In article ,
(Michael Hopkins) wrote:

Much as it might pain me to agree with her, the new MP for Putney is
not wrong. The District Line ran 8-car Q, CP and R stock trains until
the 1970s. The platforms, give or take a bit of selective door
opening, are all long enough, except between High St Ken and Edgware
Road where shorter trains have always been used. So, if the eventual
D stock replacements were 8 car length (car lengths as C and earlier
stocks) there would be a worthwhile increase in capacity.

Fair point, but that would involve re-arranging the timetable/line
permutations because of Wimbleware, so if you're throwing that kind of
idea around, I guss anything's possible!

Why? Wimbleware trains are already shorter than main District line
trains are.

The switch to 7 car CO/CP and R stock trains was to avoid uncoupling I
thought as there wasn't enough stock for all District main line trains
to be 8 cars. The D stock order then fossilised those limited capacity
arrangements. But with D stock to be replaced under the PPP the
possibility of longer trains again is perfectly feasible.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

The switch to 7 car was also to avoid use of narrow 'catwalks' at the
ends of some central area District Line platforms which were in danger
of falling foul of the Railway Inspectorate (today's Heath & Safety
fascists), and even using these narrow channels (still in place at
certain stations) required the 'end door cut outs' to be operated to
stop the first and last sets of double doors opening on an 8-car train.
What chance of this in today's nanny state?

wrote:


The switch to 7 car was also to avoid use of narrow 'catwalks' at the
ends of some central area District Line platforms which were in danger
of falling foul of the Railway Inspectorate (today's Heath & Safety
fascists), and even using these narrow channels (still in place at
certain stations) required the 'end door cut outs' to be operated to
stop the first and last sets of double doors opening on an 8-car train.

And this was before Driver Only Operation. The CCTV monitors now fill the
ends of many platforms, and in many cases there would be no suitable place
to relocate them. Although I suppose with new stock, the sub-surface lines
may move over to in-cab CCTV monitors as per the Central line.

Chris

In article ,
(Chris Read) wrote:

wrote:

The switch to 7 car was also to avoid use of narrow 'catwalks' at the
ends of some central area District Line platforms which were in
danger
of falling foul of the Railway Inspectorate (today's Heath & Safety
fascists), and even using these narrow channels (still in place at
certain stations) required the 'end door cut outs' to be operated to
stop the first and last sets of double doors opening on an 8-car
train.

How many, though?

And this was before Driver Only Operation. The CCTV monitors now fill
the ends of many platforms, and in many cases there would be no
suitable
place to relocate them. Although I suppose with new stock, the
sub-surface lines may move over to in-cab CCTV monitors as per the
Central line.

That would be intelligent!

--
Colin Rosenstiel