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Old May 24th 09, 11:09 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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(Mizter T) wrote:

* As a follow on thought to the overcrowding issue, could the line
take 6-car trains, including somehow getting over the obstacle of
short platforms at Canada Water?


5-car O/P stock trains were run on the East London for a time in the
1970s. The cars were only 51' 1 1/4" (15.58m) long though, so I suppose
that is shorter than 4 x 20m cars.

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Colin Rosenstiel