WinterChief
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- 11 Jun 2011
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A friend of mine sent me the following quote about 2009TS unit 11040, further proving how good Bombardier are at building tube stock:
"The panels with the 4-5 inch holes drilled in for the external door access cocks were in the wrong place. It was not acceptable to repair the one and drill the other, so they the car was disassembled to the point where they could be swapped.
By wrong place, I mean behind the wrong set of seats further down the car."
One train? One train out of 50 odd? And the best we can come up with for the 2009 Stock is that the felt is coming loose in between panels, butterfly cocks in the wrong place (they rectified their own error) and some problems with the doors which have now been mostly resolved.
I judge a company on the basis of it's different contracts. The Vic line upgrade went very well and as with everything in any upgrade we had one or two niggles, its not like the Central Line where a motor fell off and the whole line was shut-down for a few months. There has been barely any disruption to the normal passenger. I used the line when it was run by the 67's nearly everyday and I used it during the upgrade nearly everyday, I was there for the last 67 Stock day and I have been using it post-upgrade nearly everyday. It is far better than it ever was, I rarely have to wait more than 2 minutes for a train, the journey is faster, smoother, cooler and more disabled friendly.
We are quick to slate, but really, nothing can be perfect, but it has been better than the Jubilee and Met upgrades.