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Monday, December 27, 2004

London Underground sources obsolete spare parts on eBay

Parts of the London Underground are so old that they can only be serviced with parts acquired on eBay from speciality collectors.

Tube Lines has bought computer cards, old chips and other equipment which are now out of stock.
Company bosses said they had to use the internet because some of the signalling systems on the Tube were so old.

Link (Thanks, Nick!)

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