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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 19:51:07 GMT
The Central line has had a pretty bad day today, apparently there was a signal failure at Epping and Loughton and two broken down trains, one at Liverpool Street and the other at Queensway.
Anyone have any more details as to what specifically happened?
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Post by MoreToJack on Mar 30, 2017 23:04:29 GMT
Epping - points failing to normalise. Two trains wrong-roaded back to Theydon Bois.
Loughton - points failing to normalise. One train delayed in section.
Liverpool Street - rolling stock defect. Initially occurred at Stratford, re-occurred at Liverpool Street. Train was further delayed with the move into the siding being somewhat protracted.
Queensway - Lost forward movement on approach. Not rectified by signal release, nor any other mode. Limited movement obtained after train operator actions.
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Post by londoner on Mar 31, 2017 0:13:10 GMT
The perfect storm of delays!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2017 0:47:58 GMT
Thanks Jack! Much appreciated
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Post by stapler on Mar 31, 2017 12:13:01 GMT
What was really annoying at about 1300 was the total lack of announcement, and the confusion of any staff, about what was going on. A lot of mystified people were hanging around at Leytonstone. Also the TRT was in a queue of Hainault divertees, labelled "special", which mystified them even more. Loughton was fairly gummed up with trains, and it seemed a bit difficult to get trains out of the 3 platform roads. With the cancellation of route 167 north of Loughton, and the 418 being only hourly, there were plenty of disgruntled passengers about, too.
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Post by countryman on Mar 31, 2017 15:22:01 GMT
What was really annoying at about 1300 was the total lack of announcement, and the confusion of any staff, about what was going on. A lot of mystified people were hanging around at Leytonstone. Also the TRT was in a queue of Hainault divertees, labelled "special", which mystified them even more. Loughton was fairly gummed up with trains, and it seemed a bit difficult to get trains out of the 3 platform roads. With the cancellation of route 167 north of Loughton, and the 418 being only hourly, there were plenty of disgruntled passengers about, too. TRT? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2017 15:23:20 GMT
TRT = Track Recording Train
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Post by stapler on Mar 31, 2017 15:46:57 GMT
Said TRT stabled in the centre road at Leytonstone, and duly fazed the punters, who thought it might me the Epping shuttle service. Few if any noticed it was a non-standard train (one part looked like 1938 stock - is that right)!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2017 16:11:32 GMT
Said TRT stabled in the centre road at Leytonstone, and duly fazed the punters, who thought it might me the Epping shuttle service. Few if any noticed it was a non-standard train (one part looked like 1938 stock - is that right)! Looks like a '38 TS but is in fact a '73 TS as whistlekiller2000 reminded me recently ....   |
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Post by rincew1nd on Mar 31, 2017 19:41:14 GMT
TRT = Track Recording Train (now added to our list of standard abbreviations) For info scroll to the bottom of this page on the excellent "SquareWheels" site (beware, you can easily lose a whole evening reading about the Underground on there!) or there is a precís and lovely picture of the train on the LURS (London Underground Railway Society) site here. |
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Post by whistlekiller2000 on Mar 31, 2017 19:48:15 GMT
Said TRT stabled in the centre road at Leytonstone, and duly fazed the punters, who thought it might me the Epping shuttle service. Few if any noticed it was a non-standard train (one part looked like 1938 stock - is that right)! Stapler, few noticed because they're normal punters and not GLU (Geeks Like Us).  And yes, I'll be adding that to the list of acronyms later this evening......  |
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Post by whistlekiller2000 on Mar 31, 2017 19:48:59 GMT
Said TRT stabled in the centre road at Leytonstone, and duly fazed the punters, who thought it might me the Epping shuttle service. Few if any noticed it was a non-standard train (one part looked like 1938 stock - is that right)! Looks like a '38 TS but is in fact a '73 TS as whistlekiller2000 reminded me recently .... Is it still 1-1?  |
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Post by norbitonflyer on Mar 31, 2017 22:34:27 GMT
Said TRT (one part looked like 1938 stock - is that right)! None of it is 1938 stock, it's two 1960 cars with a 73 in between. Both types have the longer windows in the passenger areas - up to and including 1959/62 stock had much smaller ones |
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Post by stapler on Apr 1, 2017 6:40:37 GMT
Yes, NF, I can see that. The window apertures look odd, of course, as some have been blanked off.
Whistlekiller, don't think I'm wholly GLU, just LU-curious!
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And yes, I'll be adding that to the list of acronyms later this evening...... 
