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Post by jacks on Apr 11, 2024 16:02:40 GMT
TSRs implemented on Northern and Jubilee imminently More than what's already in place? The Northern has had some for a few weeks already The ones I've noticed are Waterloo to Kennington in both directions Tooting Broadway to Morden southbound Morden to Tooting Bec northbound Currently a max speed of 25mph on these sections at the moment
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Post by jacks on Dec 14, 2022 14:44:19 GMT
There is now a hoarding up around one of them, so passengers in one direction (Northern/Bakerloo towards Jubilee if I'm remembering right, and assuming the working walkway doesn't get reversed at some point during the traffic day) are now having to walk in the space between the walkways.
There's also now something official about this on the TFL closures page, the current estimate being that at least one will be out of service until June 2023.
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Post by jacks on Mar 9, 2022 18:48:32 GMT
Bromley-by-Bow as another?
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Post by jacks on May 16, 2020 11:46:14 GMT
I wonder if the fares issue will affect me - when I reached 60 I bought a three year Senior Citizen Railcard which (if I use the registered Oystercard) gives me a discount on rail fares here in London. This includes the Underground and DLR, but not the trams, which are charged as buses. So, I'm wondering if the discount will cease to apply for journeys that start during rush hours. I suppose that I'll only find out when I start travelling by train again - at present we are still told to not travel by train, even off peak. Railcard discounts on Oyster (excluding Disabled Persons Railcard) are already off-peak only as far as I'm aware.
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Post by jacks on Mar 19, 2020 10:14:38 GMT
I wonder if the stations chosen to close are partly because of local staffing issues? I am surprised to see that the Hainault - Woodford shuttle stations are still open - especially Roding Valley! Do you mean you're surprised that the shuttle is still operating, as opposed to the stations still being open? I don't think any of the stations on the shuttle section (from a brief glance at Google images - I've never actually traveled over this section) are sub-surface, so they won't have a minimum staffing level to keep them open. In part at least it looks like they're choosing one out of a pair of stations to close, so that all staff available are utilized to keep the priority station open. Eg. Covent Garden closed so that staff report to work at Leicester Square, Goodge Street closed so that the staff are used at Warren Street. Blackhorse Road (if and when it actually closes) will be in order to keep Walthamstow Central open
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Post by jacks on Feb 22, 2020 16:07:49 GMT
I know the posters in stations were warning of no or little service all weekend, but is that going to be the case? Looking at the times that Train Ops had been asked not to book on between, it's now been four hours since the first 'half' of the strike ended, but the TfL website still shows no service in the core section.
I have no knowledge of how staggered the book on times are for Train Ops on the Bakerloo, but perhaps someone here could shed some light?
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Post by jacks on Jun 12, 2019 10:26:01 GMT
I think the Picc is an exception of being a non-upgraded line with a Night Tube service for a couple of reasons - one it serves Heathrow and two it serves areas with a very lively night life (Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus).
And the more branches you serve, the more trains you need along with more drivers (something that has already been an issue with the current level of service!)
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Post by jacks on Jan 3, 2019 12:15:43 GMT
I’m pretty sure the one-way system already operates for a set time on a Saturday already? So staff must be used to any potential issues and be active in warning people who might struggle with the stairs (for example I think there’s a sign that states pushchairs must be folded)
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Post by jacks on Jul 10, 2018 20:41:03 GMT
They had two during the evening peak, Knightsbridge and Hammersmith
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Post by jacks on Mar 31, 2018 18:25:10 GMT
At around 15:50 today, I made my way down from the Northern line to platform 9 at Bank, heading for Westferry. The next train shown on the board on the platform was a Woolwich Arsenal service in 4 minutes but after a few seconds of being on the platform, a member of DLR staff started making PAs that passengers heading towards Lewisham should head over to platform 10 for the next train which I and a few others did.
Is this much of a usual thing? I've only ever known platform 10 to be a terminating platform, though I only tend to use the DLR a handful of times a month at most. From what I could tell, the train was pretty close to Shadwell before it crossed over to the regular track which must've prevented any trains entering Bank during that time.
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Post by jacks on Feb 3, 2018 2:23:55 GMT
Are the night tube T/ops route trained on the branches that don't operate a night service? If not, would a pilot be available? I seem to recall an incident on the Northern line, I think it was a person under a train and I have no idea how far back this is now, where they ended up running trains via the Bank branch (not in passenger service between Camden or Euston and Kennington) to try and keep trains and drivers to timetable as best they could whilst the incident was ongoing? Hopefully someone else can validate and it wasn't just a weird dream..!
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Post by jacks on Dec 15, 2017 1:17:47 GMT
Going to take a guess at
A - Preston Road
B - Caledonian Road
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Post by jacks on Dec 6, 2017 1:42:52 GMT
Pudding Mill Lane doesn't have escalators. Tower Gateway has 2, and iirc Cutty Sark has 4, which would put the total at 28. There are 4 at Heron Quays and 4 at South Quay that I've just remembered, making the total 36 - so some of the ones I've thought of can't be the DLR's. If the ones at Canning Town are LU's that's down to 32, and if Custom House is now entirely on Crossrail's register that would make 30. Ah, but still I've seen no one mention that East India has one escalator for each platform!
