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Post by cricketer8for9 on Sept 18, 2017 18:12:17 GMT
Piccadilly line trains are due to terminate at South Harrow this Saturday. Does anyone know whether both platforms are going to be used and thus both the cross-overs South of South Harrow will be used? If one platform do we know which one?
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Post by metman on Sept 18, 2017 18:43:42 GMT
I think in the past only one platform was used as the service is relatively sparse.
Can't remember which one it was last time, perhaps the westbound one?
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Post by superteacher on Sept 18, 2017 18:53:41 GMT
It depends on how long the layover is. I have seen both platforms used in the past, but if it's a short layover it could be one.
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Post by Dstock7080 on Sept 18, 2017 19:09:59 GMT
A 10-min service will operate, using both platforms, alternatively from Cockfosters and Arnos Grove, requiring a 7½min layover.
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Post by londoner on Sept 18, 2017 19:19:29 GMT
And just for those interested, usually if a train is unexpectedly to terminate on the Eastbound platform at South Harrow, the driver informs passengers for stations beyond South Harrow, to get off at Sudbury Hill, so they don't have to traverse the stairs. Obviously in this case there is little point since no trains will be going beyond South Harrow.
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Post by superteacher on Sept 18, 2017 19:32:40 GMT
And just for those interested, usually if a train is unexpectedly to terminate on the Eastbound platform at South Harrow, the driver informs passengers for stations beyond South Harrow, to get off at Sudbury Hill, so they don't have to traverse the stairs. Obviously in this case there is little point since no trains will be going beyond South Harrow. That's if the driver has been told which platform they are due to use. |
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Post by countryman on Sept 18, 2017 21:00:51 GMT
And just for those interested, usually if a train is unexpectedly to terminate on the Eastbound platform at South Harrow, the driver informs passengers for stations beyond South Harrow, to get off at Sudbury Hill, so they don't have to traverse the stairs. Obviously in this case there is little point since no trains will be going beyond South Harrow. That's if the driver has been told which platform they are due to use. Presumably the information is relevant whichever platform the train will terminate at. |
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Post by superteacher on Sept 18, 2017 21:06:00 GMT
That's if the driver has been told which platform they are due to use. Presumably the information is relevant whichever platform the train will terminate at. For the sake of telling the passengers, yes, as it may save them all using lots of stairs at South Harrow. Operationally, it doesn't make a difference what platform is used. The driver may only find out on the approach to South Harrow by looking at the signal. |
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Post by PiccNT on Sept 19, 2017 0:20:34 GMT
The timetable notice does specify which platform each train goes into but that could of course change.
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Post by MoreToJack on Sept 19, 2017 0:29:42 GMT
The timetable notice does specify which platform each train goes into but that could of course change. The above comments relate not to this weekend's planned closure (for points renewal work at Rayners Lane) but to out-of-course short-tripping at South Harrow. |
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Post by cricketer8for9 on Sept 19, 2017 6:55:02 GMT
Thank you all. Tempted to take a trip there I know cross-over bashing is not quite the same as track bashing, but it is of some interest.
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Post by cricketer8for9 on Sept 23, 2017 16:41:25 GMT
I did go. All trains were using the Eastbound platform at around 10:30 this morning.
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