Weird District Line train
 

What was the train I got on today on the District Line?

Outside, it was in the white and blue colours. It was kind of Victoria
Line shape and size (not the bigger-looking D(?)-stock.)

Inside, it had green grab rails which I have never seen before (more
than usual too), it had Central Line-type door buttons, and it had
orange dot-matrix displays like the Picc ones, but these were in the
middle of the cars hanging transverally above the corridor.

It certainly wasn't brand-new, but I've never seen it before.

What was it?

Thanks,

dave

Weird District Line train
 

Dave Newt wrote:
What was the train I got on today on the District Line?

Outside, it was in the white and blue colours. It was kind of
Victoria Line shape and size (not the bigger-looking D(?)-stock.)

Inside, it had green grab rails which I have never seen before (more
than usual too), it had Central Line-type door buttons, and it had
orange dot-matrix displays like the Picc ones, but these were in the
middle of the cars hanging transverally above the corridor.

It certainly wasn't brand-new, but I've never seen it before.

What was it?

It sounds like the prototype refurbished District Line D-stock car
17008. AFAIK that's the only one with green grab rails, and it also has
a dot-matrix display and new door buttons. The adjacent cars 7008 and
8008 have been painted externally in standard LU livery as well, but
only 17008 has been refurbished internally. I think the repainting may
have caused you to think it wasn't D-stock.

It remains to be seen whether the general refurbishment of D-stock will
look the same. The first 6 cars are being worked on now, and are
planned to enter service this summer, according to Metronet.
--
Richard J.
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Weird District Line train
 

Dave Newt
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What was the train I got on today on the District Line?

Outside, it was in the white and blue colours. It was kind of
Victoria Line shape and size (not the bigger-looking D(?)-stock.)

Inside, it had green grab rails which I have never seen before
(more than usual too), it had Central Line-type door buttons, and
it had orange dot-matrix displays like the Picc ones, but these
were in the middle of the cars hanging transverally above the
corridor.

It certainly wasn't brand-new, but I've never seen it before.

What was it?

It sounds extremely like the refurbished D stock train. Are you sure
you're right about the shape and size.

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Weird District Line train
 

"Richard J." wrote in message
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The first 6 cars are being worked on now, and are
planned to enter service this summer, according to Metronet.

I heard somewhere, though I can't remember where, that the timescales have
slipped and this target will not now be met.

Weird District Line train
 

Dave Newt firebird.remove.net.this.remove.me.20.den@spamgou rmet.com wrote in message et.net...
What was the train I got on today on the District Line?

Outside, it was in the white and blue colours. It was kind of Victoria
Line shape and size (not the bigger-looking D(?)-stock.)

Inside, it had green grab rails which I have never seen before (more
than usual too), it had Central Line-type door buttons, and it had
orange dot-matrix displays like the Picc ones, but these were in the
middle of the cars hanging transverally above the corridor.

It certainly wasn't brand-new, but I've never seen it before.

What was it?

Thanks,

dave

http://www.trainweb.org/districtdave...programme.html

What unit was it coupled to?

Brad

Weird District Line train
 

Robin May wrote:

Dave Newt
firebird.remove.net.this.remove.me.20.den@spamgou rmet.com wrote
the following in:
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What was the train I got on today on the District Line?

Outside, it was in the white and blue colours. It was kind of
Victoria Line shape and size (not the bigger-looking D(?)-stock.)

Inside, it had green grab rails which I have never seen before
(more than usual too), it had Central Line-type door buttons, and
it had orange dot-matrix displays like the Picc ones, but these
were in the middle of the cars hanging transverally above the
corridor.

It certainly wasn't brand-new, but I've never seen it before.

What was it?


It sounds extremely like the refurbished D stock train. Are you sure
you're right about the shape and size.


No, I'm not sure at all - and don't even know if my use of the phrase D
-stock was correct!

google

http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?23648

Ah no, that *is* that I meant, but maybe as Richard said, the livery
change put me off recognition-wise!

Cheers to you and all others who answered.

dave

Weird District Line train
 

TheOneKEA wrote:

Dave Newt firebird.remove.net.this.remove.me.20.den@spamgou rmet.com wrote in message et.net...

What was the train I got on today on the District Line?

Outside, it was in the white and blue colours. It was kind of Victoria
Line shape and size (not the bigger-looking D(?)-stock.)

Inside, it had green grab rails which I have never seen before (more
than usual too), it had Central Line-type door buttons, and it had
orange dot-matrix displays like the Picc ones, but these were in the
middle of the cars hanging transverally above the corridor.

It certainly wasn't brand-new, but I've never seen it before.

What was it?

Thanks,

dave


http://www.trainweb.org/districtdave...programme.html

That's the one. Ta!


What unit was it coupled to?

cough Er, I must have forgotten to make a note of that :-)

Weird District Line train
 

Sounds kinda like a Waterloo & City Line train, but that's impossible!

Dave Newt firebird.remove.net.this.remove.me.20.den@spamgou rmet.com wrote in message et.net...
What was the train I got on today on the District Line?

Outside, it was in the white and blue colours. It was kind of Victoria
Line shape and size (not the bigger-looking D(?)-stock.)

Inside, it had green grab rails which I have never seen before (more
than usual too), it had Central Line-type door buttons, and it had
orange dot-matrix displays like the Picc ones, but these were in the
middle of the cars hanging transverally above the corridor.

It certainly wasn't brand-new, but I've never seen it before.

What was it?

Thanks,

dave

Weird District Line train
 

Dave Newt firebird.remove.net.this.remove.me.20.den@spamgou rmet.com wrote in message et.net...
TheOneKEA wrote:

Dave Newt firebird.remove.net.this.remove.me.20.den@spamgou rmet.com wrote in message et.net...

What was the train I got on today on the District Line?

Outside, it was in the white and blue colours. It was kind of Victoria
Line shape and size (not the bigger-looking D(?)-stock.)

Inside, it had green grab rails which I have never seen before (more
than usual too), it had Central Line-type door buttons, and it had
orange dot-matrix displays like the Picc ones, but these were in the
middle of the cars hanging transverally above the corridor.

It certainly wasn't brand-new, but I've never seen it before.

What was it?

Thanks,

dave


http://www.trainweb.org/districtdave...programme.html

That's the one. Ta!


What unit was it coupled to?

cough Er, I must have forgotten to make a note of that :-)

Hehehehe, no problem, just wondering if you caught the number - last I
saw it, it was coupled to east-facing unit 7013, forming a full
service train.

Brad

Weird District Line train
 

Hehehehe, no problem, just wondering if you caught the number - last I
saw it, it was coupled to east-facing unit 7013, forming a full
service train.

Brad



Indeed that's right: I saw the same combination of units at Hammersmith around
7.30p.m. this evening: the "refurbished" unit (xx08) at the West end, and the
unrefurbished (xx13) unit at the East end.

Marc.