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Post by AndrewPSSP on Feb 15, 2024 12:19:15 GMT
Personally I don't use LO often enough for these new names to be part of my vocabulary for a few years yet It's great that the different routes have names now, but, honourable as they are, this does feel like a corporate inclusivity exercise to me I wonder how the consultation was laid out It's a shame the East London line has lost its orange colour I had a look at TfL's map for the Autumn - I'm astonished how similar the colours of the GOBLIN and the Tramlink are... content.tfl.gov.uk/tube-map-with-the-new-lo-names.pdf
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Jan 30, 2024 15:15:05 GMT
The handrails at Tooting Bdway tend to run slower than the steps. I once tried to maintain my grip on the escalator going down to see how far back my hand would go, and around 3/4 of the way down it was already an arms length behind me! Another problem I have with some escalators on the Underground is the oily residue it leaves behind on my hands
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Jan 30, 2024 15:11:58 GMT
I concur; that's been my experience on the East London line too. The Emma Hignett announcement saying that only the front four coaches will open / the rear door of the last coach will not open plays across all coaches, followed by a Julie Berry announcement saying "This is coach number x of y"
I can't remember which stations have which, but every station from Canada Water to Wapping have some form of DSO
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Dec 8, 2023 19:23:40 GMT
I've heard from some of my chats and social media that the core section had some sort of power meltdown yesterday Can anyone here provide some clarity as to what happened at all?
From footage I've seen it seems some people were stranded on trains with no lights or power for multiple hours, which I'm sure was less than comfortable in the cold weather.
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Nov 16, 2023 3:35:21 GMT
Are the platform indicators tied into the train destination screens or do they work off the timetable? In my own experience with the dodgy 95TS the next train display at Waterloo correctly counted down the destination and the time of arrival, even though the train itself had blank displays on the front.
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Nov 15, 2023 13:34:06 GMT
Ah, the mysteries of the 95TS CIS! The SDO message is designated a safety message. Possibly the TMS plays it in some circumstances when ATC gives it the relevant location ID but the rest of the CIS messaging is lost regarding destination and actual journey sequence not matching. When does the location ID get loaded? Is it on the approach to or at the station itself? I don't know how it was configured, as I noticed when the train arrived that the front destination board was blank. Someway in the journey an announcement was made that the train would terminate at Tooting Broadway instead, after which the announcements started playing properly and the display lit up. I made an audio recording of the journey on my mobile at the time linkStill doesn't account for the impossible stations on that route! Yes the 95TS CIS is full of mystery even when working as designed! Not the best on LUL in my view. It's almost certainly the one I'm most fond of though! Either that or the quirky 96TS one...
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Nov 14, 2023 20:42:47 GMT
I was on a service once where the announcements weren't working at all, bar on the approach to Clapham Common, where the SDO announcement played but radio silence for the rest of the journey.
How does this work?
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Sept 15, 2023 22:05:47 GMT
Thanks Chris, yes I am. I've always called them ticks, do they have a proper name at all?
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Sept 14, 2023 23:18:45 GMT
I do quite like the return of the ticks, shame they're not filled in...
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Sept 1, 2023 20:33:40 GMT
I never noticed it before but now you mention it, they do seem rather more sluggish to go in than other lines!
I suppose the benefit is a slightly gentler stop... ?
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Jul 31, 2023 0:07:11 GMT
On the point around favourite types of screens, I rather like the new ones on the Bank Southbound; they are large and easy to read. My least favourite are the tiny ones mentioned by some of you already e.g. those deployed at on the Central line at Bank or D&C at Victoria etc. I agree with the display on Bank Southbound, however if you crossover to Bank Northbound it's a different story with the tiny displays... Quite often on the northbound platform, just before a train is about to arrive, the DMI goes blank then says "message no loaded" before correcting itself as the train enters the station. Odd. It did this even before they were turned off, on both platforms. Something I find interesting is that they used to display the destination in all capitals and yet when turned back on displayed in Sentence Case, like at Moorgate or Embankment now. Even before, the two displays were a bit weird.. On the southbound it would be 1 MORDEN 1 min 2 MORDEN 2 mins etc But on the northbound there was an extra space between the letters: 1 E D G W A R E 1 min 2 H I G H B A R N E T 2 mins It did have the font for the small letters as when the train arrived it would display a single line "message not loaded" and then go back to the normal display But just wondering why the extra space between the letters on the NB... I'm fairly sure Embankment used to be all capitals too.. Perhaps it's a software/programming change removing the capitals - if so good on them for still maintaining them instead of replacing them with tiny displays...
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Jun 8, 2023 18:42:32 GMT
How many of the old Central line ones remain?
It does seem like they're replacing displays that don't need to be replaced.
