S stock delivery & introduction - discussion

Thanks.

I wonder if this is going to be like the H&C introduction where (from the perspective of someone who is in London ever 3-4 weeks) the progression seemed to be:

1) Very rare sightings. (For many months)

2) A good chance of using an S Stock over the course of a few days. (One or two months)

3) Woooosh - C- stock all gone.

The new timetable still has a section for S stock working, with nominated trains. However, it states that additional workings will be introduced, which will be communicated via the traffic circular.

From about November 2012 until early August 2013 I used the Circle or H&C once a week in the evening on most Tuesdays, from Ladbroke Grove to Hammersmith. It was about May 2013 when I first started seeing S Stocks every now and then, but wasn't until my very last journey that August that I actually got an S Stock (and even that may have been a slightly earlier time than normal).

EDIT: I'll also add that I got a S7 on its first day on the H&C, way back when it was only allowed Hammersmith to Moorgate. Only because I happened to be in the Baker Street area, and still remember the nervous wait between "Moorgate" showing on the CIS and the train coming around the corner (first train that arrived)

Thanks for keeping us updated! Just past T7 on it's way to Wimbledon. It still looks strange to me to see numbers other than 070-077...! Do you think they'll have any more introduced to the main before the Tennis rolls around next month? They're certainly better for capacity!

3 S7's running Dag East to Upminster shuttle services this weekend. Us Upminster drivers are spending hours on them.

Correct.

Well done tut, that was a very good article.

Any new withdrawals/deliveries this week?

I've only been one 1 or 2 District S7s on the main line so far.

Although T124 was a D stock this afternoon.

I imagine the introduction of S stock will start to gather pace very soon.

The only delay I've heard of is until the end of May.

Actually there was a post on May 7th from tridentalx mentioning a gap in deliveries until the end of May.

S8 21115/16 returned from Derby this morning, so took the delivery path.

Yes that is my fault for being vague about an exact date because at the time it wasn't entirely clear when the next decision point would be reached. Should be some more info tomorrow with the likelihood of a further two trains over the next two weeks and the aim is to move to a regular one per week again not too long after that.

Edit : T65 from Upminster will be scheduled as an S Stock from Monday (though may not run as an S every day next week) joined by T47 from the following Monday.