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Walk-through trains
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:38:45 +0100
"Recliner" wrote: Not that I can recall. The Bakerloo is the only other Metronet line with old trains, but they're not due for replacement for a few years yet. Had Metronet remained in its original form, I'm sure these would just have been follow-ons from the Bombardier 2009 stock (rather like the Met-Cam 1972 stock was based on the 1967 TS), but TfL is much more likely to put it out to tender. Is it really to much to ask for LUL to stick with a common design to save on the cost of a new one as opposed to just adding extra orders onto the book? Not to mention being able to spread staff maintenance expertise over more than 1 line, saving on the cost of spares etc. While train builders seem to like to pretend they're designing the space shuttles replacement there really hasn't been any large scale new tech in trains for the last 10 years so why bother with yet another design? As mentioned upthread, for reasons of tight space and twisty track, I think it highly unlikely that any LU tube stock will have walk-through inter-car connections. After all, just think how narrow and low the doorways would have to be! Doesn't seem to be a problem for people in bendy buses when they go around corners. B2003 |
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