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Recliner[_2_] · March 30th 11, 04:40 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:26:22 -0700 (PDT)
CJB wrote:
The fact that these conditions exist are due to the apparent
callous disregard that Transport for London has for its customers
in not putting into service 8-car units and extra trains during
the rush-hour.

Or it might have something to do with the platforms not being long
enough. I don't know about the clapham line but the trains on the
ELL were only 4 car when LU ran it.

Actually, they ran some 5-car CO/CP trains on the ELL in the 1970s.
That was before the elfin safety brigade, mind.

And also before Canada Water station opened. I think that's the
main constraint on the ELL, and the short platforms would be hard
to lengthen (as with Cutty Sark on the DLR).

I thought one of the stations by the tunnel (Rotherhithe?) was the
long standing constraint on the length of trains. It was the height of
short-sightedness to build Canada Water so constrained too, though.

I think Wapping is the one you mean, but don't think the platforms are
quite as short as Canada Water.