North London Line goes 4-car in early 2011
"D7666" wrote in message
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There were a number of units transferred to the Victoria a few years
ago
(72 stock
Done between 1987 and 1989 - thats 20 years ago now.
At *that* point in time, it was a worthwhile investment, 1967/1972
stock was yet 20/25 years old, at half life, no replacement stock or
major line upgrade in sight, indeed no need for such an upgrade, and
it was the *newer* [1972] cars of the two types that got rebuilt then.
We are now 20 years further on, line upgrades are in plan, and this
time it is the older [1967] of the two types - and I'd suggest much
further along their fatigue life - that are being talked about.
If it is the plan that 1967 stock goes to the Bakerloo then they will
be FIFTY TWO years old at withdrawal.
fx/Isle of Wight:
52 - is that all?
Paul
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