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Colin Rosenstiel · September 6th 03, 08:08 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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(Boltar) wrote:

"Ed Crowley" wrote in message
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They are all the same on the Central line. 95/96 refers to the
Jubilee and Northern lines repectively. I thought the acceleration on
the 95/96s was deliberately slugged in software to allow them to
co-exist with the old stock while they were being phased in.

Thats what everybody said (on here) but it seems they're genuinely
underpowered. Certainly going up the hill from from highgate to east
finchley they seem to me slower than the stock they replaced but that
could just be psychological I guess because of less motor noise.

Figures. Only the 92 stock has all axles motored. 95/96 stock has one
unpowered car in three. The 96 stock will be worse when extended to 7 cars
too, I suppose.

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Colin Rosenstiel