Pictured: New Air Conditioned Tube Train In Action

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Photo by Julian Gajewski

The budget for cooling the Tube network may have been slashed, but that won’t affect the new air-conditioned S-stock trains, due to be deployed on the Metropolitan, Circle, H&C and District lines over the next few years.

Julian Gajewski took this excellent pic yesterday of one of the new trains being tested out near Northwick Park station. The models are scheduled to be introduced on the Metropolitan line from September, with the other lines set to be upgraded by 2013.

We took a look round a mocked-up model a couple years back. They’re faster, cooler, and more spacious than the current rolling stock, and like the new Overground trains, there are no doors between carriages.

Many thanks to Julian for the pic

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  • http://fxfp.com/ Alex T.

    Models? Not the actual trains? ;-)
    They will be introduced starting from this September – I think only a couple of trains initially, and then new one added every 2-3 weeks.

    And just like all the recent tube trains – those new ones have noticeably less seats…

  • DeanN

    those new ones have noticeably less seats

    Yup, meaning an increase in 25% for standing passengers; for most people the increased chance of getting on to the train in the first place is more important than the reduced likelihood of bagging a seat.

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