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Post by superteacher on Aug 12, 2018 21:51:38 GMT
In terms of operation, where will the crew depots be?
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Post by superteacher on Aug 12, 2018 18:35:34 GMT
9 car trains out of Paddington have yet to be approved. There are signalling issues in the airport tunnels which need to be resolved. Testing is in progress. Once the 9 car trains are approved for operation to/from Heathrow (and the bay road at Hayes & Harlington) the 7 car trains will return east and enable more 315s to be withdrawn. If any 315s are running after 9th December they will need Elizabeth line roundels. I would presume that any 315 usage from 9th December would be very limited, as i dont know how many diagrams will run into Liverpool street high level? I believe the 315s cannot be used in the central section The eastern section will not operate into the core until May 2019.
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Post by superteacher on Aug 11, 2018 22:34:05 GMT
The NCL platforms at Moorgate are a good 40 feet below the Met / Circle / H&C platforms. I’m struggling to see how they could ever be connected. Anyway, further to rincew1nd’s message, can we get back on topic.
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Post by superteacher on Aug 9, 2018 18:59:52 GMT
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Post by superteacher on Aug 9, 2018 18:12:17 GMT
Couldn't find the post that previously mentioned this but on closer inspection today, it appears that much of the newly added cable mounts and brackets between Finchley Rd and Neasden have been piled in to a more smug position with evidence of freshly packed ballast and those ribbed plastic tubes that form part of the fondations being put in place. By and by, from West Hampstead to Dollis Willesden Green, it blends in pretty well with the existing cable structures. Dollis Hill to Neasden has quite a bit of lateral weaving but that's to get around various junction boxes, axel counters and some ironically disused Jubilee line signals. I assume you meant "snug"! Got this image now of a signal cable looking very pleased with itself!
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Post by superteacher on Aug 9, 2018 9:53:28 GMT
What would you like to have happened? Train evacuated, trains stuck in tunnels behind, and you getting home three hours later than intended? I think it was a genuine question. There is an equally valid concern that if the bag exploded, a lot of people would not be getting home at all. As has been mentioned elsewhere, can we be mindful about the tone of our replies. We don't want to put people off from asking questions.
We would always encourage people to report anything that they see as potentially suspicious, and not to let the desire to get home as quickly as possible to cloud their judgement.
Thanks.
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Post by superteacher on Aug 9, 2018 7:11:13 GMT
I'm sure Network Rail have remote wheelset monitoring equipment. In the recent 'Paddington Station 24/7' TV fly on the wall, an HST was taken out of service for wheelset examination with potential flats as it had tripped a detector on its inbound working and if I recall a maximum speed restriction of 50 mph was applied to the set with immediate effect to complete the journey with a prohibition on further use until after examination. They do, because of the damage flats can do to the track. Yes, and it’s even more damaging with the higher speeds on National Rail.
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Post by superteacher on Aug 7, 2018 14:16:53 GMT
A one hour journey took me 3 hours... and even then, TfL Rail failed to get me home, with myself and others being informed at Gidea Park that our next Shenfield service was at Forest Gate a little after we arrived at 19:05... the misses and children had to drive to me.... I now discover that I have been changed £8 and £5.50 for incomplete journeys All I did was touch in at 17:06 (Liverpool Street) and touch out at Gidea Park (19:16) I though there was a 2 1/2 hour journey limitation time on the network !!?? According to this you had 2 hours for your zone 1-6 journey: tfl.gov.uk/fares-and-payments/oyster/using-oyster/maximum-journey-times
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Post by superteacher on Aug 6, 2018 20:43:20 GMT
Was it a 345 which broke down leaving Ilford depot earlier, blocking both lines and shutting the job down?
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Post by superteacher on Aug 6, 2018 14:27:56 GMT
well almost all of them will cause big damage to the railway if and when they fail as all trains in the given VCC area will need to be moved individually by the signallers....and only at 10mph. Ouch!! I'm going to assume you mean by the driver under the authority of the signaller? Your statement to me makes me imagine the signaller sitting with an old-fashioned Joystick moving trains I'm sure you'd enjoy that!
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Post by superteacher on Aug 6, 2018 13:25:20 GMT
How about just use train dispatch staff? Not a bad idea, although dispatch staff are not present on all platforms at all times.
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Post by superteacher on Aug 6, 2018 13:15:39 GMT
And I thought TFL were cash strapped?
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Post by superteacher on Aug 6, 2018 11:15:11 GMT
This is not the place to discuss bringing back guards. Back to cab security please.
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Post by superteacher on Aug 2, 2018 19:48:06 GMT
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Post by superteacher on Aug 1, 2018 20:30:55 GMT
Happening again today (Part Suspended between Finchley Rd and Waterloo), looks like TBTC has a headache in the NB Bond Street area, trains are reversing SB to NB from the platform at Finchley Rd this time. The main difference this time being that the trains are actually terminating and reversing at Finchley Road.
