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Post by uzairjubilee on Jun 10, 2016 18:07:52 GMT
Yes they were very loud on the S8, but became a lot quieter as they are today not too long after introduction. I think no S7s had the doors close that loud.
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Post by uzairjubilee on Jun 3, 2016 10:58:17 GMT
Went to Putney Bridge today - can't get used to seeing the new layout! I agree. It's too weird.
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Post by uzairjubilee on Feb 23, 2016 14:40:10 GMT
Renaming the line achieves absolutely nothing and will most likely come at an unreasonably high cost.
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Post by uzairjubilee on Feb 23, 2016 12:33:05 GMT
Agreed. Disappointed is the biggest understatement of the year. What on earth is going on?
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Post by uzairjubilee on Jan 23, 2016 16:26:47 GMT
It seems a pity they didn't opt to use it. Much better than the separate line diagrams used currently and surely more cost effective. That makes perfect sense to me as well. It shows the relationships of the three lines much more convincingly. Indeed. I'm actually surprised as to how good that map is.
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Post by uzairjubilee on Jan 17, 2016 18:23:45 GMT
I keep seeing the equals sign too rather than a diamond. Maybe it has just changed.
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Post by uzairjubilee on Jan 15, 2016 21:16:10 GMT
Sounds so much better and now finally they are trying to have all the announcements in the same style across all stocks. Apart from the fact that on the Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan, Victoria and Waterloo & City lines, the announcement format is "This is a (name of line) train to (destination)".
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Post by uzairjubilee on Jan 14, 2016 11:19:13 GMT
Most ridiculous announcement. Why are they getting less fluid on the Underground along time?
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Post by uzairjubilee on Jan 3, 2016 13:03:34 GMT
I think the reason why the S Stock announces the next station as well as the destination is because on the Met Line it is useful to know what the next station is - especially if it's a fast train... However, I don't think there is any problem with "Main Line Intercity and Suburban Rail Services" compared to "National Rail", both are better than listing every train company that serves a station, Is there a reason why National Rail was chosen instead of this? 09TS and S stock announce the next station as well 09TS doesn't announce the next station?
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Post by uzairjubilee on Dec 24, 2015 13:19:13 GMT
Still sounds ever so slightly like a D stock. I am happy.
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Post by uzairjubilee on Dec 24, 2015 13:16:33 GMT
Will these new Desiro City trains be compatible with the Class 700s for Thameslink? Or is the idea to keep them as seperate fleets? Surely they are mechanically compatible, and most likely electronically compatible too.
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Post by uzairjubilee on Nov 13, 2015 16:07:10 GMT
I'm surprised the Hammersmith and city line doesn't just reverse all trains at Moorgate and leave the met as is. Agreed!
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Post by uzairjubilee on Nov 11, 2015 18:52:03 GMT
They were filming at London Bridge on Saturday, and Westminster EB District/Circle line platform earlier last week.
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Post by uzairjubilee on Nov 1, 2015 11:29:06 GMT
We get routed into a vacant platform there is no plat 1 or 2 Edgware rd or plat 3 or 4 city so it is pot luck where we get routed too Thought so. Did anyone see the pieces of paper that the staff were putting up on the office window outside platform 4? The ones which said what platform the next City or Edgware Road train would be departing from. Useless.
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Post by uzairjubilee on Oct 31, 2015 19:16:25 GMT
When I was a regular user there I always used the indicators on the front of the trains to determine their destination. I never got on the wrong one. It's not unusual to find all four platforms at Wimbledon occupied. As soon as a train departs the next one arrives. In general, trains to Edgware Road use platform 1 or 2, those to Tower Hill or Barking use platform 3 or 4. It's not immediately obvious which train will leave first. If the trains get out of sequence on the way in then the platforming goes out of the window. John Really?
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Post by uzairjubilee on Oct 28, 2015 18:52:09 GMT
Are the sidings at EBW currently used at all?
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Post by uzairjubilee on Oct 8, 2015 9:04:59 GMT
I was on the way to university when this was going on. At Westminster the service update announcement was saying that the Jubilee line had severe delays due to signalling problems. On the train, we waited a bit before departing Westminster and the driver gave an announcement saying there were multiple failed trains on the line and so the journey to Stratford would be slow. Held at London Bridge for about 10 minutes but then all okay to Canary Wharf.
