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Post by jimini on May 22, 2008 8:27:01 GMT
Definitely on the DLR. Looks very much like Crossharbour to me.
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Post by jimini on May 12, 2008 7:46:23 GMT
I thought it looked a bit "DLR" when I had a squint yesterday -- is it Mudchute?
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Post by jimini on Apr 15, 2008 7:58:23 GMT
Somewhere on the Morden extension... Tooting Bec? The Morden extension indeed. Reminds me of Colliers Wood, so I'm going to go for that!
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Post by jimini on Oct 5, 2006 20:30:37 GMT
Thanks v much Gents, that answers all my questions, and then some! Much obliged...
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Post by jimini on Sept 26, 2006 20:28:54 GMT
OK, so it won't kill me but I'm interested nonetheless. And I'm not a Cat. But that's not important right now...
I'm quite a sporadic poster. I don't have a great deal of knowledge to share around. I tend to ask more random, basic questions. Plus, I'm going to mention your all-time favorite Newspaper. It's like I'm digging myself an internet-esque grave here, isn't it?
So, the Drain. I've used it a couple of times since it's reopened. Not out of convenience, more out of curiosity. It certainly looks shiny and new. The ride quality is distinctly better than it was before the closure.
But it has suffered since the reopening, hasn't it? Yesterday it was suspended (word of mouth) in the morning peak for a bit, and then (personal experience) in the evening too. Hardly reliable thus far, it's fair to say.
Now, the Evening Standard claims this evening that the signalling was untouched during this lengthy possession. Is this true? Naturellement, they make an unnecessarily big deal of this, but as one not so educated in the intricacies of these things, I would've thought this would be a sensible thing to do over those months when the line was closed? Or at least, work on it so that the inevitable signal failures of days gone by are not such a frequent occurrence?
That is all. I have no technical basis for this post, simply word of mouth, that dirty rag that I buy occasionally for some reason, but first and foremost, my personal experience of it thus far. But I would be intrigued to learn more about it nonetheless.
Shed any light, anyone?
Ta muchly...
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Post by jimini on Sept 6, 2005 21:57:36 GMT
Wapping is my second nearest station after Tower Hill so I use the ELL a fair bit. My observations during the morning peak would echo adw's comment; there's a lot of commuters out there that take a northbound service from Wapping or Shadwell and change for a w/b H&C / District line @ Whitechapel to avoid the ridiculously long walk from the DLR platforms and the Central line platforms at Bank. Both my flatmates use this route as an alternative and find it a) cooler, b) quieter and c) doesn't require the stair-riddled hike @ Bank. The other poignant thing I tend to notice is (as Phil pointed out) the amount of pedestrians south of the river that take the ELL to Wapping then either walk or hop on the D3 / 100 bus to Canary Wharf or the City respectively to get to work.
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Post by jimini on Mar 2, 2007 22:18:35 GMT
Artery T/Op has just PM'd with details of a Jubbly suspension - Green Park to Canary Wharf. Charing Cross must be seeing the most action it's seen for ages! Am I right in assuming that trains will be reversing via the old terminus? The DLR saw the most action! I got to the W/B platform at CW (Jubbly) and there was a (full to the point of bursting) train sat there. Ten minutes later when they announced that services were suspended, everyone bailed off the train and platform up to street level. Heron Quays N/B platform has never bowed so painfully under the weight! It was a ruck to be remembered. People who walked to CW DLR station had no chance. Twas all good fun!
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Post by jimini on Jan 21, 2007 13:25:18 GMT
yes loads have, it is weird because it says "this station is" in the old voice and in a new high pitched voice says the station and all that, the terminus is still the original voice from 1999 (IIRC) Yes! I hadn't made that connection (although I thought it sounded distinctly odd) on the CW one. Might go for a jaunt up the top end of the line this arvo and have a listen to some of the others.
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Post by jimini on Jan 21, 2007 12:59:12 GMT
Have any others changed apart from Canning Town and Canary Wharf then?
