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Old April 19th 08, 07:49 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Central line to be converted to AC?

In article , (Roland
Perry) wrote:

In message , at 11:30:49 on
Sat, 19 Apr 2008, Peter Smyth remarked:
It sounds like an April Fools joke but apparently TfL are considering
it.
http://tinyurl.com/5augle

Presumably if this were to go ahead the line would have to be closed
for an extended period.


And would the AC motors fall off the bogies less often than the DC
ones?


They tend to be lighter, so probably.

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Colin Rosenstiel


 
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