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Robin9 · December 19th 14, 07:20 PM

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On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 05:37:22 -0600
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Still, at least looking at pictures of the trains someone had enough
sense to specify 3 sets of doors per carraige, unlike the dorks who
specified the 378s on the Overground.

They followed the design of the 376s of course, though they were 5-car from
the start.

The point was that no-one foresaw how busy London Overground would become.

Well they should have done really. A short cut from north london to canary
wharf (almost) and south of the river via the up and coming areas of Hoxton
and Shoreditch I would have thought would be a dead cert for packed trains.

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Spud

I imagine the growth in London's population had something to do with it. Plus
the fact that far fewer people today can afford to run a car.