is it me or have the 92 stock improved?

I know which I preferred on the first leg of a commute to Sussex from Watford Junction or Essex... An Electrostar where I could sit, in a comfortable seat with a table or a 92ts where I'd usually have to stand...

(Hint: the driving cars of most of the Southern 377 units have the more comfortable seats)

Do you mean the 2x2 seated (with armrests and tables) Electrostars or the 2X3 ones (without armrests or proper tables)? The latter are indeed awful and I can't understand why they went for that option. What's the betting they'll end up ripping out the centre seats on the x3 rows - thus obviating the "extra seats provided" argument?

My comment about the seats was about the way they look. The 92 seats do look a lot dirtier than those on other stock. Maybe it is just an age thing, but a deep clean could make them look a lot better.

I use the Central line daily to get to work, and between all the sites I work at, and how comfortable the seats are isn't something that bothers me too much. I'd not want to trade them in for other slower stock with better seats, White City to Mile End takes long enough already.

The reason the inside looks different with the new light tubes is because they have a different colour temperature. So the surfaces inside the train look a slightly different colour as they reflect this light back. It does seem more obvious in the 92 stock than it did when they changed the tubes on the D stock a few years back.

Thinking about it the 92 has the centre light, and a light each side above the seats making three tubes in parallel. Does other stock have this many light sources, or are the wattages different to compensate?

It's been like that for years... very annoying!

I've never heard that, but I heard a strange occurance at Holland Park, while Shepherd's Bush was closed:

'This is Holland Park. This is a Central Line train to Ealing Broadway. The next station is closed, this train will not stop at the next station.' <Doors Close, then spring open> 'This is Holland Park. This is a Central Line train to Ealing Broadway.' <Doors Close> 'Please note that this train will not stop at the next station.' Weird. It certainly wasn't someone shut in the doors that made them re-open...

And even then he could just use selective open.

I think it depends at what point the doors are closed. Also, one driver I had recently had a habit, for some reason, of pressing the door open controls about 3 or 4 times, which meant the announcement played 3 or 4 times. Most annoying!!!!

You seem to misunderstand my answer. A train is unlike a lift where an obstruction will automatically re-open the doors. The only way the doors will re-open will be when the buttons are pressed in the cab.

I doubt it, that will be a disaster with people constantly obstructing the doors.

All trains currently have a few inches give to allow objects to be removed. I have no idea if the S stock will autom atically re-open a couple of inches, but think if it will this will be a backwards step and increase dwell times and be open to abuse during school tipping out times.

Without looking at the relevant thread I can't be certain, but I recall they will not fully re-open after the 3 attempts, but will simply remain open 'a small amount'.