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Post by jacks on Jun 25, 2017 7:57:55 GMT
Are they expecting to have it fully open again soon? Would've thought changing the area of suspension would add to confusion for passengers
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Post by jacks on May 22, 2017 17:48:19 GMT
The sign I noticed at Kings Cross when I passed through just over a week ago said it would be the escalators leading down to the Piccadilly & Northern lines from the 'tube ticket hall' (Euston Road exit side).
From this I'd imagine they'd be sending people towards the front of the westbound sub-surface platform as otherwise they would be sending people towards where the escalator work is, but perhaps someone else should confirm for certain.
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Post by jacks on May 21, 2017 17:53:19 GMT
Haha, guess you're right there! Holborn is currently exit only during the morning peak and hasn't got a dagger to indicate that anything is going on there, now that could be seen as inconsistent
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Post by jacks on May 21, 2017 14:40:19 GMT
Anyone know what the red dagger attached to Goodge Street refers to or is going to refer to? Of course searching TfL stations provides no help. I note that Caledonian Road (for example) doesn't have a dagger so it makes me think it isn't something as simple as lift replacement. Under the notes it says:"Services or access subject to variation." Yes but what is the variation? The red dagger at West India Quay is due to the station not being served by Bank-Lewisham trains, the one at Camden due to it being exit only on Sunday afternoons, doesn't appear to be very consistent.
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Post by jacks on May 21, 2017 12:15:42 GMT
Anyone know what the red dagger attached to Goodge Street refers to or is going to refer to? Of course searching TfL stations provides no help.
I note that Caledonian Road (for example) doesn't have a dagger so it makes me think it isn't something as simple as lift replacement.
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Post by jacks on May 6, 2017 16:00:48 GMT
Over-shooting the stopping mark? With the driver having to go through the process of using a cut-out switch to be able to get the doors open.
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Post by jacks on Apr 26, 2017 10:47:12 GMT
This weekend, there's a closure between Edgware and Hampstead (extended to Camden during NT operation), due to track work between Burnt Oak and Colindale.
I'm curious, is there any other additional work going on that isn't advertised on the TfL website or some reason they can't reverse the service at Golders Green? I would've thought this may help with crewing arrangements and may be preferred to chucking everyone off at a lift station?
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Post by jacks on Apr 19, 2017 19:26:08 GMT
The District line was advertising severe delays earlier so perhaps the District train running alongside this particular Picc train was just coincidence. I imagine the Piccadilly trains either all stop or none stop.
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Post by jacks on Apr 1, 2017 10:09:11 GMT
The only thing I can think of is Charing Cross being a sometimes useful reversing point, but I don't know if this makes any difference at all. Not too long back there was a PUT (Mod comment: Person Under Train?) at Waterloo and there were some trains being reversed at Charing Cross in consequence. Not sure if this would've still been possible if the platforms were closed entirely, but even if it were it would mean de-training at Leicester Square when I'm sure I remember someone on here mentioning before that the reversing move can be done in passenger service?
If that doesn't come into play at all, I'm just as clueless and think it doesn't make much sense to leave it open!
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Post by jacks on Feb 23, 2017 16:53:20 GMT
Looks nicer than I imagined it would upon reading in the first post that the bars were going to be grey.
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Post by jacks on Feb 18, 2017 21:17:31 GMT
I use Leicester Square almost daily and can't say I've noticed these recently, but I have seen them elsewhere. Holborn and Kings Cross as mentioned I think, possibly Euston (hard to keep track of where has text on the steps, where has handprints on the handrails, where has digital signs etc.)
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Post by jacks on Jan 24, 2017 6:11:51 GMT
17 trains unable to start apparently. Let's hope they put some good plans in place to avoid a repeat next week!
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Post by jacks on Jan 9, 2017 7:31:11 GMT
The RMT strike planned for White City and West Ruislip drivers has been cancelled. Makes me laugh how now at present, the West Ruislip to North Acton section of the Central line is the only part being advertised that IS operating
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Post by jacks on Jan 9, 2017 7:27:47 GMT
According to what I've read, Canons Park and Neasden were due to them being category A platforms (require assisted dispatch if the CCTV in the cab fails)? I'd be surprised if these stations had retained full staff presence during the OT ban though?
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Post by jacks on Jan 7, 2017 10:06:05 GMT
Areas are also part of cover groups, maybe the same doesn't apply to all staff and cover groups but I was familiarised at the eight stations that I could potentially end up working at during a cover week.
