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The idea of extension to 11 cars has been around for a long while. I haven't seen the article and am not disputing what's being said but I find it astounding that the ability to extend a design to 11 cars isn't assured. That sounds like a contract dispute in the making to me given extension to 11 cars is likely to be TfL's first step up in capacity rather than moving to more tph in the peak. I suspect signalling enhancements are harder than buying some more carriages. I'm assuming there is provision in sidings and depots to handle 11 car trains being built in now. Still, as you suggest, it's no shock that a supplier is hinting that it will need wheelbarrows full of money to possibly, perhaps, maybe extend the customer's nice new trains.
Couldn't agree more. Seem arrange to build the nice new stations with 11 car platforms and not actually have a clause in your train contract to give 11 car trains!