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  • Re: New Piccadilly Line trains further delayed

    From steve@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, April 26, 2026 11:11:48
    On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 11:41:25 +0000, Coffee
    <martin.coffee@round-midnight.org.uk> wrote:

    On 04/03/2026 10:25, boltar@caprica.universe wrote:
    On Tue, 3 Mar 2026 18:16:04 +0000
    Certes <Certes@example.org> gabbled:
    On 03/03/2026 17:26, Recliner wrote:
    <boltar@caprica.universe> wrote:
    Looks good on a straight? platform, but as I said in another post,
    they may
    well have S stock style issues on curved ones but I guess we'll find >>>>> out in
    time. Of course another upshot of a lower floor is more headroom inside >>> which
    can only be a good thing.

    Also the trains seem to have the more slab sided profile of the 2009 >>>>> stock
    where the doors start curving over higher up meaning at shoulder height >>>>> they impinge more on the structure gauge which I assume is the
    reason the
    2009 are currently banned from the picc. Wonder if that will change.

    I wouldn?t have thought so ? the twisty 1906 tunnels haven?t been
    enlarged.

    They may be effectively enlarged, by moving the most adjacent kit out of >>> the way or just by verifying that it isn't a problem in practice.

    Thats the sort of thing I was thinking of. Probably just removing the no
    longer used emergency tunnel phone wiring and supports probably frees up a >> few extra inches.

    I would hope the emergency tunnel phone wiring is maintained in an >operational condition as it should be the "last resort" communication
    with trains during a wide spread, or prolonged power failure.

    The TT was decommissioned some years ago when I was still working
    there, I think about 10.
    Parts are still in place as it's not cost effective to remove it all
    but it no longer works.

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