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Post by philthetube on Mar 22, 2015 10:43:03 GMT
Surely arriving on time and in uniform is not something that fully fledged adults have to aspire to! I'm a primary teacher and my Year 3's manage it just fine! ( Mostly..) And I'm sorry to say that as for the rest of the targets, there's work to be done My, my I'm a grumpy sod this evening.. I'm going to the pub. You'd be surprised how difficult it can be to get T/Ops to wear uniform or arrive on time for their duty. Do teachers not have targets, staff meetings or discussions on how they are doing their jobs?
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Post by philthetube on Mar 4, 2015 18:27:15 GMT
I was tested a couple of years ago, the urine sample went into a cup with which gave an immediate reading on drugs. this was clear so the sample was immediately disposed of. I would imagine that is what happened in this case.
It does not say anywhere on the forum if this was a random test, if not presumably the same equipment would be used for other tests and if they came out negative.. I don,t need to continue.
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Post by philthetube on Jan 31, 2015 1:57:31 GMT
I have heard that the A stock rats are to be replaced with D stock as they are mechanically much more sound.
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Post by philthetube on Jan 25, 2015 12:41:27 GMT
The 1956 stock definitely worked into 1996, I worked as a guard starting December 1995 so was not trained until feb 1996 and I remember working them, If I remember correctly one of them was scrapped following an accident in the depot. I am however not sure if that is my memory playing tricks as I do know that the two refurbished 72's on the northern were scrapped after an unfortunate meeting with each other.
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Post by philthetube on Jan 25, 2015 0:58:36 GMT
I don't think the 62's replaced the 56's there were still 56's on the northern line in 1996. 56's were, as far as I know a prototype anyway and only a few were made.
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Post by philthetube on Jan 19, 2015 5:53:23 GMT
on the left , S/B between North Harrow and Harrow on the hill?
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Post by philthetube on Jan 19, 2015 5:21:20 GMT
Travelling south approaching Harrow on The Hill on Saturday night the auto announcer made quite a long announcement concerning engineering works in the city and on the Jubilee line, this was obviously stitched and the first time I have heard it. Maybe they will even sort something out for the last trains after the connections have gone eventually.
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Post by philthetube on Jan 19, 2015 5:16:38 GMT
Northwood is controlled from Harrow.
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Post by philthetube on Jan 17, 2015 19:59:32 GMT
Background b the Avebury Ring
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Post by philthetube on Jan 16, 2015 11:36:33 GMT
on a conventionally signalled line after five minutes if the train op is unable to make contact and get information about the delay he/she should apply the rule, providing the signal is an auto, trip past it and continue on to the next signal or train ahead. I have no idea about ato lines.
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Post by philthetube on Jan 10, 2015 22:49:35 GMT
The S8's also have a flag which operates automatically and appears automatically on the tcms screen. it operates all stations north of Finchley Rd. except Uxbridge to Hillingdon where it is kept off because of problems with trains being gapped on the hill leaving Uxbridge.
I dont know if a week field switch was ever on the master controller though.
The 59's were also fitted with a flag though it was not in use on the Northern in 1995. The flags were removed but the hole where they had been was stil there.
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Post by philthetube on Jan 5, 2015 14:05:41 GMT
Access to an Aldwych museum could be via train from Holborn only, however Holborn is probably so busy already that encouraging extra visitors to that station would not be seen as a good idea. Since the line remains operable, however, I'm sure an occasional special shuttle on open days would be very popular. If you run a shuttle to Aldwych it would severely restrict the number of exibits you could have
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Post by philthetube on Jan 4, 2015 17:30:48 GMT
Strangely, and sort of on topic, 20 years ago bus passengers travelling to Debden using a travelcard or bus pass had to buy one which included zone 1
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Post by philthetube on Jan 2, 2015 17:03:09 GMT
Although not perfect, good on train CCTV is a much safer way to despatch trains than relying on a system where you hope that no one does anything silly or has an accident after the right to depart has been given, and should also be the quickest to operate. I imagine that the cheapest to install and maintain is the system used by the overground where the cameras are train mounted.