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Post by superteacher on Aug 1, 2018 8:39:09 GMT
I seem to recall a few years ago thst there was a self evacuation from a Central line train just west of Leytonstone after an extended delay. The power was discharged just as a pushout was being arranged with a train stalled across the points.
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Post by superteacher on Aug 1, 2018 8:13:27 GMT
If J doors are abolished, how would passengers be evacuated from a train stuck in a tube tunnel? Presumably through the gap where the J door used to be? Maybe I misunderstood. I assumed that the J door area was going to be sealed!
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Post by superteacher on Jul 31, 2018 20:48:23 GMT
If J doors are abolished, how would passengers be evacuated from a train stuck in a tube tunnel?
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Post by superteacher on Jul 31, 2018 11:20:12 GMT
Any J door lock would need to be failsafe, I think the conditions where the lock de-energises should be:
1. Power failure. 2. Removal of driver’s master key 3. Failure of driver to operate vigilance device 4. Line controller unlocks.
Also, should the non occupied cab be locked?
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Post by superteacher on Jul 29, 2018 21:00:22 GMT
This is a tricky one. However, I don’t sit comfortably with any idea which makes evacuating a train more difficult.
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Post by superteacher on Jul 28, 2018 13:30:05 GMT
I think (correct me if I'm wrong!) this term refers to the practice of proposing a new line / route, but carries the connotation that the proposal is naive or ill-thought-out. It's as if you just drew a line in crayon across the Tube map, without seriously considering the benefits and costs (theoretical and practical). See this article from LR. Correct. And as this thread is about class 345 trains, the crayons need to stay firmly in their box.
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Post by superteacher on Jul 28, 2018 11:52:02 GMT
Are the 9-car 345s in passenger service yet on the Heathrow services? They weren’t on Thursday when I was down that way.
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Post by superteacher on Jul 28, 2018 10:45:45 GMT
Would BCR be Benefit to Cost Ratio ? That’s what I’m assuming it is. Bye bye baby . . .
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Post by superteacher on Jul 26, 2018 20:24:42 GMT
Power supply issues in the Westminster area have been causing disruption since 1600hrs this afternoon, it may just be that Neasden foresaw a log jam building up and were scaling down the service in anticipation of this before short tripping trains at the very closest points in this case Green Park and Waterloo respectively. I’ve definitely witnessed services being detrained (not during industrial action) at Baker St and Bond St in the past during service disruption. Fair point but the train would have needed to continue to at least Green Park. If they wanted to thin the service, why not send the train back north?
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Post by superteacher on Jul 26, 2018 19:34:46 GMT
Today, at West Hampstead, I boarded a train which was advertised as terminating at Finchley Road. At Finchley Road, it was detrained, and I fully expected it to return north vis the crossover. However, it headed south. There is no reversing facility south of Finchley Road until Green Park (for Charing Cross disused platforms). So why was it detrained?I doubt it there was a defect as nothing was mentioned to that end.
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Post by superteacher on Jul 25, 2018 10:34:17 GMT
Are they planning on sorting out the driver issues? Or just carrying on pretending that there isn’t an issue? aslefshrugged Do you know how often the line runs a full 78 train peak service?
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Post by superteacher on Jul 25, 2018 6:57:49 GMT
There's a station announcer at Paddington (Bakerloo) who literally shouts into his mic at the top of his voice "I TOLD YOU TO NOT STAND IN FRONT OF THE DOORS!!!!!!" I'm surprised it's not resulted in complaints, only possible reason is people just want to get on with their day. That's just the end of his speech as he goes on the entire time. As others have said, for good reason, it just gets lost in the noise pollution. However his OTT shouting at people that know how the tube works and tourists is unacceptable. The point is that it’s often the regular users who stand in the way, run for trains as the doors are closing etc. We are far too softly, softly these days. I remember years ago there were guards who would bellow down the platform using some colourful language to anyone who obstructed the doors.
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Post by superteacher on Jul 25, 2018 6:10:25 GMT
Indeed. Whilst the comparison to Kennington detrainment (or otherwise) is relevant, let’s not drift into a general discussion about the loop. Thanks.
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Post by superteacher on Jul 24, 2018 10:06:00 GMT
If it was a steam event, I'd be interested!
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Post by superteacher on Jul 24, 2018 8:51:06 GMT
Finsbury Park Tube was restricted access this morning due to over-crowding. Advice on the tannoy was to carry on to Highbury & Islington and get on the vic there. This seems counter-intuitive - won't the trains just be full at Finsbury Park and then arrive at H&I full? Just a case of dispersal I think.
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