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Why the piccadilly to Heathrow , why not the District?
Nigel Pendse wrote:
"Johnny Mo" wrote in message om No one has yet noted there are legal differences between sub-surface stock ( district line) and tube stock (picc). To put a district train thru a single bore tunnel would require a whole new fleet. Tube (and WAGN class 313) need lengthwise evacuation, sub-surface stock does not. Inter-car movement on the D stock seems no harder than on Tube stock, so is that just a question of carrying a (longer) ramp in the cab? Presumably the fire resistance is much the same in all UG stock. The District's D stock is the only one that still has wooden floors. Hence they still carry fire extinguishers in the passenger areas, whereas some more modern (or refurbished) types don't. -- Richard J. (to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address) |
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