On 20 Jan, 19:11, Paul Corfield wrote:
Eh? * I thought one extra 165 was being hunted to try to run the fabled
x15 headway. * I thought Class 172s were then the new fleet until such
time as dangly electrical wires are put in place. * Are you saying the
plan has changed again?

I've not heard that version of the plan.

This is what Peter Field had to say to the Transport Committee in
November (which is the only official mention of 165s I know of):

" What is happening - and I think we should always look towards the
future rather than perhaps the past - is you know that we have asked
the train operator, LOROL, to order new trains. Because those trains
would appear to be slower in coming than we would have liked, the
operator is instead going to in between now and then provide a class
of train called a 165 train as an interim measure. These will be
coming in quite shortly. These interim trains are very modern. They
are very high capacity. They will relieve the situation in the
shorter term before the new trains arrive, which will be to the London
Overground standard, as you know, with lots and lots of capacity, a
much longer vehicle."

Which implies they'll be replacing the whole fleet.

(and I take it to mean that we'll be waiting a very long time for the
172s)

http://www.london.gov.uk/assembly/tr...appendix-a.pdf

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