There is no reason why monitors have to be in drivers cabs, a guards station can have an emergency stop button in case needed.
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Post by philthetube on Dec 27, 2014 20:33:59 GMT
Absolutely. But in my mind, a true direct service can only be done without any changes of be, reversing etc. That's just the way I've always pictured it. That's not to say you're wrong though. Reading - Bourne End , Reading -Henley Plymouth - Gunnislake and Newquay-Penzance are some more services that also reverse on route. XF Amersham/Chesham to Northwood during engineering works
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Post by philthetube on Dec 22, 2014 13:34:04 GMT
I suspect that there is so much pent up demand in the north which any decent stock will release that the replacement stock for the pacers will quickly have capacity issues.
Anyone who has not ridden on one should take the opportunity to enjoy the noise, the bounce, the bench seats etc.
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Post by philthetube on Oct 8, 2014 18:37:43 GMT
I went to a gig last night in Camden and got the tube back to Tooting Broadway, leaving Camden at at about midnight. It was a Morden via Charing Cross service. The journey went fine until we got to Kennington, where there was the obligatory few minutes wait. On departure, the train crawled into the tunnel at just a couple of mph. There was a small speed increase but we never got up to line speed and eventually stopped for several minutes. The train op made a PA telling us there were signal issues at Morden which were causing problems back to Kennington. We waited there for some time and from time to time I could hear other trains in the tunnel (presumably northbound trains leaving Oval ahead). When we finally got moving again, it turned out we were only about a train length out of Oval's platforms. The train op made another announcement telling us we would not be moving from this platform until a platform at Stockwell was available. This was now due to both a signal and systems failure at Morden. We sat there for some time and finally moved on. Sitting at Stockwell, she told us that trains were now backing up to Euston. This was a particularly long wait, but just as she had finished her second announcement, she obviously got a green signal (or whatever the equivalent of that is now on the Northern) and made a third "actually, we're moving now, so get back on the train!" announcement which lightened the mood and made a few people laugh. We passed through Clapham South and Balham pretty quickly with barely a wait, then sat at Tooting Bec for a while. Finally the powers that be decided to terminate the train there (presumably so it could sit in the tunnel ahead and let another train sit at the platform) and we were asked to leave the train. The train op's announcements were excellent and she kept us up to date regularly, even when there was no further information. I saw her on the platform and thanked her. So I was wondering what the cause of the problem was. The train op told us it was a signal and systems failure at Morden. I'm also wondering what measures were used to try and keep the service running - were any trains terminated at Tooting Broadway and sent back up north to try and keep trains moving southbound? And further north, were any Morden trains terminated at Kennington? The only sour note was that despite all this, the offical TfL line was that there were "minor" delays between Kennington and Morden. I don't consider a five-ten minute wait at each platform to be a "minor" delay, and I don't consider having a train terminated early to be "minor" delay, but that's what was showing on the TfL service status page, which I was checking at each station and when queueing for a bus. I eventually got home - waited for the N155 bus which didn't let anyone on as it was full (presumably it had picked up passengers from other terminated trains further up the line), so I got a taxi instead. As train crew, and station staff feel the same, we feel really embarrassed every time the service status messages are inaccurate. Passengers laugh at the incompetence of the company who are , in their eyes, unaware of what a good service constitutes. I have been seriously tempted as a drive to make the following P.A. :- There is currently a good service on the northern line, I do apologise for the delays caused by this good service.
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Post by philthetube on Oct 8, 2014 8:19:02 GMT
Moor park is controlled by the Rickmansworth cabin, as dot matrix indicators are provided there I cannot see why they could not also be fitted at Croxley, Watford and Rickmansworth, also in the Rickmansworth cabin area.
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Post by philthetube on Oct 8, 2014 8:10:43 GMT
It should not cause any cancellations to Chesham services, the rat is only booked to visit Chesham in engineering hours, it is only sent in traffic hours if rail conditions become too bad for normal traffic as as the S stock generally performs better than the A stock did on slippery tracks I would not expect that to happen.
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