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Colin Rosenstiel · September 9th 05, 12:26 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Chris Read) wrote:

wrote:

The switch to 7 car was also to avoid use of narrow 'catwalks' at the
ends of some central area District Line platforms which were in
danger
of falling foul of the Railway Inspectorate (today's Heath & Safety
fascists), and even using these narrow channels (still in place at
certain stations) required the 'end door cut outs' to be operated to
stop the first and last sets of double doors opening on an 8-car
train.

How many, though?

And this was before Driver Only Operation. The CCTV monitors now fill
the ends of many platforms, and in many cases there would be no
suitable
place to relocate them. Although I suppose with new stock, the
sub-surface lines may move over to in-cab CCTV monitors as per the
Central line.

That would be intelligent!

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Colin Rosenstiel