Scrapping of D stock

I suspect that when that sad time comes, one train will be picked, and it won't be to do with non-standard finishes. It will more likely to be a train which has had a very poor maintenance record of late, or one which has had an incident (as happened with the C stock). If there is a train which is performing well but has a different finish, why should it be scrapped if there is a train which can barely do 1 trip without some fault coming up?

Hope there is no D78 stock scrap yet lads waiting for the old c stock trains to go first lads? Why would U say 7008 is going first or is that one of the first to go

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As yet this is unclear.
C Stock removals were tried at various locations, Acton, Ealing Common etc. before settling upon Northwood, the same maybe true for D Stock but is still a few months away yet.

D Stock have certainly run to Amersham, Uxbridge, Ruislip, Rayners Lane over the years.

There is a link now at Barking to the Goblin line and then to the network. Could this be used?

There was a rail tour covering most of the Met Line in the early days of D Stock if I recall correctly. I even think I travelled on it. Must have photos somewhere!

How were the D stocks delivered in the first place?

Yes it could be, as engineers trains use this access. Although all A & C Stock disposals have been by road.
Early suggestions were for District S7 to be delivered directly to Upminster via this route.

D stocks have been on low loaders from Upminster and Ealing Common depots before, that's when they got a refurb, why send them to a Met siding

150 years of the District?

Based upon the withdrawal of both A and D stocks, I expect that units condemned will be based upon condition and/or what breaks first/worst...

To me given that 17007 is non standard internally won't necessarily mean it'll go first... unless something breaks and a non-standard part cannot be sourced...

Open question to all... besides internal furniture, are any working internal parts on the trailer non-standard??!

A rather different situation: they were, at least at first, trying to keep a usable fleet going as long as possible; it therefore made sense to keep one subfleet and phase out the other, rather than reduce both at once and end up with two smaller fleets, both of which would need spare parts stores etc. But if the whole fleet is on its way out, in the absence of a unit that has a fault, it's the luck of the draw which gets picked;it could simply be which one happens to be nearest the door when its time to pick the next one to go.

Doh!!!!

Yes I meant 17008...

even the seat covers are different to standard D stock. There is a box in Ealing Common Depot stores full up with replacement 17008 replacement seat covers.

I thought they'd go from Acton.