Neil Williams wrote:

London's transport system is IMO *just about* workable, but it is in a
lot of places embarrassing for a world-class city. Hamburg, for
example, has the kind of system - highly punctual and reliable, clean
and lots of capacity - that London should have.

The state of the track on the sub-surface lines, and the hunting
problem on the DLR are good examples of how poor it can be.

Another example is the constant bangs and thumps from underneath the
train, and a generally "bouncy" ride, on the Metropolitan line services
to Uxbridge. Admittedly, the stock is about 45 years old, which may
explain it.

On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:46:53 +0100, John Ray
wrote:

Another example is the constant bangs and thumps from underneath the
train, and a generally "bouncy" ride, on the Metropolitan line services
to Uxbridge. Admittedly, the stock is about 45 years old, which may
explain it.

It's getting on a bit, but it would ride fine if the track wasn't in
such a disgraceful state. There was no similar issue with the 1935 (I
think)[1] stock used in Hamburg until 2000.

Bullhead jointed rail has no place on any non-heritage railway in
2008, least of all bullhead jointed rail worn to the state it is on
LUL.

[1] Some of it was unrefurbished, as well, with tungsten lighting and
wooden benches - quite an atmosphere.

Neil

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