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[email protected] · January 10th 13, 03:09 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:24:16 -0600
wrote:
The single leaf doors are a major design weakness of the D stock. We should
count ourselves lucky they have lasted longer than the contemporary single
leaf door tube stock, the 83TS which was withdrawn well before it was
life-expired. The two stocks had a lot of common components under the
solebar too.

I wonder if they stripped the 83s for spares for the D stock before they
were scrapped?

B2003