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Post by superteacher on Dec 31, 2018 20:12:27 GMT
I'm not sure the Oyster system could cope with cat rate fares! Indeed, could be an issue clawing back revenue . . .
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Post by superteacher on Dec 31, 2018 18:57:12 GMT
My local station has a cat, he even shares a name with me. Huddersfield station also has a cat: Click/tap here if embedded tweet fails to display. If that was in London, would the cat flap have an Oyster reader?
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Post by superteacher on Dec 31, 2018 16:17:39 GMT
I am sure we all like the convenience of bagging a seat on a homeward bound train all the way from central London. However even without any Piccadilly service there is still a very decent and frequent Met line service between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge complete with nice air conditioned trains. So when there is obvious pressure on rolling stock on the Piccadilly down to leaf fall related wheel flats, it seems eminently sensible to turn back most if not all Piccadilly services at Rayners Lane. There is a huge difference between having to change trains to having no service at all in this case it is not a massive chore. People have to simply alight and board the next Met line service from the same platform whether travelling to or from Uxbridge. Don’t think anyone has a big issue with that and the reasons for it. However, the point is: The lack of Uxbridge trains during the leaf fall issue wasn’t advertised. Quite a lot of the Uxbridge trains were reversed at South Harrow, leaving Rayners Lane with a very sub standard service. Which again wasn’t advertised.
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Post by superteacher on Dec 31, 2018 11:15:09 GMT
What I love about the video is that it encapsulates the Northern line as I knew it when I was growing up. Yes it was dirty, unreliable and neglected, but it was MY Northern line and it had character. It’s all too clinical nowadays!
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Post by superteacher on Dec 31, 2018 10:17:33 GMT
Sorry to dig up a thread with a slightly off topic point but it’s interesting to see how despite no Piccadilly line trains running to Uxbridge as per the timetable today (it is usual on New year’s eve that all Pic line trains reverse at Rayners) the service is advertised as Part closed, yet when the Timetable said trains would run through to Uxb and they didn’t, nothing was mentioned in the service status! It’s all politics. As this is a planned closure, there’s no harm in TFL mentioning it. With the disruption caused by leaf fall, somebody on high decided to massage the truth. I’d love to have a face to face discussion with them to see how they would try to wriggle out of it. They treated their passengers with total contempt.
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Post by superteacher on Dec 31, 2018 9:33:17 GMT
Some clips of effective line controlling too, turning trains short to fill gaps in the other direction. Such a shame that this is so rarely done nowadays.
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Post by superteacher on Dec 31, 2018 0:47:31 GMT
An interesting watch.
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Post by superteacher on Dec 30, 2018 10:11:09 GMT
Although unlikely, would using GN class 313s on the DC line be an option and transferring 378s to the Goblin be possible? I assume the DC line is the quietest route (in relative terms). I know the 313s used to run the DC line but apart from driver training would there be any other barriers now? I assume 6 cars are too long for the platforms but 5 cars (with the panto car removed from one set) would work? [perhaps we’re into fantasy now! 😂] As a train enthusiast, I’d love to have the 313’s back on the DC lines! However, I can see it generating bad publicity that TFL were having to use trains which they withdrew nearly a decade ago!
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Post by superteacher on Dec 29, 2018 22:09:31 GMT
So glad that the next generation of tube stock won’t be built by Bombardier. This fiasco and the severe problems with the class 345 introduction vindicate the decision not to award them the contract,
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Post by superteacher on Dec 29, 2018 21:01:26 GMT
Is the closure of the Central line platforms this weekend connected to the upgrade works? I say this because on Twitter, it’s being said that it’s connected with Crossrail works!
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Post by superteacher on Dec 29, 2018 9:53:00 GMT
New Cross Gate (ELL) drivers DO sign the fast lines. All the signals are in the same locations as the slow lines sharing signal gantries, only major difference is the 10mph higher line speed on the fasts. During severe disruption on a rather busy/stressful day a while back, I ended up diverting on to the Up Sussex Fast at Norwood Junction. Out of service at New Cross Gate and in to the Up Sussex Loop - where I was held for quite some time. I was then informed that I would be resuming my normal diagram from Crystal Palace. (Pre-May 2018 diagrams) I was then instructed to run in service from New Cross Gate Platform 3 (Down Sussex Fast), then cross over on to the Down Sussex Slow at Forest Hill, call at Sydenham and then terminate at Crystal Palace. It is for these kind of out of course situations that we sign them. It would be foolish not to. I vaguely remembering hearing when the ELL was being turned into London Overground that the drivers wouldn't sign the fasts, until it was explained to whoever made that decision that if the slows were shut for any reason there'd be a load of trapped trains south of New Cross Gate If that is true, it’s quite amazing that someone needed to point it out!
