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Post by philthetube on Jan 13, 2016 6:42:09 GMT
I would be very surprised if this wiring A) exists after refurb and B) if it does is still useable 46 years on. That is not to say that these trains cannot be used for ATO, though I would not expect the Bakerloo to be resignalled for it prior to the introduction of new stock.
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Post by philthetube on Jan 7, 2016 3:40:49 GMT
Foregone conclusion, they will close.
Travelling from Harrow to Yorkshire, current journey Harrow, Milton Keynes, Birmingham. New journey, Harrow,(Half hour earlier, entering station using oyster or buying single ticket), Leave train at Watford Junction, having paid for journey from Harrow, Buy Ticket from Watford Junction, (fare same as from Harrow). Continue journey as before.
Get your comments in.
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Post by philthetube on Dec 31, 2015 16:50:41 GMT
On slippery tracks when an A stock slid the driver should have thrown off the brake and re applied it, to avoid flats, however because overrunning a station, or worse, having a spad would cause issues. Flats on an A stock train are not attributable to a particular driver. On S stock flats should not occur during normal braking, I seem to remember from somewhere that wsp drops out after 1 min of sliding, but I cannot imagine that ever happening. However if an S stock is sliding using an emergency brake overrides the wsp and applies a full friction brake, hence flats.
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Post by philthetube on Dec 30, 2015 18:08:19 GMT
anyone walking between Watford and Watford Junction will think they are a million miles apart, at least people are not going to try and make a connection there.
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Post by philthetube on Dec 11, 2015 16:20:26 GMT
The simple answer is that you can't at Harrow on the Hill, the facility was available from the ticket office. It appears, though this is not official that many people are travelling and paying at the other end and Chiltern seem to be accepting this. An email to Chiltern asking might produce an interesting result.
Similar emails to Boris and anyone else you can think of might also be worthwhile
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Post by philthetube on Dec 1, 2015 21:27:06 GMT
And if 4 S stocks arrive per month from now on, all the D's will be gone by late Summer 2016. So all is on track. Pun intended?
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Post by philthetube on Nov 20, 2015 10:07:38 GMT
The E.R.U. (Emergency response unit) could be called out to do the job by hand, though I have never known it. There is no physical reason which I can think of why the Met Rat should not do a trip to Acton, I think A stock is gauged for the route, though I may be wrong.
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Post by philthetube on Nov 14, 2015 2:43:54 GMT
I am sure that a few years ago a train demolished Windermere station, the black box exonerated the driver who was proven to have been driving correctly.
However I cannot find anything about it on the net
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Post by philthetube on Nov 12, 2015 18:14:02 GMT
leaves on the line, these genuinely cause huge problems
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Post by philthetube on Nov 4, 2015 14:46:32 GMT
No outside station needs a supervisor, or any staff, even Chalfont, with its points has been left unstaffed on occasions.
There is no reason why staff cannot be brought in on overtime to assist with tip outs and familiarised on their arrival, it used to happen often at Harrow On The Hill.
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Post by philthetube on Oct 21, 2015 12:43:17 GMT
Some with northern line interior maps and some with certral, don't know numbers.
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Post by philthetube on Oct 21, 2015 7:31:01 GMT
If you were a pensioner, or travelcard, user travelling via bank and DLR to West ham to join the Southend lines the loughton ticket machines would be unable to help you, even the West Ham machines cannot perform these tasks. A freedom pass holder wanting to start a journey at West ham has to alight at Upminster to Buy an onward ticket on our "joined up railway"
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Post by philthetube on Oct 19, 2015 15:10:38 GMT
Anybody using a network rail journey starting off at an L.U. station and finishing outside oystercard area cannot buy the correct ticket, examples include travelling Canary Warf to Southend via West Ham and Queensbury To Aylesbury via Harrow on the hill.
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Post by philthetube on Oct 19, 2015 5:26:46 GMT
It really is pathetic that this thread even exists, I wish the peop;e who decided to close the offices were reading it.
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Post by philthetube on Oct 17, 2015 5:06:00 GMT
and what is a freedom pass holder supposed to do if travelling out of London from Stratford?
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Post by philthetube on Oct 14, 2015 23:15:16 GMT
S stock trains are all fitted with imperial speedos, certainly 95 stock used to be. The feeling, as an instructor told me, was that there was zero benefit to going metric when everyone is comfortable with imperial and likely to be for the foreseeable future. There would also be added costs in changing, altering all the signs re printing rule books training manuals etc.
