Overground stock
 

In article
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r.org, (Recliner) wrote:

wrote:
In article ,
(Basil Jet) wrote:

Apparently the Euston to Watford line has had 4-car trains ordered.
At the moment, UIVMM, it has 5-car trains. Is it going to switch from
3tph to 4tph at the exact same time as the new stock starts? Even so,
15 cars per hour to 16 cars per hour is a very modest increase,
especially when the increased frequency will increase usage (mostly
at the expense of the Bakerloo). I wonder why they didn't order more
of the current trains and run 5 cars at 4tph?

Euston-Watford went to 5 cars because the whole 378 fleet did so.
Does it actually need the extra space?

Probably not. The Bakerloo trains take the bulk of the load on the shared
section, and north of H&W, the LO isn't very busy.

And, given that the Crossrail Aventras have
23m long cars, rather than the 20m 378 cars, how long with the new
Overground class 710 cars be?

20m, apparently:


https://www.globalrailnews.com/2015/...est-addition-t
o-london-overgrounds-fleet/

With a suggestion that 4 cars won't be enough on Euston-Watford. Only 6
units too. Doesn't sound like an increase in frequency.

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Colin Rosenstiel