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Post by kabsonline on Mar 20, 2011 19:25:56 GMT
This might have already been asked so I'm sorry if it has but I couldn't see it anywhere. How would I go about finding out the s stock timetable on the met line? cheers
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Post by graeme186 on Mar 20, 2011 19:51:56 GMT
See the listings on Page 5 under the 'S Stock Delivery & Introduction - Discussion' thread on the 'SSR Group Discussion' Board kindly provided by MetControl. These arrangements still applied on Fri 18/03/11.
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Post by causton on Apr 10, 2011 18:55:46 GMT
I am going to take a trip into London sometime this week hopefully, to see some S-Stock. Can anyone give me more up to date information regarding timings now the Uxbridge/AmerChesham branch is getting more S-stock trains and they are now venturing into the city as well?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2011 20:49:16 GMT
I get the impression now that if one just stands somewhere like Harrow, and waits, there's a good chance that a train of S stock will turn up, going somewhere, after not too long a wait. It's worked for me on random occasions recently!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2011 20:55:10 GMT
Their tend to more around in the week
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Post by Bighat on Apr 10, 2011 21:07:30 GMT
I get the impression now that if one just stands somewhere like Harrow, and waits, there's a good chance that a train of S stock will turn up, going somewhere, after not too long a wait. It's worked for me on random occasions recently! Worked for me a couple of weeks ago! |
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Post by causton on Apr 10, 2011 21:08:53 GMT
Well I suppose that could be a tactic  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2011 21:19:04 GMT
Their tend to more around in the week Yes - during the week does seem to be the best bet. I caught one randomly from Rayners Lane last Friday evening. It seemed to get itself a bit 'lost' at Harrow, though - the automated information systems started saying that the train was terminating at Farringdon and that the next station would be Liverpool Street! This did cause some amusement! ;D |
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Post by metman on Apr 10, 2011 22:00:43 GMT
Terminating at Farringdon?! I would wait at Harrow if you want to see one.
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Post by causton on Apr 10, 2011 22:05:48 GMT
Yes I have caught them before, Baker St - HOTH and Baker St - Northwick Park a few times (and almost Wembley Park - Baker St but it was seemingly running early by 4 minutes!) and I'll probably end up at Harrow looking - was just wondering where the more out of the ordinary (not BST-WAT) workings would happen as well  |
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Post by causton on Apr 11, 2011 10:16:06 GMT
T441 is now on its way to Uxbridge and I just missed it thanks to not being able to get a platform at Baker St on my inbound train  Knew it was there and thought it would just be going back to Watford - now rushing up towards there to see if I can catch it on the way back from Uxb |
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Post by citysig on Apr 11, 2011 21:25:07 GMT
Just a small word of warning to those hunting the trains.
At present we are having to regularly divert the normal Watford S-stock services to Uxbridge - with the following Uxbridge diverted to Watford to cover. This is to step up driver familiarisation of the Uxbridge branch.
It does mean, however, that the S-stocks may turn up at Harrow slightly off-path, and can sometimes mean we have to "massage" other timings to ensure large gaps do not appear in the service.
I cannot give much warning of what will go where, as it is done on a day-by-day basis dependant on which drivers are on duty. The afternoon trips of 451 are certainly now becoming regular for diversion - with the train also doing the Amersham route occasionally. Also reversing via Neasden depot at some point during the afternoon is also becoming regular.
Sorry for the messing around, but in order to roll out the fleet, the drivers need the training.
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Post by causton on Apr 11, 2011 22:44:51 GMT
No problem - I liked the diversion (and having to run around getting a bus to South Harrow from HOTH as no Uxbridge service was due for 14 minutes apparently, so I decided to go to Rayners Lane to catch 441 coming back!
(and when it was held at HOTH I loved the people confused by the doors closing after 45 seconds - especially the person who ran into the doors as they were closing, then stared at me in amazement as I opened them again to find a litter bin)
Was there any working to Aldgate today that I missed?
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Post by suncloud on Apr 12, 2011 10:33:28 GMT
If S Stock is now ok going everywhere in passenger service.... Why do they still haunt the same duties? Surely if there is more UXB road training required then why not put one on a more appropriate duty for the day rather than reschedule trains on a more adhoc bases?
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Post by Colin on Apr 12, 2011 11:38:57 GMT
I would imagine there is more to it than may seem obvious looking in from the outside.
