Thread: London Underground on Wednesday, 1 October,2014.
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Old October 2nd 14, 10:42 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default London Underground on Wednesday, 1 October,2014.
On Thu, 02 Oct 2014 11:01:47 +0100
Paul Corfield wrote:
On Thu, 2 Oct 2014 08:52:31 +0100, Walter Briscoe
The failure rate seems much lower than it was about 5 years ago. Double
failures are now rare. 40% delay improvement claims seem pessimistic.

It is reported on the District Dave blog that an engineering hours
move of the preserved Cravens unit (back from the EOR) resulted in

Thats interesting. Did it get hauled from Ongar all the way by rail? I
thought some track north of Epping had been lifted to seperate the 2
railways. Aside from that I'd imagine it would be in pretty ropey condition
anyway having not been used for 20 years.

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