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[email protected] · May 26th 09, 12:11 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Recliner) wrote:

"Mizter T" wrote in message

On May 25, 12:09 am, wrote:

In article
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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.

As Recliner says, Canada Water wasn't around then - and nor were the
stations on the 'new' stretch of the line from Shoreditch High Street
up to Dalston Junction.

But I thought Canada Water was the one station that had platforms
almost impossible to extend (which is criminal, considering how
recently it was built)?

My point being that 5-car CO/CP stock trains would have fitted in the
platforms at Canada Water, assuming they fit 4 x 20m car trains. AFAICS
the 5-car CO/CP stock trains were the longest run so far on the ELL.

Aren't the platforms at one of the other ELL stations as short and
impractical to extend as those at Canada Water anyway? Rotherhithe or
Wapping?

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Colin Rosenstiel