Re: Interurban Refurbishment

[eikkert@my-deja.com]

> All the seats were recovered with the now standard green vinyl, much
> easier on the eyes than yellow, and the carpets were replaced.
> Perhaps the best thing about the limited refurbishments (but almost
> purely from a rail fan perspective) is that about eight motor cars
> continue in operation with Blue Goose livery.

Well it may not be the limited refurbishment that causes this. It may be
that the carriage is unrefurbished. I think DIM8078 still runs with blue
goose livery, but it's unrefurbished.

But the seating and the carpets are the reason why I think most of the
carriages haven't been refurbished. I usually see three to four V sets a
day and I don't see all that many with the green seating. Especially
motor cars. The DKMs only received green seats at the end of last year
and I've never seen a refurbished DJM.

I think they've done mostly DCMs and a few DIMs and maybe half to three
quarters (AT MOST) the DITs. Personally I think Simon Lane was lying his
head off to get a fare rise.

BTW: Reading a verbal submission puts new meaning to read my lips :).
The transcripts of his verbal submission is available from ipart
(website).


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