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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2016 10:51:33 GMT
Between around 05:20 and 05:30 (Mon-Fri) there are three southbound trains - two which stop (destination Baker Street) and one which doesn't. The OOS train arrives at Baker Street P3 and become a service to Barking.
Having boarded the first of the three trains, I can confirm there are usually at least a dozen people - occasionally including myself - getting off the train which had just arrived at P4 and walking across to wait out the 7-8 minutes until the OOS train arrives to form a Barking service. Why can this OOS train not leave the depot as a Barking train and stop at Finchley Road?
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Post by t697 on Jan 2, 2016 10:56:44 GMT
No technical reason, indeed the CIS can actually be set up to call it an H&C to Barking seamlessly from a start as far back as Harrow.
It's a staffing matter about who drives passenger trains in passenger service.
At least you only have to cross the platform at Baker St where the C&H driver must be picking it up.
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Post by superteacher on Jan 2, 2016 11:12:14 GMT
No technical reason, indeed the CIS can actually be set up to call it an H&C to Barking seamlessly from a start as far back as Harrow. It's a staffing matter about who drives passenger trains in passenger service. At least you only have to cross the platform at Baker St where the C&H driver must be picking it up. Seems odd, because the H&C trains which start from Upminster run in passenger service between there and Barking. I'm assuming these are driven by a District T / OP until Barking? |
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Post by hounddog on Jan 2, 2016 11:49:49 GMT
It's a staffing matter about who drives passenger trains in passenger service. Ridiculous. If you can drive the train empty you can drive it with passengers. |
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Post by rincew1nd on Jan 2, 2016 12:22:48 GMT
It's a staffing matter about who drives passenger trains in passenger service. Ridiculous. If you can drive the train empty you can drive it with passengers. Not necessarily, once passengers start being carried you have to start worrying about stopping at exactly the right point for the OPO equipment, managing dwell times, et cetera. I would like to think that with a little training I could drive a train, however I'd need a lot of training to drive a train in passenger service. That said, if a train op can drive a train in passenger service from Neasden to Baker Street, why does it matter if there are seven or eight cars behind you, or if the train is continuing on (eventually) to somewhere that you don't 'sign'? |
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Post by superteacher on Jan 2, 2016 13:13:59 GMT
Ridiculous. If you can drive the train empty you can drive it with passengers. Not necessarily, once passengers start being carried you have to start worrying about stopping at exactly the right point for the OPO equipment, managing dwell times, et cetera. I would like to think that with a little training I could drive a train, however I'd need a lot of training to drive a train in passenger service. That said, if a train op can drive a train in passenger service from Neasden to Baker Street, why does it matter if there are seven or eight cars behind you, or if the train is continuing on (eventually) to somewhere that you don't 'sign'? And for the section from Harrow to Baker Street, I believe that the S7 stopping mark is the same for S8's, so there isn't an issue there. |
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