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Post by charleyfarley on Dec 2, 2012 20:50:14 GMT
Is it my imagination or is the Highbury/Finsbury Park area of the Victoria Line more prone to signal/train failures than any other area of the line?
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Post by andypurk on Dec 2, 2012 21:18:40 GMT
Is it my imagination or is the Highbury/Finsbury Park area of the Victoria Line more prone to signal/train failures than any other area of the line? It does seem to be; some of the failures seem to be down to the connections to/from the Piccadilly (some times both lines are disrupted by the same failure).
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Post by londonstuff on Dec 2, 2012 21:34:46 GMT
Is it my imagination or is the Highbury/Finsbury Park area of the Victoria Line more prone to signal/train failures than any other area of the line? It does seem to be; some of the failures seem to be down to the connections to/from the Piccadilly (some times both lines are disrupted by the same failure). Now I'm not 100% sure about this but I'm pretty sure that I heard from a Picc train op that the points are locked and there's no access to or from either direction in normal circumstances. Whether the crossover signalling is affecting it or not, I know not: I suppose it could be any number of reasons from water ingress (see the Edgware Road - Earl's Court area before the blockade) to just chance. When there's problems in this area is it KX that's used to reverse? I almost got to go over the Warren St crossover once but the Train Op departed not in service even though I believe it's a coloured-light move.
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Rich32
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Post by Rich32 on Dec 2, 2012 23:01:55 GMT
Warren Street is only South to North in passenger service IIRC, North to South is out of service only.
In response to the OP, Brixton is also prone, but seem to be less noticed than Highbury/Finsbury Park.
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