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"To be fair there is an awful lot of investment going on in station expansion, signalling and new trains."
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Once these are rolled out in full on the district, H&C and Circle, I can see a major disadvantage at those stations where the 'next train' boards are unreliable or badly placed - for instance on most of the Wimbledon branch of the district line. You will not be able to tell at a glance whether a train is heading for Edgware Road or the City.
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I think these are good trains for most of the sub surface lines, especially the Circle line but I don't welcome them on the Met line. The timetable has been slowed down because the trains are actually slower than the A stock, the fast trains have been withdrawn outside of the peaks and the seats are hard which isn't a problem for a few stops but I wouldn't want to commute from Chesham to the centre on one.
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Seats were hard on the Vic line when they were new. They softened up!
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@ Chrismitch - the new stock has a side display on every carriage showing the destination. I agree there won't be the instant recognition of different stock types but the side displays are handy. I use them on the Vic Line in preference to squinting at the platform indicators.
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Jon, they're actually capable of running much faster than the A stock but they won't until the signalling upgrade is complete.
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Chz - not quite. Despite being restricted in latter years to 50mph, the 'A' stock's top speed was 70mph and that of the 'S' stock is 62.5mph, although with much superior acceleration.
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