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Post by jimini on Jan 21, 2007 12:48:45 GMT
They've revised the one for Canary Wharf too. It now says: "Change for the DLR", rather than "Change for the Docklands Light Railway".
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Post by jimini on Aug 26, 2006 19:52:39 GMT
It works swimmingly well. Don't ask me to quote on the technical side of things, but from a commuter perspective it rarely lets us Wharfers down of an evening. A train every two minutes is the norm.
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Post by jimini on Mar 30, 2006 7:49:13 GMT
In fairness though, the DLR platforms announce the destination of the approaching train so boarding passengers are already aware of where the train's going. Couldn't agree more though re: "When leaving the train, please remember to take all of your personal belongings with you". Hearing that 10 times a day is starting to grind a bit now! Out come the headphones...
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Post by jimini on Mar 29, 2006 13:12:18 GMT
On my Jubilee line today, IIRC it was train 26 from Waterloo at around 11.25am, there were announcements with "the next station", on my way back on train 22 today to Waterloo from Baker Street, there were also some, but on train 23 I heard no announcements. Are there software upgrades coming along? I do sincerely hope so, I was leaving Canary Wharf after work last night and as we were approaching Canada Water the PA cheerily announced that the next station was West Hampstead! Ooh, and they've started to do auto-announcements on the DLR too now...
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Post by jimini on Jul 10, 2007 21:59:21 GMT
One more example tonight-- got a S/B train at London Bridge about 2200. The Platform indicator said Edgware, although the train correctly said Morden. Upon arrival at Colliers Wood, the platform board said Edgware via Bank. There were a few confused faces at London Bridge this evening!
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Post by jimini on Mar 2, 2007 22:01:30 GMT
Whilst on this topic, it's quite noticeable that "the next station is..." announcements don't always kick in. On topic with the original thread (maybe??), the N/B Bank branch service from Kennington does not announce "the next station is Elephant & Castle", regardless of which Celia it is. Also, I've also noticed that a S/B train approaching Brent Cross doesn't announce its next destination either. Just a quirk of the system maybe...?
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Post by jimini on Jan 28, 2007 23:02:17 GMT
Moorgate s/b (front), and Clapham Common s/b (rear) are the two I'm aware of.
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Post by jimini on Sept 13, 2006 22:20:07 GMT
I know it's a signal failure at Morden BTW. Hence the quote. But it's been going on for over three hours now so I'm assuming it's something vaguely serious, or at least an ongoing problem? At one point this evening, all services were suspended from Stockwell s/b.
My sympathies go out to northern line staff this evening. I've been a witness to reversing trains at Tooting Bdy on various occasions, it 'aint a quick process?!
Just curious as to what's been occuring, like...
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Post by jimini on Aug 11, 2006 23:41:58 GMT
Didn't it happen again this morning (Friday), though? I get the northern from Colliers Wood to London Bridge, then the Jubbly to the Wharf. On Tuesday, I got to Colliers Wood at about 7:45am, to be greeted by a stationary train that was heaving. Managed to get on and claim space as appropriate?! We sat at the Wood for over 15 minutes before being told that the train would depart in one minute, but it was only going to Tooting Broadway, where we were likely to encounter similar delays before venturing further north. I wandered up to Tooting BR instead, got the train to Blackfriars and then got the boat to the Wharf. Net result: arrived at work 45 minutes late.
This morning, got on at Colliers Wood as usual about 7:45 again. Between Tooting Broadway and Bec we ground to a halt, and stayed there for half an hour. All credit to the driver, he kept telling us at regular intervals that there was once again a major signal failure at Clapham Common and the same rules as per Tuesday applied (no trains in between stations, lengthy delays). Eventually rolled (literally) into Balham, where the waiting game began once again. After 15 minutes of sitting there going nowhere, I (along with the vast majority of the denizens of south London) ditched the northern line and opted for NR services instead. One swift change at Chapham Jcn for a Waterloo service and a trip down the Jubbly and I once again arrived at work 45 minutes late.
