abbey Flyer, etc.