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Post by flippyff on Jul 25, 2011 21:00:54 GMT
The event has been fully booked. It seems there will be at least 61 volunteers taking part in the exercise but its been pushed back to 21 August; given the elusiveness of the opening date, that's not a surprise. I wonder if any of the volunteers also bought a London Prepares ticket for that same day... -1 I can't attend the rescheduled date.
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Post by flippyff on Jul 3, 2011 21:19:27 GMT
Are you saying that after a year the automated announcements now include the words 'London Overground service to"? All I've heard recently is "The train now approaching platform 5 is the 15:52 _____ Highbury & Islington" etc. I clearly heard London Overground when I was there on Thursday. Are the automated announcements for P1 being controlled by Southern who operate P2-5? Having used NXG both yesterday and today I can confirm.... Announcements on P1 are made by a female voice "The train approaching platform 1 is the 13:54 London Overground service to Crystal Palace." Announcements on P5 are made by a male voice "The train approaching platform 1 is the 14:00 ___ Highbury & Islington" Simon
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Post by flippyff on Jun 20, 2011 21:08:08 GMT
Seems privately preserving a 67 stock carriage is going to be unlikely. Even if you have space to store one, as we have. I was considering buying one to offer as a filming location. It would also have made a good centrepiece in our yard. So we recently had a serious discussion with Booths. Although Booths are clearly very enthusiast friendly, Tfl will not permit them to sell any complete carriages. <snip> Dean Sullivan Get Booths to remove one window and then sell the car to you...... Voila, it's no longer complete! ;-)
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Post by flippyff on Jun 18, 2011 14:37:13 GMT
They've been there since I've been driving from December. You are on about the "The train approaching platform 1, is the 15:52 London Overground service to Crystal Palace" etc? Are you saying that after a year the automated announcements now include the words 'London Overground service to"? All I've heard recently is "The train now approaching platform 5 is the 15:52 _____ Highbury & Islington" etc.
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Post by flippyff on Jun 14, 2011 21:58:18 GMT
Unfortunately not! The tracks are to be lifted and the space filled-in to create a very wide platform between 1 & (currently) 4. Are there any plans for the platforms to be renumbered?
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Post by flippyff on Jun 8, 2011 20:27:04 GMT
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Post by flippyff on Jun 4, 2011 12:41:46 GMT
378 231 & 234 were both visible in New Cross Gate Depot when I went past at 13:00.
Simon
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Post by flippyff on May 30, 2011 18:28:18 GMT
I went through Canning Town twice today and both times in and overhanging the northbound SI platform were 114,116 & 118 (not in that order) about a foot gap and then 109,106 & 104 (in that order). All six units appeared to have power.
Simon
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Post by flippyff on May 30, 2011 9:41:58 GMT
Unit | Date last seen | last seen paired with | 03* | Sunday 29th May | 62* | 05 | Sunday 29th May | 49 | 11 | Friday 27th May | 84 | 34 | Wednesday 1st June | 85 | 40 | | 41 | 41 | | 40 | 49 | Sunday 29th May | 05 | 58 | Monday 6th June | 76 | 59 | Monday 6th June | 79 | 60 | Wednesday 8th June | 61 | 61 | Wednesday 8th June | 60 | 62* | Sunday 29th May | 03* | 75 | Sunday 29th May | 78 | 76 | Monday 6th June | 58 | 78 | Sunday 29th May | 75 | 79 | Monday 6th June | 59 | 84 | Friday 27th May | 11 | 85 | Wednesday 1st June | 34 |
[glow=red,2,300]* Gone to Acton[/glow] | Units | Date | 3003 & 3162 | 7th June |
Will that do?
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Post by flippyff on May 26, 2011 22:15:28 GMT
Some info for those following the last train: These timings are from the journey planner. Brixton - Walthamstow Central are every 10 minutes from 2327: Last Brixton - Walthamstow Central is 0017, arr 0052. Last Brixton - Seven Sisters is 0007, arr 0036. <snip> Is this round the wrong way? How can the last train to Seven Sisters be before the last train to Grand Central Walthamtow? Simon
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Post by flippyff on May 21, 2011 9:15:55 GMT
Carto,
On the v2 map you show a connection just north of New Cross Gate station between the lines into platform 1 and platform 2, this does not exist. The short stub siding shown just to the north of that actually continues further south and some of platform 1 was removed to make space for it.
HTH,
Simon
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Post by flippyff on May 15, 2011 22:07:29 GMT
Millwall FC's website is reporting that the pedestrian bridge over Surrey Canal Road is due to be removed on the 16th/17th May.
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Post by flippyff on Apr 24, 2011 20:37:13 GMT
How many tonnes does an escalator weigh as a complete unit? To quote my original link, 13 tonnes.
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Post by flippyff on Apr 8, 2011 19:55:46 GMT
I thought they were already named....
The 'No service on Sundays' line. The 'No service between Clapham Junction and Shepherds Bush on Sundays' line. The 'C**p service south of New Cross Gate on Sunday mornings' line. etc. etc.
