Recliner wrote:
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Are they also planning to upgrade signalling system on the
Metropolitan line?

Long story... Metronet was planning to, but the contract was cancelled
after it went bust. It's still likely to happen, but a few more years
into the future, and using a different system (thank goodness!). TfL
isn't exactly flush with investment funds thse days.

The fun bit will be if the proposed ATP system (originally proposed to
be the latest revision of SELCAB, I believe) *isn't* backwards
compatible with that fitted to the Chiltern Railways fleet.

Picture the scene: First train after resignalling gets to Harrow South
Junction or Mantles Wood and the ATP equipment picks up a "foreign"
signal that it doesn't understand and decides to sit down and sulk.

Cheers,

Barry