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Colin Rosenstiel · September 8th 05, 12:59 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Michael Hopkins) wrote:

Much as it might pain me to agree with her, the new MP for Putney is
not wrong. The District Line ran 8-car Q, CP and R stock trains until
the 1970s. The platforms, give or take a bit of selective door
opening, are all long enough, except between High St Ken and Edgware
Road where shorter trains have always been used. So, if the eventual
D stock replacements were 8 car length (car lengths as C and earlier
stocks) there would be a worthwhile increase in capacity.

Fair point, but that would involve re-arranging the timetable/line
permutations because of Wimbleware, so if you're throwing that kind of
idea around, I guss anything's possible!

Why? Wimbleware trains are already shorter than main District line
trains are.

The switch to 7 car CO/CP and R stock trains was to avoid uncoupling I
thought as there wasn't enough stock for all District main line trains
to be 8 cars. The D stock order then fossilised those limited capacity
arrangements. But with D stock to be replaced under the PPP the
possibility of longer trains again is perfectly feasible.

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Colin Rosenstiel