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Post by uzairjubilee on Oct 8, 2015 9:02:41 GMT
Also, the picture (below) shows that platform 3 doesn't have this board. Do all the platforms have them? All platforms at Earl's Court District now have 'STOPS HERE' The ones on pfm.3-4 were provided fairly recently, as has been said for the terminating trains running empty to Olympia, expecially when the S Stock were providing the 'preview service'. Beat me to it
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Post by uzairjubilee on Aug 23, 2015 8:13:03 GMT
Grown up with D Stock. It'll always be D Stock for me.
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Post by uzairjubilee on Jul 30, 2015 20:25:56 GMT
Although the piccadily line trains are not really much newer at all and the signalling isnt upgraded there either. Heathrow.
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Post by uzairjubilee on Jun 6, 2015 11:37:45 GMT
How many s stock are running vs D78 now? Today there seemed to be only s stock all day. Vast majority is still D Stock I would say.
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Post by uzairjubilee on May 31, 2015 11:11:27 GMT
Sticking with the theme of doors, can anyone tell me why Putney Bridge Westbound seems to throw up the door fault where they all open out of sync more often than others? At Putney Bridge WB, there is no conductor rail at the position where the rear Driving Motor car stops. So only one of the train's auxiliary power supply converters will run. I'm pretty sure that in this condition, the door motors are deliberately not synchronised, so as to reduce the peak auxiliary power load when the doors open. So that probably explains why the front door opens about a second after all the other doors?
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Post by uzairjubilee on May 30, 2015 11:24:31 GMT
Pleasantly surprised. They have neglected modern image trains for a long time now. I've also just seen the SWT 450 is available for pre order, the livery of which is slightly unimpressive.
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Post by uzairjubilee on May 30, 2015 11:22:02 GMT
Sticking with the theme of doors, can anyone tell me why Putney Bridge Westbound seems to throw up the door fault where they all open out of sync more often than others? Thank God someone else has also witnessed this! I'm sure Dstock7080 will be able to answer.
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Post by uzairjubilee on May 1, 2015 9:34:42 GMT
Honestly cannot stand this new announcement. They should have kept Phil Sayer but taken off the "please"!
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Post by uzairjubilee on Apr 21, 2015 10:44:30 GMT
Hi all,
On Monday 13th April I was trying to get home from Hayes & Harlington to Southfields (via Paddington). I tapped in at Hayes & Harlington at around 00:20 hoping to get the 00:30 train to PAD. When tapping in, the screens before the stairs said the train was on time. However when I got down to platform 5, the DMI showed the train as being cancelled.
I used the help point on the platform and asked what was going on. I was told that the train had indeed been cancelled and the next one was at 00:58. The woman then went on to tell me about all the disruption that was going on due to a signal failure at Southall. I asked whether this meant the 00:58 would even run or if it would be cancelled too, to which she said "I cannot comment on that".
I did not want to wait another half an hour for a train that was more than likely going to be cancelled in an unmanned station by myself this late, so I decided to take an Uber home, which cost over £25.
Am I entitled to a refund by a FGW? I'm not too sure. I am in the process of getting an Oyster refund of £5.10 because I did not tap back out at Hayes & Harlington. There were only 2 scheduled trains back to PAD from Hayes & Harlington after the 00:30 - the 00:58 and the 02:00. I know for a fact that the latter was also cancelled, however don't know about the 00:58.
Any advice would be appreciated.
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Post by uzairjubilee on Apr 5, 2015 10:14:02 GMT
Working that weekend and exams on the 28th. So no unfortunately
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Post by uzairjubilee on Mar 9, 2015 19:57:26 GMT
Yes when going on a westbound District line train, it is announced to change for the Circle line at South Kensington as you can wait on the same platform, whereas at Gloucester Road you would have to walk up, across then down to the IR Circle line platform.
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Post by uzairjubilee on Mar 3, 2015 0:05:37 GMT
There is a group of 4 different people who do the tissue begging between Southfields and I think West Brompton on the District line almost every weekday at around 10/11pm. I have texted BTP about it twice. It irritates me because I believe it is just dishonest - 4 different people with the exact same note. Something along the lines of "Sorry to disturb. I have 1 year old child who I need to feed etc etc"
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Post by uzairjubilee on Feb 19, 2015 13:35:23 GMT
also does anyone know why sometimes when the doors open it skip "this station is" and goes straight to "this train terminates at"? That's been happening for years!
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