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[email protected] · January 11th 16, 09:28 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Charles Ellson) wrote:

On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:08:47 +0000 (UTC), d wrote:

On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:00:36 +0000
Steve Fitzgerald ] wrote:
In message , e27002 aurora
writes
OTOH, there are serious Cons:
The Hammersmith Branch would have to be re-electrified and probably
re-signalled. At the very least track circuit immunization would have
to change. One the S7 Stock Depots is at Hammersmith, that depot
capacity would have to be provided elsewhere.

Hammersmith is no longer a depot as such. It's just a stabling point.

That seems a waste of a very large facility. Why?

Isn't the shed at Hammersmith now too short ? S stock isn't designed
for conveniently splitting and shunting like older stock.

Can't be. It was being used when the stock was mixed. I'm sure I saw S7
stock in the sheds when I went on the last C Stock tour which ended there.

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Colin Rosenstiel