96001 new LED headlights

I thought I saw a 96 stock with LED lights the other day. Glad I'm not going mad - yet ;D

It has! I keep seeing trains out of the corner of my eye and for a split second I think it's an A stock. Of course it's an S8!

In that case, I wonder if it a 'trial', pending a fleet-wide modification. I'm sure it will all come out in the wash.

I seem to recall reading a circular which stated these are being rolled out to the whole fleet following a successful trial.

Hope they don't spread to the Northern Line, much prefer conventional headlights!

You can bet your life that it will spread to the Northern, as the trains are almost identical, and with TBTC fast approaching too! In saying that, it took several years for the Jubilee to adopt the large white car numbers on the front grey section at solebar level .....

Personally I dislike the cold white/blue tone of LED headlights. New mainline trains use a bulb that isn't halogen or a standard bulb but it retains the warmer colour of a bulb but the colour is a little off, how would this do on LU?

For the colour, is there any research done regarding which is the optimum colour to do the job headlights are there to do (enabled drivers to see track-side signs and alert people on-or-about the line and at stations to the presence of a train, iirc.)? If so, they should be made in that colour regardless of looks (LEDs come in a range of colour temperatures).
If not, then surely this should be conducted ahead of the introduction of the next new design of train?

I believe the tail lights are already LED