"David A Stocks" wrote in message
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"Mizter T" wrote in message
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*Incredibly* stupid question coming up... I presume (perhaps
erroneously) from your talk of Kentish Town and SDO that you are
arguing for SDO to be included in the spec for the new Thameslink
rolling stock, right? If so then how much of a big thing is it to
equip new trains with SDO systems? Perhaps foolishly it seems to me
that (a) it can't be that big a deal and (b) new stock such as that
which will be ordered for Thameslink should arguably have SDO
capabilities installed anyway to ensure the stock is versatile,
adaptable and future-proof.

The 377s that will be running interim services have GPS-based SDO, and
ISTR
reading somewhere that it was having to be specially adapted for the
Thameslink route.


Hopefully a better system than the existing one which results in trains
sitting at Victoria
with the doors locked for 30 seconds after arrival whilst the computer works
out which
platform it's on...