NEW COACHES.
FOR UNDERGROUND TRAINS. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Jan. 18. The London Passenger Transport Board has ordered 2050 new coaches for underground trains, costing about £6.000,000. The contracts stipulate that 500 must be delivered this year. The driving equipment of the new trains for the first time will be underneath the floor-boards, and the entire train will he available for passengers. The trains will accelerate to the rate of 20 miles an hour' in 10 seconds, and, as a result, it will be possible to run far more trains in rush hours. It is stated that the trains will he superior in every respect to any others in the world.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 20 January 1938, Page 9
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111NEW COACHES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 20 January 1938, Page 9
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