On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:39:51 -0700 (PDT), D7666
wrote:

The true IOW solution is new stock. Not new heavy weight trains or new
tube stock, but some kind of light rail / heavy tram device. If this
is affordable for Watford St.Albans it is affordable for IOW ((+)).

Except that, unless someone does a low-roof, high-platform tram, there
would need to be expensive infrastructure works for that, particularly
on the low tunnel, not to mention stringing up the OHLE (unless a
diesel option was chosen).

As the Island Line is a financial basket case, I suspect hand-me-down
Tube stock is the cheapest option, and as such is probably the best
one short of getting into a debate about closure and bustitution.

Neil
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