This shot makes you realise just how long these class 700s are when compared with the 319s that they replaced. This is one of the shorter 8-coach units, the 700/1s are composed of 12 cars! I am sure that the commuters, who will be the main users of these units, will be pleased by the increase in capacity offered but the changes to service patterns and their uncomfortable seats may well have taken the gloss off their introduction? 700056 heads past Park Road Bridge, just north of Ampthill Tunnel, forming the 10.20 Bedford to Elephant and Castle.
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