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Post by philthetube on Jul 17, 2021 11:33:17 GMT
This is going to ensure questions are asked as their is the rugby at Wembley
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Post by philthetube on Jul 17, 2021 11:32:20 GMT
To be fair on that one, overall this bit of technology concerning the doors makes the railway a lot safer and if it does go wrong it can be safely overridden providing procedures are followed.
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Post by philthetube on Jul 16, 2021 9:34:26 GMT
Or the train may be on the mark but not picking up the signal from the beacon for some reason, also flashes on when the train is opened up, just until it realises where it is.
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Post by philthetube on Jul 7, 2021 20:29:23 GMT
I think it will be quite clear which stock you are driving! It will be clear what stock but maybe what stopping mark you use might not be especially if you get distracted by something happening on the platform You can also say that to all the bus drivers who have gone under low bridges in double deckers, also anyone who is old enough to remember when cars did not all have indicator stalks on the same side will tell you that is was very easy to turn on the wipers instead of indicating, the brain often doesn't work in the way which you would expect it to.
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Post by philthetube on Apr 7, 2021 0:59:33 GMT
cut and cover under the roads for the SSR may now actually be more expensive to do than that due to the disruption based on how the road network has changed and is used. Would it even be possible to build the SSR to its current specification today? No, is the simple answer, I dread to think how long the list of reasons why not would be , but you could start with curved platforms and step free access.
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Post by philthetube on Apr 6, 2021 14:17:40 GMT
I certainly would not offer even 1p for it, I understand that this is not what you are asking but I don't think irt would be saleable at any price
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Post by philthetube on Apr 3, 2021 18:31:09 GMT
I see no reason why this should not be increased once ATO is operating across the network, I have no idea if it is going to happen.
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Post by philthetube on Apr 3, 2021 14:55:16 GMT
I agree, even as a driver on the underground I soon start wondering when on main line services, especially if I have to be somewhere.
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Post by philthetube on Apr 2, 2021 19:07:49 GMT
This is true although there is an advantage to a human voice, it gets peoples attention while they often don't hear a recorded one.
If I ever have to pass a signal at danger, (because of signalling issues) which will result in the train coming to a sharp stop, I always make an announcement asking people to listen to the recorded announcement which is to follow,
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Post by philthetube on Apr 1, 2021 5:58:37 GMT
The S7's currently have a top speed or 48, (I think) mph this could be altered up or down, the same goes for the S8's.
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Post by philthetube on Mar 31, 2021 17:28:29 GMT
Service controller training requires hands on close proximity working between the instructor controller and trainee controller; certainly in the early stages at least. It’s impossible to do this sort of training whilst maintaining social distancing. Filming of TV and films has managed to continue with close contact scenes through intensive testing regimes, daily health declarations and temperature checks (PCR test every 4 days, starting a week before contact cohort begins, advised to isolate as much as possible outside of cohort) with very few cases of on-set transmission. It is a sizeable cost, however at some point so is failing to run the service due to lack of training - it can't be beyond the wit of man to work something out to allow training by now. If an actor gets covid you stop filming for a couple of weeks while relevant people isolate, if a trainee gets covid and you send the relevant people home, I don't need to finish this sentence,
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Post by philthetube on Mar 26, 2021 18:04:53 GMT
It causes big issues if the power is turned off for other reasons around close of traffic.
Everyone who might be on or about the track has to be accounted for.
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Post by philthetube on Mar 23, 2021 15:48:06 GMT
I accept that my memory plays tricks then
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Post by philthetube on Mar 23, 2021 5:41:35 GMT
While not an afterthought, it was a temporary fix and was not expected to bu used for more than a couple of years. There was at least one occurrence when a trip re set when the train was moving forward, this caused big issues and a redesign.
I may be wrong but I feel convinced that there was a trip reset button in the cab. I haven't been in one for 20+years.
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Post by philthetube on Mar 23, 2021 2:01:13 GMT
There are reasons for having the rear trip operational, however, the 95 stock did not have a rear trip reset button in the front cab and on the S stock the same button resets front and back, resulting in a time delay after resetting before full speed can be achieved. To me it would be sense to be ble to reset the rear trip independently without inhibiting forward movement.
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Post by philthetube on Mar 16, 2021 20:17:03 GMT
We seem to have lost the names such as the Drain or the Misery line.
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Post by philthetube on Mar 13, 2021 19:16:13 GMT
Remember it's not just the dimensions of the train, it's the position of the seat and the sightlines from the cab. The field of vision from an S8 cab is much more restricted than from an A60. True, but stopping marks can be placed to the side, as they are at stations so that should not be an issue.
