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Post by edwin on Jan 11, 2011 3:04:21 GMT
Went on the Jubilee today again from Kilburn to Bond Street, seemed slower than last time, especially when entering platforms.
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Post by edwin on Jan 10, 2011 3:53:38 GMT
Will there be any speed increases after the new signalling?
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Post by edwin on Jan 6, 2011 1:15:22 GMT
Went on the Jubilee line from Westminster to Kilburn today. Certainly feeled a lot faster, no complaints from me.
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Post by edwin on Jan 3, 2011 2:21:00 GMT
Morden-Bank-High Barnet = City line (purple) Battersea-Charing Cross-Edgware = West End line (remain black)
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Post by edwin on Dec 21, 2010 2:56:30 GMT
How exactly would the A Stock bear better in this stabbing scenario? He could stab away at someone sitting in those plush seats whilst anyone else remains unaware, the noisiness of the train blocking out the screams and the high backed seats obscuring it all.
Basically, it's not the kind of scenario you should design trains around.
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Post by edwin on Dec 21, 2010 2:52:25 GMT
They should build an interchange to the Overground either here or at Chiswick Park. Then you get swathes of North London with a quick journey into Heathrow. And fewer tourists carrying bags at key interchanges in Central London.
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Post by edwin on Dec 21, 2010 2:49:32 GMT
So it'll take 6 years... Nearly longer than the entire Crossrail project. Are they planning on using teaspoons to construct this?
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Post by edwin on Dec 20, 2010 2:30:30 GMT
Alternatively, you could argue that on a fully walkthrough train "vulnerable people" can walk to a more populated part of the train.
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Post by edwin on Dec 18, 2010 4:43:18 GMT
^^That's good. I still think the station should be announced before the doors open, it'll encourage people to get ready to get off before the doors open, and will shorten dwell times. There is the next station announcement along with the door side... True, but this is halfway between stations. IMO this should be moved to just before arriving the station, therefore punters know the doors will be opening soon.
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Post by edwin on Dec 17, 2010 0:32:39 GMT
^^That's good. I still think the station should be announced before the doors open, it'll encourage people to get ready to get off before the doors open, and will shorten dwell times.
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Post by edwin on Nov 29, 2010 2:59:17 GMT
It's very ugly. And I fail to see the benefits of the lower floor; how would this allow more passengers to be carried? Because of the tubular tunnels, the lower the floor, the narrower it will be... The door positions are very bizarre, too.
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Post by edwin on Nov 24, 2010 1:10:05 GMT
Those fold-up seats are pretty much pointless IMO. Everyone just sits in them no matter how crowded it is. The same is true for the Northern line... I think a better solution would be permanent seats or perch seats like on the 96TS.
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Post by edwin on Nov 18, 2010 2:02:27 GMT
I missed 5 trains at Highbury & Islington and gave up. None to be seen. Then today at Kings Cross one raced out of the southbound platform just as I arrived and the next one was an 09TS too!
Aren't nearly half of the fleet now 09TS?
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Post by edwin on Nov 7, 2010 2:50:53 GMT
IMO it's different from the JLE, one or two aspects look quite similar but the JLE looks alot classier and more like a railway station whereas the new design for TCR looks like some kind of shopping mall, it dosen't look too bad but those big huge glass things outside the centre point just look ugly. I like them. They remind me of more angular versions of the station entrances on the Bilbao Metro, and of the modern extension to the Louvre in Paris.
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Post by edwin on Nov 7, 2010 2:43:49 GMT
I finally took an S stock, 21009 actually from Harrow to Northwood! After travelling on it, I'm really going to miss the A stock! The DVA was well out, at every station The air con units rattled The seats were ok, better than 378 and 09s The suspension was average, better yes, but not 50 years better - the train still rocked around, even on new track! I didn't like looking down the train length for some reason, it felt like being on a bus. Did not like seeing people in the corner of my eye all the time! The braking was very jerky, probably as the driver was not used to it. Considering 21009 has been on the line a very short time, dissapointed! The insular reaction to anything remotely contemporary on this forum is getting tiresome. Sure, comments regarding the DVA or suspension are legitimate, but complaining about not liking "seeing people in the corner of my eye all the time!" is just irritating. Do you really think trains should be segmented, as in the past, despite the benefits in passenger flow and spaciousness, because people don't like seeing others in the corner of their eyes?
