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    Northern line TBTC/ATO

    That's good then! How far is it off from passenger service?
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    New London Underground trains: Your thoughts

    I can't understand why some people think the new trains 2009/S8/7 stock is " Damn awful" Yes they may not have as much character as the old trains, but they are most certainly more passenger friendly. The old trains may be more reliable such as less to go wrong, 2009 and S stocks have probably...
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    Northern line TBTC/ATO

    Does anyone know how well this weekends TBTC testing went?
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    New S7 Underground stock

    I like the S8 stock trains they are nice to ride on, yet to go on a s7 stock though. I must go on one next time I am in London.
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    New S7 Underground stock

    Really its a shame the D stock is being scrapped so early compared to the likes of the 67-A stock and C stocks which are in the 45-50 year old range. The D stock is only around 35 years old. Also they were refurbished quite recently too, but i suppose nothing lasts forever and soon we can...
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    annoyed at friends constantly letting you down.

    The trouble is my friend used to be very reliable he would often turn up all the time, lately as i have said on my earlier post lately he has been letting me down. Infact he texted me do you want to meet up he said yes. I said are you sure now? then about 5 hours later " Oh sorry mate cant meet...
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    New London Underground trains: Your thoughts

    I have only been on the 1967 stock a handful of times when i went to London a few years ago. I personally liked them with the nice motor noise and the camshaft clicking noises. They were fast and literally shaking its self to pieces at times, although the new 2009 stock is probably faster top...
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    Tyne and Wear Metro

    With the extra funding does that mean more cars can be refurbished, i heard rumours that 4003 would not be refurbished. I guess that 4001 and 4002 will not be refurbished. However perhaps the execption of 4001 why can't 4002 be refurbished? its pathetic how just to please a small minority that...
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    annoyed at friends constantly letting you down.

    Thanks for your reply everyone.
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    annoyed at friends constantly letting you down.

    The trouble is he is a good friend in person however he is useless in meeting up. I am 18 its really annoying especially at this age.
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    annoyed at friends constantly letting you down.

    Very true! not sure what everyone else friends like but mine are a joke recently! they sure do need a good wake up call!
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    Tyne and Wear Metro

    last time i were on 4010 the brakes were very grindy and felt like it was not going to slow down. I am pleased this £100 million funding has been agreed! Will this speed up the turnaround for refurbishing cars?
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    annoyed at friends constantly letting you down.

    Hi, this may be a little different to my usual posts but i feel i need to get this off my chest! I have a friend who is nice but unreliable, tends to fail to meet up and makes lame exuses all the time for example he asked me to meet up this weekend i said you sure? then he text and say " sorry...
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    Tyne and Wear Metro

    Might have the lowest carownership overall but there is still often long traffic jams at peak times. Really the North east is quite compact to the likes of other citys so in my opinion there is not much need for a car. We do have frequent buses, metro's.
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    Plane Bashing

    To be honest I never do plane bashing for the sake of it. I only use planes such as going on hoilday! But the latest planes I have been on are Easy Jet - A319 Thompson- 757-200 and 737-800 Jet 2 737-300
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    Tyne and Wear Metro

    I can see the metro slowly becoming simerlar to the London underground. New ticket barriers at Monument, train announcments such as door opening and closing on the refurbised units sounding a bit like the S stocks announcements. However It will be good to see these improvments after all we have...
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    is it true that the 1995 stock have weak brakes?

    The 1995 stock do have a better traction package than the 1996 stock. However On a coment on youtube a user said ( Probably driver) Said " Some drivers are frightened to go over 30mph, at this speed coming into stations there is a good chance of an overshoot" True but maybe deceleration rates...
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    Northern line TBTC/ATO

    I am pleased the upgrade is going smoothy, unlike the Jubilee line upgrade!
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    Tyne and Wear Metro

    Although the voice over is not the best, I think the announcements are quite useful especially if the windows are steamed up!

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