When Kennington Bank branch reopened, they replaced the displays with the tiny kind used on the platforms at Bank, whilst the display on the CHX platform is still the older, bigger one.
I'm young and can normally read well at a distance but I find these displays harder to read unless I'm quite close to them. On the other hand I can't fault the "new" displays on the JLE
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Jun 8, 2023 14:48:35 GMT
Something interesting I found out was that some of these old displays can display scroll service messages
I saw some during the time of The Queue seeing them show the message about checking @dcms on Twitter I presume they don't have the @ sign on their system as there was a blank space where it was on newer displays
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Post by AndrewPSSP on May 19, 2023 22:25:30 GMT
DMIs haven't been working on both Northern line platforms since around fortnight after the new displays on the Jubilee line were put in
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Post by AndrewPSSP on May 17, 2023 21:50:57 GMT
I'll have a double cheeseburger.. yes, I would like fries with that
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Post by AndrewPSSP on May 10, 2023 23:43:34 GMT
I think I recall these valves need a special key to be operated
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Post by AndrewPSSP on May 4, 2023 14:35:41 GMT
That's roughly how I remember it too when I was younger going to school in Deptford.
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Mar 26, 2023 22:02:32 GMT
The North London line will be confused for the northern, and both the North London Line and East London Line are long and extremely generic. Plus, the "North" London Line goes to Richmond and Clapham, and the "East" London Line spends most of its time in South London, also going to Clapham. While these names historically made sense, they now cover a larger route. In addition, while these names may be the status quo for TfL and those knowledgeable about trains, most commuters have never heard these names before. In terms of alternatives, I have heard the Brunel Line being thrown around for the East London Line, and I think this is one rare time that I approve the naming of a line after a person, since all routes pass through the Thames Tunnel, and both Isambard Kingdom Brunel and his father are relatively free of controversy, and due to Brunel's contributions to Britain's railways. The other day I was talking to my friends at Barts and they understood what I meant when talking about the East London line. I grew up in New Cross and my parents still call it the East London line, even the extensions. I know this is purely anecdotal, but I don't think the name "East London line" has quite fallen out of use among the 'common people'. I've also noticed over the years that there's still a decent amount of street furniture & line diagrams mentioning the East London line by name. Of course, another reason I would personally like the East London name retained is so Celia's old announcement at Canada Water may be reused. Sarah Parnell's new announcements on the Jubilee line just sound so depressing.
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Mar 19, 2023 21:07:50 GMT
Don't the 73 stock have a function whereby only one/few doors per car are open?
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Feb 24, 2023 22:15:28 GMT
I've noticed that the DMIs in the deep level stations on the JLE seem to be in worse shape than the ones at the above-ground ones I wonder why that is
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Feb 12, 2023 21:20:15 GMT
For what it's worth I did see something similar at Warren St.. can't remember if it's exactly as you describe but the "handrail" was one of the moving belts with the conical bolts
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Feb 12, 2023 0:33:31 GMT
I will quite miss the transverse seating on these new trains, some parts of the route are enjoyable to look out at and longitudinal seating doesn't really provide the most optimal viewing experience
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Feb 8, 2023 12:30:17 GMT
For an TTS announcement system introduced around 2007/8, the quality of them is very good, with the voice sounding like it's running out of breath on some announcements - does anyone know who supplies them?
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Nov 25, 2022 22:58:13 GMT
I rode on one of the units with upgraded lighting earlier tonight - it's somewhat comforting to see the lights dim when going over complicated pointwork, even if they don't extinguish.
The lights above the doors didn't get affected however, this happened with the older lights too - why is that?
If I remember correctly, aren't they installing a "battery reserve" too? This may have been answered up-thread but will this be able to support both the lights and the DMIs when going over points? Hoping the system doesn't get too cranky over getting effectively plugged out and plugged in again during use...
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Nov 4, 2022 14:19:35 GMT
Once again this forum has corrected my prior misconception! I used to think it was a pilot light from the days where 72s had a guard...
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Oct 18, 2022 19:39:13 GMT
The travelator hasn't worked for quite a while - or does so sporadically, as in one side is on whilst the other is off. I haven't seen them both in operation at the same time for quite a while. For most of this year when I've had to use them it's been over a stationary walkway. The last time I walked across them, some of the panels clunked and moved slightly under my feet, which I must say was quite unnerving.
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Oct 13, 2022 12:37:30 GMT
Are there any photos?
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Sept 14, 2022 12:46:53 GMT
When I was travelling from Liverpool Street mainline I managed to catch a very brief glimpse of Shoreditch station
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Jun 27, 2022 14:16:18 GMT
I also notice it's using the new RA2
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Jun 24, 2022 22:30:21 GMT
Is LU going back to in-house electricity supply?
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