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They were designed from the start to keep out water underneath, not an
issue
on the underground which doesn't use salt for de-icing. I don't think
there
is anywhere else on the UK rail network as challenging to the undersides
of
rolling stock as Ryde Pier.

There's little point anyway in debating the whys and wherefores of Victoria
line stock, because SWT have said a couple of times they are penciled in for
'73 stock from the Piccadilly...

I did read that 67 stock was considered but ruled out because there are no
cab side doors?

Paul S