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Post by dpb on Apr 22, 2010 22:44:12 GMT
Was travelling on the Vic line this evening about 6.10pm, and got on a train at Euston to be told it would be held there due to a defective train at Warren Street. After about 10 mins, we made our way to Warren St and on towards Oxford Circus, only to be then be held in the tunnel just outside the platform (and in baking temperatures), because of ANOTHER defective train, this time at Green Park. Again, about 10 mins later, we got into Oxford Circus and went trouble free onwards to Victoria.
The driver of our train was excellent, and was updating us every 30-60 seconds or so, and said that the train at Green Park limped into Victoria sidings, and the one at Warren St had gone to Kings Cross sidings.
Just wondering if anyone knew what the problem was with these trains, and if they were some how connected, as it's some coincidence to have two trains become defective almost simultaneously!
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Post by metrider on Apr 23, 2010 18:21:13 GMT
I got caught up in that one as well, I was a passenger on the train stopped in Oxford Circus s/b platform. From the PAs on my train I got the impression that the Warren street train was just being sorted when the Green park train became a second problem. I just put it down to one ... errmmm two.... of those things. Actually for me, they were the fourth and fifth of those things, as (1) I just missed a pair of trains at harrow by a couple of seconds, (2) the next one was running behind (but I correctly gambled on the next fast running out of sequence south of Wembley) then on attempting to change at Baker St, (3) the station was closed and we were tipped out to the street. A brisk walk to Regent Pk station ensued to rejoin the system... Still I look on the bright side - that should be all of my major delays for the next six months rolled up into one...  |
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Post by londonstuff on Apr 23, 2010 22:37:19 GMT
If a train gets into these sidings, where it'll presumably stay until an engineer can fix it or it's moved during engineering hours, how does the driver get out? How would an engineer get to it? Are there connecting tunnels at Victoria/King's Cross sidings?
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Post by metrider on Apr 26, 2010 18:18:34 GMT
If a train gets into these sidings, where it'll presumably stay until an engineer can fix it or it's moved during engineering hours, how does the driver get out? How would an engineer get to it? Are there connecting tunnels at Victoria/King's Cross sidings? I'm only a passenger, and so am only able to report from what I can see from the public areas, but There appears to be a walkway along the side of the tunnel from the southbound platform at Victoria into the sidings. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2010 8:07:05 GMT
It was one defective train - twice!!
NB train (2009 Stock) unable to depart from Brixton at 19.00 - eventually reversed out of the way to siding.
An attempt to run it northbound at 19.25 saw it come to grief at Stockwell, from where it went (empty) to Victoria and back in the sidings there.
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Post by metrider on Apr 27, 2010 17:40:16 GMT
oooo eck! do they come with a warranty? (and who pays the postage to send it back?) unable to depart from Brixton at 19.00 This seems to be after the incidents that we are referring to above. |
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Post by mrfs42 on Apr 27, 2010 17:45:29 GMT
I suspect you got caught up behind the iffy train struggling southwards.
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Post by plasmid on Apr 27, 2010 18:02:04 GMT
oooo eck! do they come with a warranty? (and who pays the postage to send it back?) Knowing Bombardier they come with a good chassis and a bunch of software faults. I just hope in 18 years time they don't look like the 92ts.  Though as the 09ts will be deep-level underground for the majority of time there is no way of knowing how they would react to a bit of weather. |
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