S stock delivery & introduction - discussion

I know the plan was to start S7s in passenger service on the circle line today, has it happened?

Cross-post by me from www.railforums.co.uk/showpost.php?p=1553912&postcount=325:

T207 and T214 were not the S7 Stock in the morning. For the record I was on T260 C69 Stock for one loop for an unrelated photoshoot.

T 207 was 21313/4 at Barbican 16:42 outer Circle.
T 214 was 21357/8 at barbican 16:33 inner Circle running about 13' late.

Will 207 and 214 be regularly rostered for S7 from now on, please?

HTH

Tel

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Please could we try to keep cross posts to a minimum - it's probably quicker to write it here anyway, especially if it's only a sentence or two. Thanks.

District line S7 Stock first day of passenger service: Click here

Circle line S7 Stock first day of passenger service departing South Kensington: Click here

wow - the district line S7 trains was unexpected to run in service - its wasn't be started till later in year or something

but problem - when we have alots of S7s we need LED maps to show which trains are going to
more simllar to NYC - example -
this would improve - example district line shows the line map - if train suddenly turns to circle line - the map will change to Circle line map - in older trains - its was impossible to change maps if train went on other line
also a ability show cancelled stops eg station closures -

this video shows the main dot matrix showing next stop and infomation messages with a strip map on adjacent wall - works well in combination

This sort of thing was discussed in depth here.

All S7s will be treated as a single fleet, with trains finishing as a Circle and being a District the next day.

good examples recently was on met line which S7+1 operated - its not common see S7 running on met but its could work if met needs some extra trains

at the moment there are 20 S7s at the test track, is it me or is that too many?

Are you suggesting there is going to be a sudden mass replacement rather than the current trickle of new stock?

Yes - IMS (I believe it's mention in this thread if one searches back far enough) it went something like "there are two paths a week available for delivery, [to Neasden] but not all will be used;" at peak it was something like two one week and one the next - so approx. 5/6 a month.

There were power supply issues to do with getting more the new trains into service. (More juice was needed.)

The substation at Edgware Road looks to be finished now. This and other work at stations means entry into service is easier and I imagine deliveries will speed up and there will be more trains for scrap.

T200, out from 0511-2026.