On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:40:17 +0100, "John Rowland"
wrote:

Hi all,

I have been informed that a mock up of the 2009 stock is being assembled
outside Euston Station. That is all I know.

An internal memo just published says the following :-

"The Victoria Line upgrade will see a fleet of 47 bigger, state of the
art eight car trains introduced into service from 2009 and 2012.

As part of the development of the new rolling stock, one of Metronet's
contractual obligations [1] is to conduct Customer Acceptance Testing
(CAT).

From Monday 17 July, stakeholders will have the change to see a mock up
carriage at Euston Square, outside Euston mainline station.

We have arranged three exclusive viewing dates for staff :

Friday 21 July 07.00 - 10.00
Wednesday 26 July 13.00 - 17.00
Tuesday 1 August 16.00 - 19.00

The mock up will be sited in a marquee designed to resemble a platform.
Visual displays around the venue will highlight key aspects of the
investment programme, the upgrade and the new train.

There will be a plasma screen running a short animation depicting the
experience of riding on a new Victoria Line train, and managers will be
there to answer your questions.

There is no need for an appointment, simply come along and show your
staff pass to enter the secure site.

The CAT itself will take place from 21 July to 3 August. The mock up
will then be open to the general public until Thursday 11 August."

[1] a bit of the contract I was involved in getting written in!

Hope that helps.

I shall pop along to see how small and uncomfortable the seats are for
those of us of "larger" proportions !

--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

Paul Corfield wrote:

An internal memo just published says the following :-

"The Victoria Line upgrade will see a fleet of 47 bigger, state of the
art eight car trains introduced into service from 2009 and 2012.

As part of the development of the new rolling stock, one of Metronet's
contractual obligations [1] is to conduct Customer Acceptance Testing
(CAT).

(snip)

[1] a bit of the contract I was involved in getting written in!


I'm glad to hear that someone managed to slip at least one sensible
clause into an infraco contract! Perhaps it's time to 'fess up' and
tell us what else you and your right thinking colleagues got past the
common-sense filter that was installed at 55 Broadway during the PPP
negotiations ;-)

On 14 Jul 2006 10:09:22 -0700, "Mizter T" wrote:

Paul Corfield wrote:

An internal memo just published says the following :-

"The Victoria Line upgrade will see a fleet of 47 bigger, state of the
art eight car trains introduced into service from 2009 and 2012.

As part of the development of the new rolling stock, one of Metronet's
contractual obligations [1] is to conduct Customer Acceptance Testing
(CAT).

(snip)

[1] a bit of the contract I was involved in getting written in!

I'm glad to hear that someone managed to slip at least one sensible
clause into an infraco contract! Perhaps it's time to 'fess up' and
tell us what else you and your right thinking colleagues got past the
common-sense filter that was installed at 55 Broadway during the PPP
negotiations ;-)

Oh I don't do confessions about work on here. Last time I got close to
doing that I got a load of abuse from some noggin about ticket gates -
I'm not going there again. I ended up having to unsubscribe for a while.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

Paul Corfield wrote:

The mock up will be sited in a marquee designed to resemble a
platform.

I can't help but wonder why they didn't use a disused platform at Holborn,
Charing Cross or Liverpool Street.

On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:34:10 +0100, "John Rowland"
wrote:

Paul Corfield wrote:

The mock up will be sited in a marquee designed to resemble a
platform.

I can't help but wonder why they didn't use a disused platform at Holborn,
Charing Cross or Liverpool Street.

Presumably because all of those platforms are sectioned off from the
remainder of the stations in question and there may be issues about
allowing large volumes of people into those areas which are not normally
publicly accessible. It would also require people to hold tickets to
enter real platform areas while the Euston Square display will not
require payment.

--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
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On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:34:10 +0100, "John Rowland"
wrote:

Paul Corfield wrote:

The mock up will be sited in a marquee designed to resemble a
platform.

I can't help but wonder why they didn't use a disused platform at Holborn,
Charing Cross or Liverpool Street.

Presumably because all of those platforms are sectioned off from the
remainder of the stations in question and there may be issues about
allowing large volumes of people into those areas which are not normally
publicly accessible. It would also require people to hold tickets to
enter real platform areas while the Euston Square display will not
require payment.


Plus of course the fact that it might be a bit of a bugger getting a
(presumably) static mock up of a tube car down there...
visual
four blokes in hi-vi's one on each corner of a tube car with no wheels - "to
you 'arry, round to the left Fred, look out Sid, mind the escalator! THUD!
Err, Sid? Oh bugger, who's got the first aid box..."
/visual

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Cheers, Steve.
Change from jealous to sad to reply.

On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 13:11:44 GMT, "Steve Dulieu"
wrote:

Plus of course the fact that it might be a bit of a bugger getting a
(presumably) static mock up of a tube car down there...
visual
four blokes in hi-vi's one on each corner of a tube car with no wheels - "to
you 'arry, round to the left Fred, look out Sid, mind the escalator! THUD!
Err, Sid? Oh bugger, who's got the first aid box..."
/visual

reminds me of a certain advert for tea bags.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

Paul Corfield wrote:
On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:34:10 +0100, "John Rowland"
wrote:

I can't help but wonder why they didn't use a disused platform at Holborn,
Charing Cross or Liverpool Street.
there may be issues about allowing large volumes of people into those areas

Surely all the better to replicate the ... er ... ambience of the
Victoria Line in normal operating conditions?
--
gordon