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[email protected] · April 2nd 09, 10:37 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Recliner) wrote:

More to the point, the original Boeing 737 and DC-9 airliners were
introduced at the same time as the 1967 stock. I don't think any of
those early models remain in service. The Boeing 747 came along a
couple of years later, and all of its early examples are also
long-retired. And I can't remember when I last saw a first
generation Ford Escort from the same era.

There are still Routemaster buses in service that predate the 1967 tube
stock. What is more remarkable is that the design life of a tube train is
more than double that of a bus.

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Colin Rosenstiel