"Paul Scott" wrote in message
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Was it really necessary for the body to taper in so severely at floor
level?
I realise the lower floor means it has to be cut back for curved
platforms
but it leaves a huge potentially dangerous gap at certain stations. Was
it
really worth it just for those mythical wheelchair users who don't exist?

The aim was to build a 'go-anywhere' common stock for all the SSR routes,
not just the Met. Once the A, C and D stock have all been replaced
perhaps they'll be altering the stepping distances at various stations?

I've now found a report (in the archived version of the DfT website) that
includes the plans for work on the 'Met' S8 stations. It definitely seems
to be a work that's still in progress, caused mainly by the multiple stock
types in use on the various bits of the line.

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.g...olitanline.pdf

It's the last section, starting at page 40 of the pdf...

Paul S