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Yes, I was slightly disappointed by his recent Down Street sidings video, which was him mostly talking in selfie most with very little juicy content!

The odd bit of transverse seating doesn't take up that much space. Take the Bakerloo line, of instance. You typically get a single file queue of passengers standing between the seats both in longitudinal and transverse sections, so no difference.

The interiors are late '90s, meet disability regulations and feel spacious, airy and just as 'new' as the 95/96ts. New moquette since covid too. Perhaps in need of a deep clean, yes, but that is only because they are in managed decline. On the other hand, the 1972 and 1992 stock interiors from...

Yes and on that note, and as has been mentioned elsewhere, perhaps they should have stuck to a plan floated around a few years back to have the '24 stock replace the '92 stock first - would mean no need to spend on CLIP. The Picc line train interiors still feel modern to me and I also don't find...

Why hide the cameras? Then it's no longer a deterrent!

To roam trains to police behaviour? I don't remember staff doing this even pre-funding crisis!

Thanks for sharing this. The only thing I can think of to keep the fire story alive is maybe the files themselves have always existed (and can't be shared due to copyright) but the ability to update the files on the trains required a specialist computer, which is what caught alight? (No pun...

I find Lebara is reliable for me across the 4G sections. The only line it doesn't work on is the Victoria line; I wonder when this will be rectified?

But presumably the two teams could have worked in parallel? Anyway, all would've, should've, could've at this stage.

The Elizabeth line should have been done in parallel with its delayed opening so that I was live from the get go. It's annoying in the past 12 months very little has happened besides the focus on the Liz line and a tiny bit of the Northern line.

I rather liked how revolutionary (or evolutionary?) it looked. However, I appreciate I am in a minority here as many people didn't like it! By comparison, the New Tube for London design that's exceeded looks a lot more in keeping with existing stock.

I guess LED tech was too expensive back then. I remember going on the mock ups of the new Thameslink trains c. 2014 and they featured LED lighting, which at the time was deemed as the bees knees. In fact, the Thameslink LED lighting looks even more crude than what they had on the Central line as...

I know we discussed lift announcements in this thread at some point last year. In a similar vein, has anyone had the chance to check out the lifts in the new Knightsbridge entrance yet? I wonder what voice is used.

However, the CCTV is discreetly housed on the other lines, so unless these graffiti artists are train buffs or reading forums like this, I just wonder if they know or even care about the CCTV.

Does anyone remember a unit from c. 2011 refresh that received flush LED lighting? I am sad it wasn't rolled out back then; we have had to suffer those ugly light shades a decade longer than we should have!

Not true. I use Lebara (which works off Vodafone) and never have an issue.

Yes there was a 2011 "refresh" with new moquette and repair to external bodies e.g. sort water ingress issues in cabs. I still do not understand why the displays need to take up so much room when it's just LED technology. Surely the tech has advanced such it can be more streamlined?

Not if you're Vodafone!

I agree - plus, the cameras on board Underground trains are usually housed discreetly and thus aren't a deterrent. In fact, I wonder if the taggers even know which lines have CCTV and which don't?

I guess when the going gets tough the trains will still take you from A to B. I would rather they focus on getting mobile coverage over the line, but in an ideal world they'd be able to spend on both. It all comes down to cash availability and prioritisation.