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Old August 5th 08, 11:45 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Colin Rosenstiel Colin Rosenstiel is offline
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Default Storage of London tube stock?

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Chaps,

I believe you _may_ be barking up the wrong tree.

There is a plan for the best of the 1962 stock to be stored
undercover
for possible use on the Bakerloo. At least, this was the suggested
plan a year ago, when TfL made no secret of its wish to reroute the
Watford-Euston DC service to Primrose Hill, and run tube stock through
from Watford to Elephant.


That'll the the 1972 stock. It comprises about 4 trains' worth of the
Victoria Line stock.

However, storage of 2009 victoria line stock also seems plausible - I
believe there may need to be a switch of trains en-masse, as the old
and new signalling systems are not compatible.

On the met, the S stock will be able to operate under conventional
signalling, as the auto operation will come later.


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Colin Rosenstiel