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Post by philthetube on Mar 13, 2021 18:58:07 GMT
Thesse numbers amaze me as the A stock would fit in Wembley sidings and the S8 would not.
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Post by philthetube on Mar 11, 2021 18:06:32 GMT
There is also the issue than not everyone can cope with nights, they are rostered at most depots and it is in the framework agreement that they have to be worked but many people swap them and have never done them, or even if they have struggle through with no driving between 01.30 and 04.45, asking people in a situation where they cannot get decent sleep is asking for trouble. Also they currently only appear on a roster occasionally, they would be frequent if night tube was included. The no driving between 1.30 and 4.45 is for normal duty parameters normal night duties stable later and can come out earlier Not sure how they would include night tube into roster as there is an agreement in place that weekend working is not to be increased True, but it is accurate to within 10 mins or so unless the driver gets unlucky and ends up running sleets or some other stock move.
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Post by philthetube on Mar 11, 2021 15:13:24 GMT
There is also the issue than not everyone can cope with nights, they are rostered at most depots and it is in the framework agreement that they have to be worked but many people swap them and have never done them, or even if they have struggle through with no driving between 01.30 and 04.45, asking people in a situation where they cannot get decent sleep is asking for trouble.
Also they currently only appear on a roster occasionally, they would be frequent if night tube was included.
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Post by philthetube on Mar 11, 2021 13:59:55 GMT
The other issue with working 2 nights and three days in a week means that you only get one proper day off. Start work Friday night so friday has to be spent doing things like sleeping in order to be fit to work, and Sunday, after finishing at approx 7am a driver is not going to be fit to pursue normal activities. Then three days have to be fit in between Monday and Thursday. There are also health issues with this sort of shift pattern. Work lates Tues Wednesday and Thursday if finish 1.30 am on the Friday morning doing nights Friday and Saturday wouldn't be so much of a toll on your body and rest Sunday and Monday would be the best way to work it. Irregular shifts are bad for the body in many ways, also you would end up with too many staff working Tues Wed Thurs and not enough to cover Monday and Friday, to say nothing of covering Sat, Sun days., the first thing which would have to happen for this to work would be for staff to work every weekend.
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Post by philthetube on Mar 10, 2021 19:57:21 GMT
67 stock was never operated by guards, the concern about the opening windows was that drivers may trip in the cab and stick their head through an open window. 72 stock had the same facility but it was nearly always isolated as drivers could not walk around the cab while driving.
I do not know if it was possible to isolate the droplights, (cab windows) on 67 stock and continue in auto.
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Post by philthetube on Mar 10, 2021 16:25:21 GMT
In other words, putting one in isn't cost-effective compared to Road Transport. Now where have I heard THAT before? I am not sure that that is a valid argument for something which may not be used for the next ten years once these works were completed.
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Post by philthetube on Mar 10, 2021 16:20:35 GMT
The other issue with working 2 nights and three days in a week means that you only get one proper day off.
Start work Friday night so friday has to be spent doing things like sleeping in order to be fit to work, and Sunday, after finishing at approx 7am a driver is not going to be fit to pursue normal activities. Then three days have to be fit in between Monday and Thursday.
There are also health issues with this sort of shift pattern.
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Post by philthetube on Feb 27, 2021 15:52:29 GMT
Bearing in mind that the Victoria line alone shifts approx 1000 people every 2 minutes I really can't see this working.
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Post by philthetube on Feb 21, 2021 22:51:02 GMT
It would hit the circle at much to steeper angle to be part of it.
There is always a bit of an overrun beyond stopping marks, stops, (buffers) are normally attached to rails and you would not want a train accidentally kissing them to be derailed.
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Post by philthetube on Feb 11, 2021 7:07:53 GMT
Couple of asides on these.
If 2 of the white lights fail on a given route, then the signal will fail, (Remain at danger)
I am told that the colour of the writes is actually Lunar white.
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Post by philthetube on Feb 11, 2021 7:03:01 GMT
At last a message has been displayed on the PIS on S stock regarding face masks, not on all trains yet but I imagine it soon will be.
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Post by philthetube on Feb 8, 2021 7:47:47 GMT
Yes, they all light up together. However, if there were to be two diverging routes, the lowest lamp will need to light for both of them (known as the pivot lamp) and then you can't join the hood to the other two. you probably have the answer there, the extended hood may be to ensure that there can be no mistake seeing which route is illuminated on a diverging signal, and it is just a standard part used on signals with only one set of harbour lights. Having said this some signals with one set of lights do have separate hoods When I did my training I was taught that these are harbour light signals.
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Post by philthetube on Feb 2, 2021 15:29:35 GMT
The only reason for having stairs down from the lifts is in case of power failure, so ne need for a second set.
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