On 8 Sep, 16:15, John B wrote:
I was confused as the OP suggested that the "first ELL stock arrived
last week" so I assumed s/he meant Bombardier had turned out a 378/1.

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John Band
john at johnband dot orgwww.johnband.org

I was talking to a friend of mine at the weekend who works on the line
and apparently they were having the usual anatomy waggling deadline
issues where they had to have the track ready for the first stock even
though the first stock was not ready etc etc. To meet agreed
deadlines they had to be ready to receive the first stock hence
preparing a single road for delivery. Bombardier also had to deliver
said stock however as you rightly note it looks like they took the
easier option of providing one from the fleet over at Willesden.

BTW I is a he, well was the last time I checked.

Regards


Leo