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Post by bicbasher on Jan 7, 2013 17:46:54 GMT
The signal failure at Surrey Quays today has really put the ELL out of joint on the Crystal Palace and West Croydon branches.
From my own observations, it appears some West Croydon branch services have been diverted to Crystal Palace, with some CP services cancelled. My train this afternoon to H&I was cancelled, with the Dalston Junction train which started from CP was 6 minutes late.
On my way home, I boarded a late Crystal Palace train which the Canada Water DOI's didn't show (Clapham Junction was the first train displayed) and changed at New Cross Gate for the 10 car 377 Southern train to West Croydon which had plenty of seats.
Which was surprising was the LO train was given priority as I understood Southern have priority over LO south of NXG?
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Post by redbond on Jan 8, 2013 10:29:20 GMT
Officially there shouldn't be any priority, it's down to who's due first out by the timetable. However as Southern trains have a lot further to go, and can cause more delay further on, they'll be let out first at NXG. My heart sinks when when I'm on time and pull in to NXG, only to see a Southern just pulling in to platform 2 at the same time.
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Post by bicbasher on Jan 8, 2013 12:05:46 GMT
From what I could see last night, the LO train had already been given the green signal and was waiting for a driver changeover as I saw a driver run along the platform.
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Post by mcmaddog on Jan 8, 2013 12:49:00 GMT
Officially there shouldn't be any priority, it's down to who's due first out by the timetable. However as Southern trains have a lot further to go, and can cause more delay further on, they'll be let out first at NXG. My heart sinks when when I'm on time and pull in to NXG, only to see a Southern just pulling in to platform 2 at the same time. LO trains have a huge amount of stand time anyway at NXG when on time so I'm surprised that a Southern at the sametime interferes. It must be fun though watching the dash across the platform for those in a rush to get home.
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