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by arien 2550 days ago
Slightly off-topic, but couldn't help but notice on the Projects list a really cool version of the London tube. Unfortunately it seems it's from 2014 (there's even some quote from Boris as Mayor), so probably scrapped by now?

Makes me wonder if these Austrian train designs are already set in stone or just a proposal that might or might not happen.
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estel 2550 days ago
Shockingly it's not been scrapped - the deep tube programme is, to some extent, unscrappable.

They're currently due to enter service in about five years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Tube_for_London

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the_mitsuhiko 2550 days ago
> Makes me wonder if these Austrian train designs are already set in stone or just a proposal that might or might not happen.

I would assume they are pretty much set in stone. I was in a mock model they had standing around at Vienna central station. They got the budget and are currently ordering the trains.

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rkangel 2549 days ago
That design is extremely close to the new design of train in use on the circle line. The seating arrangement is a little different and they use monochrome LED signboards rather than LCD (for sensible reasons), but the continuous unobstructed design is there, along with actual aircon.

It's an impressive sight to look from one end of the interior to the other when it's not full of people (and going straight).

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arien 2549 days ago
Yeah, I've seen those, but they are slightly different and have been available for a few years already (I believe before 2014, the date of this project, but I could be wrong).

I'm glad to see on the other reply that the plan hasn't been scrapped. Some of the lines could really use new trains (with proper air ventilation/filtering, especially).

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