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Post by superteacher on Aug 28, 2013 19:50:57 GMT
According to TFL website 28/8/13 @ 20:45:
No service between Gunnersbury and Richmond while we fix a signal failure at Stratford.
Anyone know the logic / reason behind this?
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Post by rincew1nd on Aug 28, 2013 20:14:37 GMT
Signal failure at Stratford is causing delays to westbound (anti-clockwise) trains, so trains to Richmond are turned around at Gunnersbury to pick up their correct path eastbound (clockwise).
I suspect.
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Post by superteacher on Aug 28, 2013 21:47:31 GMT
Signal failure at Stratford is causing delays to westbound (anti-clockwise) trains, so trains to Richmond are turned around at Gunnersbury to pick up their correct path eastbound (clockwise). I suspect. Kind of what I was thinking, but LO trains get a fair amount of recovery time at Richmond, so turning every train at Gunnersbury would suggest that every train is running 20 plus minutes late. Can a signal failure really have that much of an effect on the service? It's not such an intensive service as to cause major blocking back, unless. Network Rail rules for signal failures are different to LU. |
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Post by redbond on Aug 29, 2013 9:03:35 GMT
It's all about the service recovery. I don't know the North London Line control's protocol, but on the East London Line when there is severe disruption, the line is suspended and all trains sent back to the depot where the service is brought back in to timetable as best as possible. It may sound illogical to passenger, but you also have to think about drivers and guards being in the wrong place, being on PNB and spread out when their train is on the other end of the line etc.
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