Don't know how clearer the situation will be on Sunday evening as you don't have CSA shifts booking on after 18:00 anyway as far as I'm aware, but whether the CSS or CSM grades turn up for the 23:00 night shifts will have an effect.
I'm curious as to why they don't expect a service on the West Ruislip branch of the Central - these stations aren't below ground with minimum numbers?
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Post by jacks on Jan 6, 2017 8:28:21 GMT
The lighting makes me think that
A - St Johns Wood?
I seem to recall the station having escalator works fairly recently too
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Post by jacks on Jan 5, 2017 1:22:26 GMT
West Silvertown?
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Post by jacks on Dec 15, 2016 17:36:50 GMT
I used that trick to a bigger extreme when trying to get to Acton during one of the strikes last year. Instead of trying to shove on to a southbound Overground train at Harrow & Wealdstone, I took one north all the way to Watford to then return. Don't know how necessary it was, but I'd given myself plenty of time which allowed for this.
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Post by jacks on Dec 11, 2016 1:01:37 GMT
Live at the end of a line. I always get a seat heading into central London.
Walk as far from the entrance to the platform as possible, less people boarding where you are and fighting for available seats.
Learn where people are likely to board at previous stations. Few examples, if I'm heading west from North Greenwich or Canning Town, go to the front as the train will have filled towards the back at Stratford. Going north on the Northern from Embankment/Charing Cross/Leicester Square, head to the back as it's the front where everyone gets on at Waterloo. During the festive season, eastbound Piccadilly line trains will be quieter at the back as everyone returning to Hyde Park Corner from Winter Wonderland piles on at the front.
If I do have to stand initially, stand in an aisle so you're the closest to a seat should one become vacant.
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Post by jacks on Dec 10, 2016 0:28:21 GMT
Kings Cross St. Pancras, the exit that takes you out near Granary Square
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Post by jacks on Dec 3, 2016 7:56:33 GMT
Not many Northern line stations are advertised as having step free access. We can eliminate the ends of the line, and Hendon Central as it has an island platform.
Not the familiar with the High Barnet branch so I'll take a punt at Golders Green?
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Post by jacks on Nov 23, 2016 23:26:43 GMT
Same thing last year. Is it going to be an issue every year until the new stock is introduced?
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Post by jacks on Nov 19, 2016 16:29:26 GMT
B - Holloway Road?
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Post by jacks on Nov 17, 2016 10:21:20 GMT
All stations here have subsurface ticket halls?? Not true for Holborn, but I can't work out the actual link. I'll guess along a similar line for the bonus. Is image B the odd one out because it's the one not showing a ticket hall?
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Post by jacks on Nov 7, 2016 9:48:36 GMT
Could the inset be the Morrisons at Queensbury, seen from a Jubilee line train between Queensbury and Kingsbury?
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Post by jacks on Oct 22, 2016 23:30:30 GMT
Didn't it have a closure in 2006 for the same thing, does it need doing again already?
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Post by jacks on Oct 20, 2016 9:16:22 GMT
I'm not sure, but aren't most help points on the platforms rather than ticket halls? Yes. You also get them in passageways and places like that, but I don't recall ever seeing one in a ticket hall - presumably the theory going that there will always be a member of staff visible and available to help should it be required. Real life doesn't match theory though - it must have been 2008 the first time I saw a problem of this nature (in that case the person who wasn't being let through the gates automatically preferred to vault the barriers rather than return to the platform to find a help point). Since 2008 the number of times I've seen apparently staff-free ticket halls has significantly increased in frequency so I can only presume it is more common now. There are help points in the ticket halls of the stations I'm most familiar with (Leicester Sq & Covent), albeit only one at Leicester Sq compared to three on each platform if I'm remembering correctly. And that still wouldn't be useful to people unable to exit as the help point is outside of the barriers
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Post by jacks on Oct 2, 2016 9:14:58 GMT
Electronic Service Update Board
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Post by jacks on Oct 1, 2016 23:47:51 GMT
And finally, I noticed on a few occasions that the "service update from the control room at..." was broadcasting a different message to that shown on the TfL webpage. Question 3) Which is the more reliable? I'd always go by what's showing on the website or on the ESUBs / service update boards. The PAs have to be updated manually and how accurate they are can depend on how on the ball the supervisor on duty is, or how occupied they are dealing with other stuff.
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Post by jacks on Sept 15, 2016 2:46:20 GMT
Inset 1 looks like Southport Pier
For the main location I think it looks like somewhere around Colindale, I'd say between Colindale and Hendon Central?
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