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Post by snoggle on Feb 17, 2016 23:53:40 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2016 10:41:01 GMT
This looked good, the Jubilee Line is also as packed to the full when leaving Stratford, maybe because people can't be bothered to walk up. Its also a shame the Jubilee cant used the New Tube for London, but it is clear why.
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Post by vjaska on Feb 19, 2016 11:26:41 GMT
This looked good, the Jubilee Line is also as packed to the full when leaving Stratford, maybe because people can't be bothered to walk up. Its also a shame the Jubilee cant used the New Tube for London, but it is clear why. Doesn't the Northern & Jubilee Line have more stock identical to the 95 & 96 stock in order anyway? |
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Post by snoggle on Feb 19, 2016 11:58:50 GMT
This looked good, the Jubilee Line is also as packed to the full when leaving Stratford, maybe because people can't be bothered to walk up. Its also a shame the Jubilee cant used the New Tube for London, but it is clear why. Doesn't the Northern & Jubilee Line have more stock identical to the 95 & 96 stock in order anyway? Not yet - the presentation explains where things are at and also that the order for the Northern Line may be scaled back due to spending cuts. I'll be astonished if Alstom don't win the order because they own the IPR to the existing fleets and also maintain the Northern Line fleet under a PFI deal. If that doesn't give them a price advantage I don't know what does. |
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Post by snowman on Mar 22, 2016 10:27:42 GMT
The latest Modern Railways magazine, April, states that the order is being reduced to 10 trains for Jubilee line, and maybe 17 for Northern (but these 17 are now subject to review in Autumn so could be less)
Originally it was a min of 5 for Northern line extension to Battersea, with options of upto 45 trains for Northern and 18 trains for Jubilee.
There is now a potential problem as the new Northern line trains could be 20 years younger, so any business case to replace the whole fleet when the trains delivered in 1998 are life expired will look weak, which means a mixed fleet could be here for many years.
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Post by M1104 on Mar 22, 2016 12:02:44 GMT
Won't the new Jubilee Line trains be similar years younger than their existing stock?
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Post by snowman on Mar 22, 2016 12:53:36 GMT
Won't the new Jubilee Line trains be similar years younger than their existing stock? Slightly more complicated with the Jubilee stock as it was delivered later, generally 1999, as 6 car trains. The 7th car and a few extra trains were newer having been added about 8 years ago. If the new batch is ordered this year will be less of an age differential to any Northern line trains ordered in a year or two time. |
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Post by snoggle on Apr 1, 2016 14:08:07 GMT
London Underground Railway Society (LURS) article on the planned Jubilee Line upgrade project. Article |
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Post by bengady3 on Apr 1, 2016 14:36:29 GMT
They should bring back the Charing Cross Branch
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Post by vjaska on Apr 1, 2016 15:26:54 GMT
They should bring back the Charing Cross Branch Doubt that's possible given its in use as a film set - if it wasn't, then I'd agree with you providing it wouldn't mess up the line to Stratford. |
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