Soooo, was it the same problem as on Tuesday? In all fairness, last year the Northern line got the worst PR (maybe worthy, maybe not), but credit where credit's due; this year the Northern line's served us Saaf Londoners well. Until this week?!
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Post by jimini on Jan 25, 2008 17:19:05 GMT
Is this the different Celia? It sounds like Celia has a bit of a cold. Yip, that's her!
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Post by jimini on Jan 4, 2008 23:05:57 GMT
I'm getting confused reading this topic as the sound files no longer work. Are both Celia and which ones are which? The original Celia can be heard on this website. I don't have any links to the lesser heard Celia Mk.II, but as previously stated, I'm a fan!
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Post by jimini on Jul 26, 2006 23:14:13 GMT
Sorry to disagree, but I prefer the one that only appears sporadically (Sonia mark II?). She does talk a bit more, ie. she announces the interchange options on the approach as opposed to the usual one, but she sounds altogether more relaxed. Furthermore, and (not wishing to offend anyone here), when she says "Bank" it sounds like it, as opposed to the usual one that says "bang!" I kid you not, there's no K at the end of that word when she says it!
On a similar vein, there was discussion on another thread a while ago about auto announcers, and how annoying they can be. As a Northern line regular, I say keep 'em! Getting on at Colliers Wood or Tooting Bdy means that you get a standing spot between the seats as a general rule, and being over 6' tall, some of us tend to rely on them to let us know when we've got to Bank, as we can't see anything else without bending double everytime the train gets to a station!
(It still says we can interchange for the W&C line, even now though. The Central line sorted that one out, why hasn't the Northern?)
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Post by jimini on Apr 3, 2006 16:57:36 GMT
Indeed, I was on a train out of Tooting Bdy about 8:10ish, same deal, no seats. Once we got to Balham, the train was practically full, by the time we'd gone through the Claphams it was absolutely rammed. Add to the fact that when we got to Bank there was no DLR service (passenger taken ill I think), so had to walk to Tower Gateway, all in all a pretty poor start to the week! Really looking forward to the journey home. On the other hand, might go to the pub for a couple, just while it quietens down a bit, like...
P.S It's the school holidays for the next couple of weeks I believe, imagine what it's going to be like when the kiddies go back to school?!
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Post by jimini on Mar 26, 2006 13:57:51 GMT
Afternoon all,
I was on my way home last Monday, about 9:30ish. Got to Waterloo and the next three trains were all terminating at Kennington, so I hopped on and off we went. About half way between Waterloo and Kennington, the driver informed us VERY LOUDLY four or five times that the next station was Kennington and we were all to change to Platform 4 for a Morden train. I must emphasize just how loud this chap was bellowing at us all. Once at Kennington I did the usual, pottered over to platform 4 and waited for my train. Then I was a little surprised to turn around and look back at platform 2 to see the doors closing in the usual fashion, ie. beeping warning sounds, all doors closing at once, like a train still in service. I wandered back over to the other platform and, sure enough, he was signalled to and therefore entering the loop.
Now I'm no expert (hence the fact that I'm asking you guys for clarification), but I was under the impression that, if a train's being taken out of service, the driver must walk back through the train, using the buttons on the end of the cars to close the doors once he/she is satisfied that the carriage is empty. Once all are closed, then they can take the train out of service. This driver however seemed to think that shouting several times very loud over the PA would suffice.
So my question is: What are the rules on taking trains out of service, and was this driver being naughty / lazy, or have I got the wrong end of the stick? I remember a previous thread some time ago about passengers not being allowed in sidings etc as they haven't got the right sort of safety features (ATP maybe?).
Many thanks in advance as always for satisfying my curiosity!!
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Post by jimini on Jan 21, 2006 14:33:35 GMT
Thanks Phil, that's the one I was after! Whilst I'm on a roll, anyone got the same sort of map for the junction @ Kennington? Many thanks all ~ Jim.
