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On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:16:57 -0000
"Paul Scott" wrote:
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Was it really necessary for the body to taper in so severely at floor
level?
I realise the lower floor means it has to be cut back for curved platforms
but it leaves a huge potentially dangerous gap at certain stations. Was it
really worth it just for those mythical wheelchair users who don't exist?

The aim was to build a 'go-anywhere' common stock for all the SSR routes,
not just the Met. Once the A, C and D stock have all been replaced perhaps
they'll be altering the stepping distances at various stations?

Stepping distances?

Move the coping stones on the platform. You couldn't do that with A stock
still running, at Euston Square there wasn't much of a gap to mind - about
half an inch if that.

Neil
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