"Zen83237" wrote in message

"Recliner" wrote in message
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"Zen83237" wrote in message

It seems a disgrace that of the Tubelines lines to get a new
signalling system first in the less than 10 year old Jubilee Line,
that quite frankly should have been built right in the first place.
Well at least the extention at least.
The Jubilee got completely new trains 20 odd years ago as well. Why
does the Jubilee get preferential treatment. Poor old Bakerloo line
gets stuffed. I accept with the Piccadilly line the new signally is
not much use
without the new trains.

The Jubilee line's trains are not much over a decade old, not 20
years. But I'd much rather travel on the Picc's almost 35 year-old
1973 stock trains, which are, arguably, still the nicest Tube trains
on LU. But I preferred their original transverse seating layout.

As for the Jubilee Line's signalling system, you probably remember
that the original intention to install moving block signalling was
abandoned when it became clear that it wouldn't be ready in time for
the opening of the Dome. A lower capacity conventional system was
installed instead as a stop-gap measure.
And why would moving block not have been ready in time. Not as if it
hadn't been done before on other railway syatems. Could they really
not build a new railway and not put a modern, state of the art
signally system on it.

As I recall, the same man who demanded moving block signalling on the
Jubilee went on to speciify the same on the WCML, with even worse
consequences.