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Post by superteacher on Dec 28, 2018 9:05:45 GMT
I also believe that the residents of the Moor Park estate own the stn. But as DistrictSOM says they have a lot of influence. They should think themselves lucky that they only pay zone 6 fares despite being outside Greater London! I heard that the reason Chiltern ceased to stop was to do with the fact that peak trains were already overcrowded, and that the extra stop added to journey times at a time when Chiltern were trying to improve them.
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Post by superteacher on Dec 25, 2018 17:29:06 GMT
Merry Christmas from one of the few if not the only place in the UK possible to catch a train on Christmas Day. 20 min HEX shuttles operating between Heathrow Central, Terminal 4 and Terminal 5 with a train effectively locked in for single line working. Are you actually using the service for a reason or is it just a good photo opportunity?
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Post by superteacher on Dec 24, 2018 21:27:19 GMT
Ditto to all of the above. Merry Christmas to all of our members, and hope Santa brings what you all want!
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Post by superteacher on Dec 22, 2018 20:03:32 GMT
You often get the “all drivers do is sit and do nothing all day” comments, often fuelled by irrrsponsible journalism., which is unhelpful stereotyping.
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Post by superteacher on Dec 22, 2018 19:58:57 GMT
National, cultural, possibly, racial, definitely not. Regardless of semantics, my point was that the discussion was off topic, which still stands.
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Post by superteacher on Dec 22, 2018 11:07:11 GMT
Thank you, yes, I have been through the indices for the museums in London but could not find anything. I have, over the years, been able to make copies of things held privately, which is a surprisingly rich source. What I have found from GCR sources is increasing cooperation between the two companies, with small steps before the Met & GC Joint was set up in 1904. Some of our more knowledgeable members may not come online very regularly. Sometimes people may crop up with an answer after a while. There’s such a wealth of knowledge on here!
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Post by superteacher on Dec 22, 2018 0:39:27 GMT
Anyway, let’s not get into racial stereotyping. Back on topic please.
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Post by superteacher on Dec 20, 2018 17:23:06 GMT
Good news. Would have really affected the Christmas shoppers. Glad that they were able to move forward.
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Post by superteacher on Dec 14, 2018 8:47:33 GMT
Just platform 9 at Moorgate left now, with a few opposite the northbound platform st Essex Road (part of the old line diagram I think).
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Post by superteacher on Dec 12, 2018 20:00:17 GMT
They could probably reduce the off peak service levels slightly which would help not only with saving money, but giving some of the rolling stock a little more breathing space. As aslefshrugged is only too aware, the 1992 stock on the Central is being run into the ground with rhe level of service being operated.
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Post by superteacher on Dec 11, 2018 6:09:24 GMT
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Post by superteacher on Dec 10, 2018 18:34:18 GMT
Anything can be classed as art, even a blank cover! So it’s actually impossible for art not to be on the front cover. Cue the discussion on philosophy! I was in the Tate modern the other day and there was an exhibit where the entire "painting" was simply one shade of colour. I can't remember if it was yellow or blue. I’m clearly in the wrong job then!
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Post by superteacher on Dec 10, 2018 18:10:40 GMT
Anything can be classed as art, even a blank cover! So it’s actually impossible for art not to be on the front cover. Cue the discussion on philosophy!
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Post by superteacher on Dec 9, 2018 20:32:28 GMT
Funny to think the core section would have opened today!
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Post by superteacher on Dec 8, 2018 20:58:43 GMT
Due to a delay in releasing the 9 car Class 345's for the PAD - HAY services in time for the introduction of the winter timetable, a number of diagrams the LST - SNF metros will remain as Class 315 until late January at the earliest. Class 360's are also likely to remain on the PAD - HAF services until the later part of 2019. How many 315 diagrams is this likely to be?
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Post by superteacher on Dec 6, 2018 13:27:16 GMT
Any update on their regular entry to service?
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Post by superteacher on Dec 6, 2018 10:51:30 GMT
Filmed 30th November 1984, it would seem (see about 30 seconds in). The signage would have been about nine years old at the time (takeover by BR in 1975) and would be replaced by NSE décor two or three years later. I seem to recall it was 1988 when the NSE style came in. Old Street definitely had the BR decor in 1987.
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Post by superteacher on Dec 6, 2018 9:08:21 GMT
I actually preferred the decor they had prior to NSE. You mean the 'Historic' one? See the video below:
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Post by superteacher on Dec 6, 2018 7:33:04 GMT
I actually preferred the decor they had prior to NSE.
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