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I thought the s stock has faster acceleration the few times I have been in one of the trains side by side from Hammersmith or Acton Town. The 1996 stock noticeably has faster acceleration than the S8’s out of Wembley Park though. Probably the signalling though.

Late reply but wouldn't the train have an induction loop for those with hearing aids? 1710799812 I actually feel the r211 trains have a good information display system. The digital maps are good on screens, the sides the door open on are visual and a dot matrix display for signposting stations.

But it still has some accessible stations and interchanges. I looked at a step free guide in the tfl website and Baker Street is wheelchair accessible if interchanging Jubilee with Bakerloo line. https://content.tfl.gov.uk/step-free-tube-guide-map.pdf

Wouldn’t more stations be made accessible in the future though? Also what about accessible interchanges? I imagine something like Baker Street Northbound Jubilee to Bakerloo Line can easily be an accessible interchange.

Look at the examples. It all seems to be grey plastic and then the colour the operator chooses. Even in this video It’s like it’s not an option to have parts of the bus interior in a different colour to grey. I haven’t seen Metroline add grey panels to their Gemini 3's for example.

This seems to be with all Enviro mmc’s though. The 1st gen would use blue panels and plastic casing rather than blue and grey. I would post a picture soon. I’m thinking it must be something to do with the way it’s manufactured.

Would anyone know a reason why Metroline Enviro 400 MMCs are two tones, using grey plastic and then blue plastic? I have always thought that it doesn’t look as nice as just blue plastic being used or just one colour being used. For example, the RATP interior, I think goes well with the Enviro...

So this is maybe why the 371 has been using more diesel e200's for a few weeks? Although I'm aware that the BYD Enviros are still able to be use but just with safety procedures in place.

Something I notice with new buses in London is that the wheelchair space no longer has the grab pole halfway up the window. What was the reason for this with older buses up to around the New routemasters and why is the bar no longer there with newer buses or much lower? I also notice the new...

Plaxton pointers come to my mind

What do you dislike about the S Stock, is it the sometimes overly loud speakers or more?

Interesting, so it's like the Bakerloo line 72 stock refurb but slightly different. As a child I remember the 72 and 67 stock having the top of the seats lined with a leather like material a bit similar to the ntfl concept interior seats. This Northern line refurb doesn't have the leather lining...

I’ve read an article that 96ts is getting structural work done to it. I think because of the cracks that were found in the couplers back in 2019.

Thinking about it the ventilation area could've been redesigned so where the vent grill is could fit more posters and a display and the train could've retained the original window size. 1703090120 Recently I have been wondering if certain lines such as the Central Line are tougher on their...

That same with the 96 stock but it has windows above the perched seats

Yeah that’s understandable

I don't really know but I'm guessing it might be to do with signalling, probably not, but it seems like only completely ATO lines do this function?

Does anyone have much of a prediction of how the trains would sound. I've been watching some Siemens Inspiro trains, they seem to sound similar but different. Makes me think it might also sound similar to some NY trains I've seen on youtube that use Siemens traction.

But computers are getting better at interacting with us especially with ai. Maybe realistically there is still a number of decades till cars can really become driverless.

I thought by the time driverless car tech is advanced the cars would know where the most and least traffic is and would take the route that usually less congested. We also would mostly stop owning cars, as the idea of what a car is will change, so maybe ride shares would become the norm? Being...