I attended the
GOBLIN user group meeting last night to hear form the LOROL people (they pronounce it "laurel", charmingly enough). A few things were mentioned that I don't think have made it onto the internet before:
- They originally planned to obtain three car trains, but the short eastbound platform at South Tottenham nixed this
- They plan to rip out the end seat of the appalling 3+2 seating to make it 2+2 plus a wide aisle for standing. This will start as soon as they get approval that the trains can take the extra weight of standees.
- The new rolling stock will have "30% more capacity" per train. Each carriage is longer and doesn't have the big guard's area behind each cab.
I would have thought if it's only one platform that's the problem they should look at lengthening it since the new trains aren't due for a while.
ReplyDeleteMight be expensive since I think South Tottenham used to be longer but had subsidence problems, but surely it'll need doing eventually anyway?
For the want of just one longer platform a three car GOBLIN train was lost...
ReplyDeleteSeems a shame - was there no real possibility of lengthening that platform, or of using Selective Door Opening? It all costs I suppose.
By the by I guess they have to pronounce it "laurel" - can't really call a railway company "loo roll" after all.
The three-car thing was just a note in the minutes from the last meeting we were given, so I missed hearing the details.
ReplyDeleteI've just noticed it's ambiguously worded and might be an ongoing plan. There's a note about South Tottenham maybe being lengthened in 2009/10.
I hope this means TfL aren't resting on their LOROLs...
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