For starters driver training will follow some sort of plan and that will more than likely mean drivers are taken off their normal duties and specifically scheduled to drive S stocks in the pre planned paths. They will require an instructor operator to be present in the cab - that will also require some form of pre planning.
All drivers will need to go through the same basic training; that is they will have to drive the S stock over prescribed routes a set number of times - another reason for following the pre set paths. There may well be an element of flexibility should a driver request/a training be identified that they have more time over a certain section; that's where the ad hoc stuff may come into play.
First & foremost though, it'll be very much about ensuring all drivers receive the same consistent training over the same paths.
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Post by metman on Apr 20, 2011 7:27:11 GMT
Will this weekend be the first time an S stock has called at Willesden Green in passenger service- that's if they are in use!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2011 7:29:03 GMT
That's been done already Metman. Can't remember the date.
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Post by kabsonline on Apr 21, 2011 14:10:10 GMT
Is there a good chance of seeing an S stock at Chalfont and Latimer this evening and if so what sort of time?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 15:07:44 GMT
Is there a good chance of seeing an S stock at Chalfont and Latimer this evening and if so what sort of time? Not long before the question will be Is there a good chance of seeing an A60/A62 stock at Chalfont and Latimer this evening and if so what sort of time? The answer in the not to distant future will be - No chance  Xerces Fobe |
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Post by kabsonline on Apr 21, 2011 17:03:30 GMT
what is the sort of timescale for the amersham and chesham ends of the met line to see s stock on a regular basis?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 17:19:22 GMT
I saw 4 S-stocks this morning
3 on the Baker Streets (441/451 & 462)
One for Aldgate passed West Hampstead just before 9am
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 18:44:27 GMT
Was on 451 earlier, from Baker St. to Uxbridge all stations.
Units 21005/21006.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 21:11:02 GMT
I spotted a train of S stock at Wembley Park this evening, at about 20.00. It was sitting in the n/b fast platform, empty - and reversed into Neasden depot after the A stock train that I was on had berthed in the n/b slow platform.
(I'd had to divert from my usual route home thanks to a power supply problem at Berkhamsted. I'd not seen the concourse at Euston so crowded for ages!)
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Post by causton on Apr 21, 2011 21:41:43 GMT
Only train I can see that would fit that (out of the ones previously posted) would be a T451 19:45 Baker St-HotH run cut short at Wembley  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 21:48:54 GMT
Quite likely, I'd say. Unfortunately I only got a side view, as the Uxbridge train that I was on pulled into Wembley Park.
(The Northwick Park to Kenton walk, then on to the DC, can be useful when LM is up the spout!)
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Post by causton on Apr 21, 2011 22:05:33 GMT
Oh I've done that before but it was because I wanted to go to Willesden Junction but on arrival at Baker Street found an S-stock so instead of going on the Bakerloo I did that route (shame the barriers at Northwick Park wrecked the magstrip on my travelcard and for the next 12 hours I had to show my travelcard to everyone on the barriers, in about 1/3 of cases them 'teaching' me how to insert the travelcard into the ticket gate - then going red when what I told them would happen happened!) |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 22:10:52 GMT
(shame the barriers at Northwick Park wrecked the magstrip on my travelcard and for the next 12 hours I had to show my travelcard to everyone on the barriers, in about 1/3 of cases them 'teaching' me how to insert the travelcard into the ticket gate - then going red when what I told them would happen happened!) Wonder why the barriers at Northwick Park wrecked the magstrip on your travelcard - ? I'd have thought that Kenton to Northwick Park was an 'approved' interchange. |
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Post by littlebrute on Apr 21, 2011 22:16:55 GMT
Saw my first S Stock on Tuesday whilst travelling to Uxbridge. It was around 7:30pm at Finchley Road heading to Baker Street!
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Post by causton on Apr 21, 2011 22:30:25 GMT
Wonder why the barriers at Northwick Park wrecked the magstrip on your travelcard - ? I'd have thought that Kenton to Northwick Park was an 'approved' interchange. Nothing to do with that - the barriers just decided to mangle my card! I was going from Northwick Park to Kenton anyway |
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Post by citysig on Apr 22, 2011 10:44:47 GMT
Is there a good chance of seeing an S stock at Chalfont and Latimer this evening and if so what sort of time? The regular Mondays to Fridays Train 465 at 2342 at Chalfont on the north, and 0007 on the south. Although given you posted this yesterday and I'm replying today, you may have already found that out ;D |
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Knew it was there and thought it would just be going back to Watford - now rushing up towards there to see if I can catch it on the way back from Uxb 