;D
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Post by flippyff on Apr 8, 2011 19:42:01 GMT
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Post by flippyff on Mar 22, 2011 21:40:56 GMT
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Post by flippyff on Mar 8, 2011 22:39:09 GMT
And our Favourite London evening paper is blaming the new signalling system for causing delays in December..... Link here
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Post by flippyff on Feb 28, 2011 23:07:43 GMT
"Trains more frequent? Yes." Err, No. Not on the New Cross branch anyway. Down from 5tph to 4tph. Simon New Cross has always been 4 tph LUL ELL was 5tph* to each of New Cross and New Cross Gate. *I think it was actually a train every 11 1/2 minutes..... Simon
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Post by flippyff on Feb 28, 2011 22:55:22 GMT
The video is pretty unsurprising predictable stuff that you tend to get from large organizations like this. I'd not go so far as to call it propaganda as that would imply a greater thought process than the final edit displays. I would agree that the music is terrible though! ;D Aside from this: Trains more frequent? Yes. Trains longer? Yes Trains cooler? Yes Stations cleaner? Yes Security better? Yes Fare dodging down? Yes Whether or not they cleaned up the 313s and 150s is indeed open to question although quite irrelevant now as they're all history and won't be back thank God. Come to think of it, I can't think of any current downsides to LO by comparison to it's forebears myself although I'd be interested to hear contrary views. So, as depressingly corporate and dull the video is, I still maintain that the end result, the railway that is, not the film which doesn't matter one jot, is a great asset to Tfl. "Trains more frequent? Yes." Err, No. Not on the New Cross branch anyway. Down from 5tph to 4tph. Simon
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Post by flippyff on Feb 26, 2011 20:13:09 GMT
Must be getting very near. I was on a East London Line (New Cross to Dalston Junction) where the stickers had been added to the route map on the train showing as running Highbury and Islington. It is also on the route map here.<snip> I went on 378136 today which has the updated route maps and then later, on 378217 in new car 38217 which had no route maps at all. Simon
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Post by flippyff on Feb 21, 2011 21:35:34 GMT
Conductors relinquish control and take it over again at the traction change point at Primrose Hill (Old) station. Do the conductors ride to and from Watford Junction? TIA, Simon
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Post by flippyff on Feb 12, 2011 23:24:02 GMT
However, I don't think another train has arrived this week, which would mean that the train used yesterday was probably 21017/21018 and so was not as new as I was lead to believe. <snipped> Where was this going - See 11th Feb picture > Clicky Here
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Post by flippyff on Feb 11, 2011 20:58:45 GMT
The bi-di debate is always going on - why did the Jubilee not get it. From what I can make out, no bi-di is what LU wanted and Tube Lines were asked to provide via Thales a uni-directional version of TBTC. Nobody seems to be able to confirm exactly who originated the decision. So would it be a not-so-simple software upgrade or a quite-hard-at-the-lineside upgrade to get bi-di on the Jub? Simon
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Post by flippyff on Feb 11, 2011 20:55:55 GMT
Now you know! It has always been common sense never to remain on a train to a short turn destination unless that is where one wants to alight. Get off at an earlier station and catch the one behind. When I used to use the line it used to be common for an announcement to be made at Canary Wharf for passengers beyond North Greenwich to change at Canary Wharf rather than at North Greenwich.
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Post by flippyff on Feb 5, 2011 13:33:29 GMT
The problem with the refund system is that (in theory) you have to attempt to make the disrupted journey first.....
Three or so years back I used to do New Cross Gate - Canary Wharf via Canada Water which was a nice easy journey but if either ELL or Jub was disrupted I'd take a 53/453 NXG - Deptford Bridge and the DLR from Deptford Bridge to Canary Wharf which of course would cost extra. According to TfL I couldn't claim a refund if I knew the ELL/Jub were disrupted and went straight for my diversionary route.
I'm not sure if the same still applies.
Simon
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Post by flippyff on Feb 3, 2011 22:40:23 GMT
Well, the platform extensions are the same depth as the existing platforms at Brondesbury, West Hampstead and Finchley Rd & Frognal, but all of these stations have the same 'variable' yellow line happening. They even have a little bit of perpendicular yellow line, just to join the two bits up. Now that I've come to think about this, I'm noticing other stations too: Highbury & Islington, for example, has yellow lines behind the tactile strip on all platforms. But both Canonbury and Caledonian Road, on the other hand, have no yellow lines at all on their equally-new platforms. And Dalston Kingsland has a yellow line behind the tactile strip on one platform, but in front of it on the other. I know it shouldn't annoy me, but I felt sure there must be some kind of logic to it all... If you stand with a foot either side of the perpendicular line do the Megaphone-wielding-platform-police explode in a puff of logic?
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Post by flippyff on Feb 2, 2011 21:44:33 GMT
According to the TransportBriefing website, DLR management have been put in charge of the new Thames Cable Car project. Maybe it's diverted their attention?
;-)
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Post by flippyff on Jan 31, 2011 23:04:34 GMT
I have only skimmed through this topic so if this has been covered my appologies. Driverless trains???!!! What happens if there is debris on the tracks? If some kid throws something on the track? If there is somebody on the tracks? Only a driver can see this and stop the train in time or notify control of the situation. It is totally unsafe. How can anyone even consider having driverless trains? Especially on a mass transit system. You right! Get on the phone to the DLR immedietely!
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Post by flippyff on Jan 31, 2011 22:54:39 GMT
As far as I know, none scheduled at weekends at the moment. Sorry to bump an old thread but while waiting at Shadwell yesterday (Sunday) I noted a three car running to Lewisham just after the Jubbly had had another meltdown. I don't know how many other three car trains were running. Simon
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Post by flippyff on Jan 31, 2011 22:47:19 GMT
What checks would of been undertaken on the ELL and Thames tunnel during the shutdown. Making sure no one has nicked the tunnel? ;D
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