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Old December 19th 14, 04:59 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:01:10 -0600
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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.


You have obviously missed your vocation as a seer.


Oh come on, this is a "new" metro line in London linking to a huge business
district, not some speculative tram system in a midlands town. Anyone who
didn't see it coming was frankly an idiot.

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