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Post by philthetube on Oct 11, 2015 7:16:30 GMT
The 2 S7+1's were both about last week
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Post by philthetube on Oct 7, 2015 6:13:18 GMT
Trains regularly tip out at Harrow on the Hill when reversing at Neasden depot during disruption, as, for example, this morning. This is to avoid delays to the service as trains can run around either platform, and also to make it easier for passengers as they do not need to use an overbridge to change trains as they may have to do at Wembley.
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Post by philthetube on Oct 3, 2015 0:49:33 GMT
On the Met north of Finchley Rd most stations can be run through at line speed, 50/60mph, with the exceptions of Harrow, Ricky, Amersham (platform 2 only) and Chalfont s/b from Chesham
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Post by philthetube on Sept 24, 2015 15:22:49 GMT
Slower trains could mean trains operating closer together as smaller gaps needed between trains because of less stopping distance needed. not entirely sure where that leaves the numbers.
More people switching to cars because of slower trains would also skew the numbers.
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Post by philthetube on Sept 4, 2015 6:14:40 GMT
Maybe a solution (of sorts) would be to buy a £1 platform ticket? It would show a willingness to pay a fare that is nearest to what you expect to pay (rather than buying an overpriced paper ticket which is several times greater than the correct fare your your journey). This just donates money to TFL which should be going to Chiltern, and would have no legal standing should I meet a jobsworth.
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Post by philthetube on Sept 4, 2015 6:10:46 GMT
An S stock Rolling through Willseden Green N/B at 50mph will go through Neasden at 60mph, one can guess what speed one going through Willesden at 60mph could reach.
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Post by philthetube on Sept 3, 2015 16:25:41 GMT
S stock will continue to accelerate downhill from Amersham once past maximum speed for the motors. it is quite steep though
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Post by philthetube on Aug 30, 2015 10:34:26 GMT
totally agree with paying the correct fare for the journey, I just need the opportunity to do so.
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Post by philthetube on Aug 29, 2015 19:14:49 GMT
Unlike a freedom pass a priv ticket entitles the holder to travel until they are able to purchase a valid ticket, there is no ticket a holder could alternativly buy, apart from a full fare over the whole journey, which would be valid for a priv holder.
Penalty fare notices always state that the passenger must buy a ticket at the first opportunity, if there is no ticket office appropriate ticket machines or permit to travel machines, and no appropriate staff on the train then no opportunity is presenting itself, in any case I cannot see Chiltern, or any other toc risking the wrath of the Daily Mail over this one.
There is no ticket office at Amersham, to either get a refund on a ticket or to buy a priv from there to great Missenden either.
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Post by philthetube on Aug 28, 2015 23:48:55 GMT
Closing ticket offices presents various problems as there exist transactions which cannot be completed by the machines. For instance, I purchase an annual season ticket with a company cheque as many people do. Equally, if Angus McSporran arrives at King's Cross with a valid RBS £10 note wishing to buy a ticket, he would be in difficulty with an automatic ticket machine. It would be interesting to see how they cope with running a night shift on 2 nights per week. I presume staff would see a reduction in rest days on Friday/Saturday/Sunday as more would be required on those days. I have to say a bit thank you to borris for giving me a free night out in great Missenden once a month when I go to visit family. (Sorry Chiltern I would pay if I could). I board the train at Harrow, no ticket office, machines will not sell Priv tickets nor remote ones, Don't know what Freedom pass holders are supposed to do either, I arrive at Missenden Sun evening, office closed, the same aplys on return journey. The same problem arises travelling from West Ham towards Southend. I would have thought that commission from the relevant TOC alone would have been enough revenue to pay to keep offices open where main line services also operate, or are politics more important. I cannot see a case for having ticket offices on the overground and not on the underground,(that is not to say I think the overground ones should be closed).
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Post by philthetube on Aug 20, 2015 19:47:13 GMT
A possible option would be to double end reversers
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Post by philthetube on Aug 18, 2015 18:51:33 GMT
The decision not to allow these trains to go north is politics at its worst. The decision is based purely on what will get us votes and not on what the best option is. This is not to say that the D Rail trains are a good or bad choice but to make a decision without seeing the product is definatley not sense
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Post by philthetube on Aug 18, 2015 7:50:38 GMT
Still there at 5.15 this morning
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Post by philthetube on Aug 6, 2015 12:43:21 GMT
40 of the days holiday entitlement is allocated on a rota, is is quite possible to go a full year without any time off when the schools are on holiday, and these dates can be difficult to arrange exchanges for.
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