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Post by edwin on Nov 5, 2010 4:14:01 GMT
North terminal, south terminal, no different. Gatwick rail station is attached to the south terminal so you'll need to get the fancy new inter-terminal transit. Also Gatwick Express goes to Victoria and doesn't pass through the Thameslink tunnel. From Victoria, you can get the Vic to Finsbury Park and the North London Line to FR&F. Don't think that route is step free though. There are new lifts to the Overground platforms at Highbury & Islington but from the Victoria line you'd have to go up a short flight of stairs and then an escalator and then take the lifts. I really think getting National Rail to London Bridge and then taking the Jubilee line to Finchley Road is your best bet. If you're going on a Sunday there isn't any service from Shepherd's Bush to Willesden Junction meaning you'd have to get the Tube from West Brompton.
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Post by edwin on Nov 4, 2010 2:34:35 GMT
The design isn't brutalist. Too much glass and no visible concrete for it to be brutalist. It looks contemporary, not particularly remarkable contemporary, but contemporary nonetheless.
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Post by edwin on Nov 4, 2010 2:30:52 GMT
Who told you this? Even a bystander can see that the platforms at St Pancras Thameslink are long enough for 12 car trains.
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Post by edwin on Nov 4, 2010 2:28:37 GMT
Basically what norbitonflyer said...
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Post by edwin on Nov 4, 2010 2:26:49 GMT
Better not to bother with the Easybus. Get the Thameslink to West Hampstead from Gatwick Airport (plenty of lifts) and then change for a one stop trip on the Overground to Finchley Road & Frognal. However the change at West Hampstead has no lifts so it's all stairs.
If the Thameslink is down in the centre (which it often is on weekends) then change for the Jubilee line at London Bridge and get off at Finchley Road (which is quite near Finchley Road & Frognal). There are lifts at London Bridge but none at Finchley Road.
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Post by edwin on Oct 4, 2010 23:55:55 GMT
When Crossrail comes there will be a direct link, and Crossrail will be fully integrated with LU I believe.
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Post by edwin on Oct 2, 2010 1:06:03 GMT
There's a similar case of this at Bond Street Jubilee Northbound. You can't see the dot matrix from the section south of the escalators (where most people alight) because it's covered by several signs. Very annoying.
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Post by edwin on Sept 21, 2010 23:59:05 GMT
Both Swiss Cottage and St John's Wood have them.
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Post by edwin on Sept 1, 2010 2:38:36 GMT
Sat down on seat between windows, banged head hard on wall behind. Didn't quite expect that one... Yeah, I keep doing that. Not sure why, doesn't happen to me on any other train! I always get a shock whenever I get up from my seat because of the straps grazing past my head.
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Post by edwin on Aug 12, 2010 2:23:44 GMT
How hard can it be to push a button to open a door? Especially when there's a light flashing behind the bloody thing. Works fine on LO. Maybe LO passengers are more intelligent. 92TS door open buttons don't have any lights behind them.
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Post by edwin on Aug 6, 2010 1:10:25 GMT
If I google "Crossrail Bond Street" the same image comes up. I think they're just using the render for the Crossrail station because there aren't any for the Tube station.
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Post by edwin on Aug 5, 2010 1:35:33 GMT
Piccadilly Circus Bakerloo platforms are the only deep level platforms where you can catch a full view of a train running the opposite way and in the platform.
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Post by edwin on Jul 7, 2010 0:26:56 GMT
I've noticed this too. However, there is a different noise, you can hear trains echoing quietly even when they're a station away... I'm assuming this is because the new track is continuously welded.
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Post by edwin on May 28, 2010 1:45:07 GMT
Does this mean there will now only be one switchover between AC and DC on the North London line?
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Post by edwin on Apr 1, 2010 22:55:44 GMT
Let's not forget many passengers will get off at Brixton as well as on. I doubt that - most people will use ELR to get to the City (through Shoreditch) and to Canary Wharf (through Canada Water), so I don't see many reasons for passengers from Clapham Junction to alight at Brixton. If they will be going to Victoria, they already have multiple (much more convenient) options. How many will use it to get to the city? If they are on SWT then staying on to Waterloo and getting the W&C line would be much quicker. People from South Central will change at Clapham for the Northern which will take them right into the city quicker than LO would. My argument still remains. You point out Bethnal Green as a station that is too crowded for passengers to alight, yet would you argue that it shouldn't have been built because of this? An overcrowded station is better than no station at all, in fact, people should expect lines to be overcrowded, it's often the only way urban rail transport makes any money. The reason why this station probably will never be built is because no-one can be arsed to pay for it. Using the "it'll be too overcrowded" excuse is just a cop out.
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