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Post by jimini on Jan 16, 2006 0:58:37 GMT
Pardon my lack of technical knowledge (and therefore my inability to describe it properly!) but the one I'm after shows how each branch meets and separates either side of the junction without any conflict. Hope that makes vague sense?!
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Post by jimini on Jan 16, 2006 0:28:50 GMT
Morning all,
I seem to have mislaid the diagram of Camden Town Junction layout on my PC (probably deleted in it in error knowing me?!). If anyone could point me in the direction of a link to replace said file, it'd be much appreciated.
Many thanks in advance,
Jim.
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Morden
Jan 3, 2006 23:39:25 GMT
Post by jimini on Jan 3, 2006 23:39:25 GMT
Oi. Morden's a lovely place I'll have you know And yes indeed, we're getting lifts and apparently a new footbridge as well. Still looks like a right old mess in the meantime though. Stepping back is indeed still happening, I caught a HB via Bank train at about 19:30 this evening and twas still being used then.
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Post by jimini on Mar 25, 2007 11:29:10 GMT
I had the pleasure of going yesterday so witnessed this first hand. It coped very well from a spectator's perspective. There were severe delays on the Met on the way there so we stayed on the Jubbly which seemed to cope well with the extra demand. We were well informed of this on the way by the driver, and advised not to change at Baker Street due to overcrowding. Naturally it was a bit of a crush on the way back but IMO it was managed well, the crowds were directed in an orderly fashion so there wasn't any overcrowding once you got to platform level. It probably took around 20 minutes to exit the stadium, walk down and get into the station. Not bad considering there was about 55,000 if us. I've experienced far worse elsewhere (anyone trying to get on the fish and parcels after a Chelski game will know this!) It was quite nice getting on a fairly empty Met train on platform 6, whilst watching the vast majority of people on plats 4/5 trying to ram themselves onto trains Comedy moment of the day: Whilst filing in an orderly fashion going back into the station, a couple of blokes jumped into the bushes in front of the hotel by the station. 15 seconds later, a large thermos cooler came hurtling out of said bushes to the loud cheers by their mates. Shortly afterwards (to rapturous aplause), there's 10 blokes sat out cracking open a can of Stella each whilst waiting for the crowds to subside. Their reasoning? "What do you expect us to do, we're Geordies, we plan for these occasions!" Genius plan, well executed if you ask me!
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Post by jimini on Apr 6, 2007 18:02:18 GMT
Evenin' all,
My somewhat "alternative" (hippy) neighbours have decided that - seeing as the weather's improved considerably - to build a fire at the bottom of our (shared) garden. Now, whilst this isn't necessarily bothering me too much (I shall be turning my attention to my beloved Fulham on the telly shortly), immediately beyond the end of the garden, is the Wimbledon / Sutton loop on the FCC line. The wind is blowing the smoke from said fire across the train tracks.
Any idea of the rules and regulations for these situations, people? I've looked on the Wandsworth Council website and apparently whilst not encouraged, the odd bonfire or two is allowed. But surely not directly next to a train line? Seems a tad irresponsible of them, if you ask me. Plus, you hear of delays / suspensions due to lineside fires, but I'm not overly au fait with these things to be honest. Are they referring to actual building fires etc, or do smaller ones such as the social event at the bottom of my garden have an impact on services?
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Post by jimini on Apr 25, 2006 14:37:27 GMT
I had the pleasure of using First Crapital Connect last night. Great start, the 19:08 from Tooting was cancelled so had to get the 19:40 which meant I missed the first 10 minutes of the football! Two changes I noticed though: a) they've taken to broadcasting ETA statements via the help points (eg. The next train to Sutton has just left Streatham and will be with you shortly), and b) in the carriages they've gone round and blacked out the word Thameslink on all the route maps (so now you get City, West Hampstead etc)...
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