Thread: The East London Line is dead... Long live the East London Line
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Old December 23rd 07, 04:04 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default The East London Line is dead... Long live the East London Line
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(Mizter T) wrote:

I don't know what the deal is with regards to whether the new trains
will fit on the existing platforms - I think this might not be an
issue as the existing platforms are (from memory) a bit longer that a
4-car A stock train. However for arguments sake let's say the new 4-
car Electrostars won't fit on the existing ELL platforms - this could
be dealt with by stopping the leading and trailing cab-ends still in
the tunnel, and if that still doesn't solve the issue then selective
door opening (SDO) can be bought into play - and suddenly the problem
is no more.

The platforms must be longer than 4 cars of A stock. The line had 5 car
trains of CO/CP stock for a time in the 1970s.

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Colin Rosenstiel
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