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Old July 14th 07, 08:56 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
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Default North London Line goes 4-car in early 2011

On Jul 14, 12:12 am, MIG wrote:

As for the Victoria Line stock, it hasn't had to deal with the
horrible bends that exist on the Bakerloo either, so it's probably in
a better condition than a lot of stock.


Victoria Line stock utilisation is much higher than Bakerloo.

The current SX service is 38/27 peak/off-peak trains with 16286 km
training running timetabled each day. Current Bakerloo is 33/29 peak/
off peak but running only 10541 km.

1967 stock is accumulating mileage and therefore approaching its
fatigue limit at a rate 33% higher than 1972 stock = a 1967 car does
in 3 years what a 1972 car does in 4.

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