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Recliner[_3_] · August 10th 17, 08:55 PM posted to uk.transport.london

Theo wrote:
wrote:
In article ,
(Theo) wrote:

If the infrastructure elsewhere limits trains to ~240m long, there's
no advantage for anyone from the much longer platforms to be had.
(is there any realistic prospect of longer trains out of any part of
Waterloo?)

Where do you get 240m from? 10-coach trains are about 200m long.

Waterloo carries two kinds of stock:

20m stock, for instance 455s and 450s, that come in units of 4 cars. The
maxium length of a train is 3 units, ie 12x 20m = 240m
23m stock, for instance 444s and soon 442s, that come in units of 5 cars.
The maximum length of a train is 2 units, ie 10x 23m = 230m

Thus the longest trains currently operating out of Waterloo are 240m (or
thereabouts). The question is: would any of the routes out of Waterloo be
able to handle longer trains? If not, then the longer length of the
International platforms is moot.

(apart perhaps from Spud's hypothetical stabling of 16 car trains, which
- would be 320m but noting that most of the stock would need to be stabled
at the non-London end of routes to deal with peak flows).

In looking again at my pictures from this morning, it looks like one 8-car
train is indeed parked behind another, presumably (but not necessarily)
also an 8-car train:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/36312398742/in/album-72157684802951344/lightbox/

Note the 10:22 Addlestone train on the board is shown as the "Front 8
coaches of the train".

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