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Post by vinnielo on Oct 29, 2017 8:00:26 GMT
An odd thing happened as I was northbound on the Piccadilly near to Turnpike Lane. Sat in the front carriage, an increasing intensity of a "whoosh" sounded before a sudden blast of wind came in through the vents, blowing in a huge amount of dust and made the carriage rather hazy. The train carried on down to the next station as though nothing had happened and the carriage air soon cleared again. What was the cause of this? Existing dust in the vents getting blown in from the pressure, or might there have been something going on in the tunnels that got sucked into the train?
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Post by goldenarrow on Oct 29, 2017 9:14:49 GMT
Rushes of air on the deep level tube lines is commonplace. The effect is amplified on the Jubilee and Victoria lines as the higher speeds with the limited clearance aswell as more modern and powerful ventilation systems can make ears pop.
The dust could be the remnants of works the previous night such as rail grinding and welding , replacing worn track, sleepers or work the the tunnels themselves. Often after engineering work as finished ventilation systems will be cranked up in attempt to remove as much dust as possible. The extra volume of air being pumped down into the tunnels may have unsettled dust already in your carriage but it is more likely to unsettle dust in the tunnels due to the combination of the change in air pressure and tight clearance created between the train and the tunnel walls.
Those who travel on the new tracks on the Bakerloo line around Paddington may get the same dust effect although it's effect may be limited due to tunnel width and the position of ventilation shafts.
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Post by rummer on Oct 29, 2017 9:16:44 GMT
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Post by norbitonflyer on Oct 29, 2017 14:13:53 GMT
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Post by North End on Oct 29, 2017 18:06:02 GMT
Doesn't even need to be a vent shaft. All it takes for a couple of trains to stop in places where they don't often stop, and the change in air movements can displace large amounts of dust. It happened when Tufnell Park was closed for lift works. Not long after the closure came in, a southbound train was held in the platform at Kentish Town for some reason, and shortly afterwards the station was reported to have filled with "smoke". We suspected at the time that it happened as a following train entered the tunnel at Tufnell Park at 18 mph at the same moment as the exit from the same tunnel was largely blocked by the train in the platform, and this was subsequently proven, however it didn't stop Kentish Town being evacuated with some degree of panic.
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Post by vinnielo on Oct 30, 2017 13:32:55 GMT
Thanks! That's pretty much identical.
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