On 2 Apr, 00:32, John B wrote:

On Apr 1, 11:56 pm, "Jack Taylor" wrote:

I notice that these trains will have "state-of-the-art heating and
air-conditioning systems, look and feel of Tube trains and be
walk-through, without doors between carriages", which sounds just like
the new S Stock trains. Are there any other similarities? I know these
trains are shorter (4 vs 7/8 carriages), but they sound quite similar
in other respects, including where they're being built.

No, there are no similarities between the Underground S stock and the class
378 Electrostars.

?!

While the S-stock certainly isn't an Electrostar, suggesting that the
Electrostar hasn't been one of key design inputs on which the S-stock
was based would be an utter and rather weird lie.


A "misunderstanding" (as opposed to a lie) would be a kinder and
perhaps more accurate way of putting it.