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Post by jacks on Nov 23, 2017 11:39:49 GMT
A - White Hart Lane?
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Post by jacks on Nov 15, 2017 11:25:53 GMT
I'll try Bank
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Post by jacks on Nov 6, 2017 21:58:27 GMT
There was a power surge that led to five or six stations closing temporarily on the Northern line and also caused severe delays to the Charing Cross branch so I wondered if this was directly linked with the failure on the Bakerloo as they occurred around the same time?
Could both of the reasons be technically right? I didn't know (as a guess) if the power supply failure could've caused a train to fail.
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Post by jacks on Aug 16, 2017 18:23:41 GMT
Goodge Street is part of Northern Cover Group C which also includes Tottenham Court Road, Warren Street and Camden Town (but not Mornington Crescent which is Cover Group A), if they're short staffed its obvious why they'd decide to shut Goodge Street rather than the other three. Indeed, staff from Goodge Street were being used to keep Warren Street open. I don't know for sure but I've assumed the exit-only plan for September 2017-October 2018 would be due to lift works, probably two at a time. Not many people enter at Goodge Street during the morning peak anyway but you do get loads of people exiting the station, staff are already used to control the lifts manually and assist customer flow. With only two lifts in service, it'll start blocking back downstairs and having the lifts sent down empty as soon as they've deposited customers upstairs, this will help it not get too crowded.
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Post by jacks on Aug 12, 2017 23:33:31 GMT
I've just gone onto the TfL website to see if there's any indication of this weekend having a repeat of the same trouble as the last and found "Minor delays between Acton Town and Heathrow Airport due to operational difficulties". Is this the new way of saying they've promoted too many Night tube drivers in one go or something unrelated - the vaguest update message I can recall seeing
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Post by jacks on Aug 12, 2017 10:28:30 GMT
Not convinced but at least we should get a hint even if I'm wrong - could it be Stanmore?
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Post by jacks on Aug 7, 2017 11:59:00 GMT
I wonder what Finn thinks should've been put out as the reason. Changing 'absence' to 'shortage' would probably suffice
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Post by jacks on Jul 28, 2017 20:51:16 GMT
Overtime is paid at time and a quarter. How easy it is to come by may vary on which station area you get allocated, I've heard some stations are really short staffed. Select stations also advertise overtime across the combine for special events, most common is when there's stuff going on at Wembley Stadium but also events at Hyde Park, Notting Hill Carnival etc.
Your annual leave allocation takes into account that Bank Holiday working is included in the shifts, so you get extra days on top of the standard.
For question four, as far as I'm aware you are allowed to mutually swap your station(s) with others in your training group. Once you're out on the stations, you can nominate to move elsewhere but don't be too hopeful. Luck of the draw really.
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Post by jacks on Jul 28, 2017 20:38:30 GMT
Martin, I would appreciate being advised of where you found these leaflets. I ask because I wish I could get hold of one of them too; I've tried stations such as Bank, Stratford, Canning Town, West Ham and Canary Wharf (all major stations on the DLR network) without any joy. Simon That major DLR station Leicester Square ( ) has a load in the leaflet rack next to the Northern line gateline as that's where I picked one up the other day.
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Post by jacks on Jul 24, 2017 2:44:25 GMT
true, and I wish I'd thought of that, but it's coincidental! Thought it might be a bit too out of the box but something I noticed whilst staring at the map during my journey yesterday Now to go in the other direction, something I've thought would be too obvious. Royal Victoria due to it being the non-LU station out of the bunch?
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Post by jacks on Jul 23, 2017 8:52:34 GMT
Ladbroke Grove. The other three are all adjacent to a station that is going to be served by Crossrail?
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Post by jacks on Jul 22, 2017 4:16:32 GMT
B - Warwick Avenue
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Post by jacks on Jul 14, 2017 10:28:12 GMT
Location D looks like Knightsbridge which is the closest station for the French embassy
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Post by jacks on Jul 7, 2017 1:45:35 GMT
'A' looks like it could be Belsize Park?
Not sure if it's the specific link being looked for but they all appear to have an air of Leslie Green about them?
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Post by jacks on Jul 4, 2017 8:11:49 GMT
London City Airport DLR
Bonus: something to do with today being 4th July and you can fly from the airport to the US ?
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Post by jacks on Jun 30, 2017 2:54:38 GMT
Does location B happen to be between Edgware and Burnt Oak? I think I'm recognising the building on the very left
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Post by jacks on Jun 27, 2017 7:53:45 GMT
I've experienced this for quite a few months now at stations further down the line. It doesn't appear to be accurate until it gets down to about 3 minutes. Anything displayed as being longer than 3 minutes away will drop down quickly and I find usually skips saying 4 minutes altogether.
Still (and not sure if this applies to Kings Cross or just my regular stations), before it used to do this, a train would only show on the board at all if it was 4 minutes away or less..
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