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Post by jamesb on Aug 10, 2007 23:15:37 GMT
It look INCREDIBLY familiar and I feel like I walk past often, I just can't remember where i've seen it!
I think Archway could be right...
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Post by jamesb on Aug 7, 2007 17:11:19 GMT
Loughton. However, no one has said yet that the picture was taken standing in the front DM of a 1992TS, facing south across the northern end of the island platforms Because that's not quite right (if I've got my directions right)... This is the 'West' end of the platforms from a Westbound train. We are broadly looking towards the North (West)... Oh my goodness, now I'm scratching my head! You didn't contribute to the HORRENDOUS exam I had this morning by any chance?!
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Post by jamesb on Aug 7, 2007 12:58:05 GMT
I'd go with Loughton too... Didn't we have a different Loughton last month?
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Post by jamesb on Jun 24, 2007 10:06:42 GMT
Looks like Waterloo station leading to the Waterloo and City Line
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Post by jamesb on Jun 22, 2007 10:34:42 GMT
Going to the DLR from the Northern Line platforms at Bank?
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Post by jamesb on May 30, 2007 19:26:50 GMT
Thinking about it I think you are right Tom - because of that bridge thing on the ceiling... I don't think there is one on the EB.
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Post by jamesb on May 30, 2007 9:09:18 GMT
Notting Hill Gate (eastbound) Central Line?
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Post by jamesb on May 30, 2007 8:14:45 GMT
It looks like a Central Line platform if that is an emergency stop plunger on the wall...
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Post by jamesb on May 17, 2007 21:30:20 GMT
I was reading about this today. The Central Line has had it's fair share of incidents over the years... - Stratford collisions 1946, 1953, 1979 - Holland Park fire on train 1958 - Gants Hill fire on train 1960 - Holborn crash 1980 - Chancery lane 2003 - White City 2004 (from www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A17895702)
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Post by jamesb on Sept 19, 2007 14:54:22 GMT
In the very hot weather, I have been in Central Line trains at the eastern end with the lights turned off in the outside sections in recent years.
As a side issue, the emergency lighting on the '92 stock seems a bit dim at the best of times. I remember comments in the Chancery Lane derailment report that mentioned there were problems with the batteries running out of juice more quickly then they should. How long would they last?
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Post by jamesb on Aug 31, 2007 19:41:41 GMT
The company my Dad work's for were one of the first to move into the Canary Wharf development many years ago - I still remember going to work with him, and the electronic display on the DLR platform at Stratford was showing "Welcome Texaco to Canary Wharf". Now the whole area is completly developed and there are many companies etc. - it show's how much development has happened and how important the DLR was.
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Post by jamesb on Oct 22, 2007 22:10:52 GMT
I guess stopping people having heart attacks in the first place is a good way to spend money, but that costs more then a defibrillator... I would argue that the cost is worth it, because to save one life has great significance. Also, isn't it better to have them even if there are no trained staff, then not to have them at all. In a large station, e.g. Euston, why could a PA for a medical doctor or paramedic be made - wouldn't it be the judgment of the individual at the scene whether or not they felt able to use it? Why does it have to be only LU staff? Most AEDs are fool proof, and if they can't be over-ridden (assuming this type is in use) to deliver a shock against the advice of the machine, then the worst that can happen is they don't help? Having looked at the Resuscitation Council (UK) website, they say ' A prerequisite of providing such equipment is the necessity to have trained staff available who would be able to use the device.', but I still think it would be quite possible for someone other then LU staff to be present at most busy stations who might be trained to use one.
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Post by jamesb on Oct 22, 2007 21:49:07 GMT
I would argue that the cost is worth it, because to save one life has great significance.
Also, isn't it better to have them even if there are no trained staff, then not to have them at all. In a large station, e.g. Euston, why could a PA for a medical doctor or paramedic be made - wouldn't it be the judgment of the individual at the scene whether or not they felt able to use it? Why does it have to be only LU staff?
Most AEDs are fool proof, and if they can't be over-ridden (assuming this type is in use) to deliver a shock against the advice of the machine, then the worst that can happen is they don't help?
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Post by jamesb on Oct 1, 2007 19:52:20 GMT
The classical music is very pleasing to the ears... It calms me down! I thought recently about the idea of playing similar music in a tube carriage if it was stuck underground for more than 10 minutes or something, but the only problem is that it's a bit claustrophobic, and what for some people might be relaxing, might be torture for others...
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Post by jamesb on Sept 30, 2007 19:36:08 GMT
I like the music, they played it at Woodford a while back too, before it got refurbished.
BUT I think it's unfair if you happened not to like classical music!
I had a few ideas myself: 'thing's can only get better' when there is a signal failure and 'the only way is up, baby' on the escalators! I imagine these songs would be equally effective to keep youths from congregating too.
;D ;D
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Post by jamesb on Sept 12, 2007 12:41:34 GMT
I think these are a marvelous idea! I know it hasn't been that hot, but having big circular fans strategically positioned to give a gentle breeze in the passages seems like a good idea.
Why can't they use them more widely?
The only problems might be that they are very big industrial looking fans, and there isn't that much space to safely locate them - but in the long term, could they not be built into the station refurbishments? And they could switch off automatically when the fire alarm is activated to overcome the blowing smoke around fire safety problem.
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Post by jamesb on Sept 12, 2007 12:34:29 GMT
The voice sounds like he has indigestion sometimes!
I think he has got a bit better. When you tell him what to say, does punctuation marks give him a bit more personality?
