"John Rowland" wrote in message ...

That will be fine on the Victoria Line because it's devoid of tight curves,
but benditrains on curvier lines sound lethal. I know it works on the
Croydon trams, but they are not as packed as a tube train.

You've obviously not been on line 1 in Paris recently, where fully
articulated stock is used on the line with (ISTR) the sharpest bends
on the network (around Bastille).

"John Ray" wrote in message
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John Rowland wrote:

That will be fine on the Victoria Line because it's
devoid of tight curves, but benditrains on curvier
lines sound lethal. I know it works on the Croydon
trams, but they are not as packed as a tube train.

This may be true in general, but trams from Wimbledon
in the evening peak are packed solid; people are left
behind on the platform because the capacity is inadequate.

My thinking was muddled anyway... the floor area wouldn't change as the
train went around a corner, so no-one would get crushed, although the
sporadic body rubbing between people on the disc and the people either side
would be interesting. You'd know when you were heading for the Caxton Curve
by the procession of "OOOH"s advancing down the train.

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Spyke wrote in message ...
In message , Marc Brett
writes

Page 6 of the above-mentioned Bombardier pages has some interior shots.
Lots of
space for adverts above the windows, but also what looks like full-width
passageways between carriages. With so many seats removed, it looks very
spacious indeed. It mentions the carriages are for Bakerloo-Victoria-Central.

ISTR the fully articulated (space train) concept had been abandoned for
the Victoria line in favour of more traditional stock.

Thankfully it looks like they've also abandoned that stupid idea that was
mooted of converting the victoria line to overhead pickup.

B2003