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Old February 17th 09, 11:01 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default East London Line phase 2b to Clapham Jn is GO!

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On Feb 16, 11:13 pm, EE507 wrote:


Sitting? Have you seen the interior layout?

http://www.railwayherald.co.uk/issue...148.pdf#page=5

Man, that's a stinker. Obviously, what is going to happen, is, just
after the last train leaves, people are going to begin gathering at
EXACTLY the right places on the Clapham Junction platform where they
KNOW the door opens...


I suspect the layout choice was based on the perceived success of recent LU
tube stock, and the apparent belief in TfL that if the Overground could be
'improved to meet the standards of LU services' everyone would flock to it.
The same reasoning results in it being on the tube map. So the implication
is that passengers will be happy with tube style internal conditions, with a
vehicle capacity of 166 (with 30 odd seats) declared.

Paul