| The fleet of service vehicles in Elizabeth Line livery continues to grow. An initial dozen were supplied in August 2018, which we now know were given fleetnumbers in the 8634 to 8653 block. Subsequent additions (mainly Fords) have used up more of this block, while at least two isolated numbers are also in use. 8688F is a Ford Transit Connect van, while 8656F is a Ford Transit crew van. The latter was seen leaving Acton Works on 19th November 2018. It seems likely that this fleet was ordered to arrive in time for the planned December 2018 opening of the Elizabeth Line. The opening has now been pushed back to sometime in 2019 and it may be that the vehicles have little to do until then. It is believed that the vehicles are being kept at the Railway Operating Centre in Romford, although there have been no positive reports. The ROC is next to the railway line but much of it is out of sight. Another unknown is why so many vehicles are required. The Elizabeth Line is rather like the Overground network, in that it includes a portion of what would have been LUL infrastructure, but the majority is under the control of Network Rail. |
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19/11/2018 |
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