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Post by jamesb on Jun 25, 2007 17:54:20 GMT
Probably summat to do with the erstwhile CTRL construction work thats going on... where abouts is it on the EB platform? Not noticed it myself... But it's been there for as long as I can remember... It doesn't look like a recent addition. It's on the ceiling near the front of the eastbound platform, about two cars back. You can hear it zzzzzz'ing as it moves around and points at the different targets sticking out the wall.
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Post by jamesb on Jun 24, 2007 20:28:35 GMT
On the eastbound Piccadilly line platform at King's Cross there is a machine on the ceiling that moves about like a robot and points at various targets sticking out the walls.
Does it record data which can be downloaded and analyzed to check for movements of the walls? Is this a particularly big problem at King's Cross, since I haven't seen these machines at many other stations?
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Post by jamesb on Mar 31, 2007 11:08:27 GMT
Am I not correct in thinking that the handle is no longer considered an 'emergency stop' device but a means of alerting the driver to a situation that needs immediate action? If so, a T/op preventing a passenger alighting by closing the doors too quickly must by definition be creating such a situation. In which case there is no abuse of the facility and no offence has been committed.........? But it's still called a passenger emergency alarm... Wouldn't you have to use common sense in such a situation and be able to justify your actions should the need arise. For example, it isn't an emergency if I miss my stop, I can always get off at the next stop and go back one. I couldn't justify pulling the alarm against the consequences of delaying the service, potentially trapping other passengers in the tunnel in the train behind, causing people to stand in the packed train in the station while the cause is investigated. In another situation I saw a very elderly disabled man who shuffled very slowly towards the doors. By the time he reached the doors (from the seat right next to them) the doors closed, he shouted, somebody held the door, but he was so slow the driver closed them again, then his walking stick got stuck in them, then he got half way out and the driver closed them again and he got squashed. In that situation the driver didn't realize that he was disabled and he really could of injured himself, so I would have pulled the alarm. Equally I didn't want to embarrass the man further and the driver eventually saw what was happening and opened the doors. For me, there would have to be an added factor above simply missing a stop - e.g. mother separated from child, person having a panic attack because they can't get off the train etc.
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Post by jamesb on Mar 10, 2007 13:05:40 GMT
I've also seen handwriting written on the surface dust of platform walls appearing at one station which could only be accessible from the track - unless there are any customer's with incredibly long arms ;D ;D. It just looks a bit unprofessional.
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Post by jamesb on Mar 1, 2007 12:03:07 GMT
I agree that Tufnell Park is lovely, except for the lifts, which I got stuck in! Side issue: At the modernized Caledonian Road, how comes they regularly play some automatic platform announcements in different languages? At King's Cross I could understand it (especially when the Eurostar terminal opens) but at Caledonian Road it seems a bit random. At King's Cross, the automatic announcements sound very robotic and a bit strange sometimes. Stations like Chalk Farm, Tufnell Park, Gloucester Road, Kennington, Borough, St. John's Wood and Swiss Cottage are all beautiful examples of the Right Way To Do It IMNSHO.
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Post by jamesb on Jan 4, 2007 20:30:30 GMT
At either Chigwell or Grange Hill there are new different-looking next train indicator's installed on both platforms. They have been there for a while and last time I passed weren't switched on.
Does anybody know if they are planning to replace the next train indicators on the Central Line/why they have been installed but not switched on at just one station?
There doesn't look anything wrong with the ones presently in use!
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Post by jamesb on Jan 2, 2007 18:13:55 GMT
only if you see smoke coming out of the roof!
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Post by jamesb on Jan 2, 2007 14:40:30 GMT
Its very exciting to see people talking about Roding Valley - if they had built platforms on the Epping branch near the junction people could use my garden shed as a waiting room ;o)
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Post by jamesb on Dec 11, 2006 15:59:01 GMT
My local station (Roding Valley) was beautifully refurbished several months ago and help points were installed. I was surprised that even now there is a Supervisor based at the station they still have stickers on them saying not in use. Does anybody know why they can't yet be used? Are help points answered from within the same station or do they connect to somewhere centrally?
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Post by jamesb on Mar 8, 2008 22:08:23 GMT
I was at Kings Cross this afternoon, and a 'not in service' 73TS pulled in. It was announced "this train has been taken out of service because of defective safety equipment".
In car 3, one of the double doors was partially open, and the orange light was lit up on that car. There was a member of staff in the carriage presumably guarding anybody from coming through the half open door at stations where it was on the platform side.
I was trying to imagine the system for closing the doors, and couldn't understand how one door of the double set could be shut but the other half open... I concluded somebody could have jammed something in the mechanism? But the doors must be quite versatile to survive many years of rush hours. Also I didn't think the motors would work if the orange light was on? Or at least I imagined that that the train would operate at a reduced speed if it was possible to override it. But the train accelerated out the platform (I think normally) with the door half open... (thankfully for me, otherwise I would never have got home!)
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Post by jamesb on Jul 6, 2007 21:22:28 GMT
Ah, maybe that was it. It just looked odd since it was just one set of doors closed at each end of the train, so caught my eye!
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Post by jamesb on Jul 6, 2007 19:57:59 GMT
At Leytonstone recently, I saw a Central Line train with just the first and last set of double doors closed, i.e. the ones adjacent to the cab doors at the front and back of the train.
Is this to keep the driver warm? Or was something wrong with them?!
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Post by jamesb on Jul 25, 2007 14:09:41 GMT
For reference... Although now over 10 year's old, the following link I found on google appears to summarize the various different theoretical options available to improve safety at the platform/train interface. Some of the things they talked about seem to have happened or were happening anyway. www.riskworld.com/abstract/1996/sraeurop/ab6ad054.htm
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