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Post by v52gc on Nov 1, 2012 7:16:49 GMT
The 73 Stock can cut out those doors, it's referred to as "End Door Cut Out" and will only operate in the first car.
It's used for small over-runs, reversing east to west at Kings Cross and west to east at Hyde Park Corner.
It's operated by a switch on the bulkhead door buttons and sometimes it can get clipped by a shoulder or something and there is no warning indication for it.
imdbmtirt, could you please extrapolate on "another bad driver problem". Do you mean the one in CSO's situation? It's not a very nice thing to say or the right thing if so; the driver was actually the opposite of "bad" as he went straight back to open the doors. If its just a general sweeping comment about drivers brought upon by this example I ask that you do a little more research and I would be interested in knowing why you think and claim this.
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Post by v52gc on Oct 29, 2012 5:25:40 GMT
B- Ruislip D- Heathrow 1-2-3 bottom of down escalators +2
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Post by v52gc on Oct 19, 2012 9:19:29 GMT
Northfields?
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Post by v52gc on Sept 30, 2012 16:40:00 GMT
Perhaps I could chuck a few thoughts in. My partner and I visited the LT Museum a couple of weeks back for a colleagues evening event. Personally as far as exhibits are concerned I thought the place was near empty. You enter through this strange walkway, which seems a waste of space. The mapping idea which it’s supposed to depict is a very good idea. But it seems to be lost on the vast majority of visitors who happily plough past this and the Crossrail displays to enter the atrium beside a Wrights cut away double decker bus. The latter would have been better positioned facing towards visitors entering. But no, we get the back end of the display to greet us! Then when in the Central Hall, you can see the Trains, but how do you get to them? Answer you head round the back of the tram to squeeze past the emergency exit and up some stairs. Or if your lucky you can enter the overhead walkway which is round the back of the large display and up to the walkway. The entrance to which we thought was for staff use only! Mala (my partner) kept tugging on my arm and saying – “Dont think we should be here”. When you get to the trains they seem to be parked in an attic. Unless you really knew they were there you would walk around the lower atrium and back out the front door. Other than a German couple, we were the only people who visited them all night. I am not a great fan of the museum's current layout but I do need to point out that you've entered or been hushered through what is normally the exit of the exhibition. The normal path is to enter a lift which takes you "back in time" (up to) the Omnibuses, then you go down a level to the trains before proceeding down another level to the main area with the buses before leaving through "the future" where you entered. Hence why the display of the cutaway bus faced away from you. When I first went after the refurb I liked the "time travel" idea. However I feel they give up on this somewhere between the middle and lower levels. Its a pity and feels like it might have been rushed in the end... Saying that I'm very glad we have a museum to go to!
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Post by v52gc on Sept 28, 2012 7:49:40 GMT
I had a nice time with some friends on Wednesday.
We chose to sit in the second carriage knowing the first wouldn't be our kind of fun.
My only gripe is that at Harrow, did the train really have to leave the platform so fast! I felt that was a little unkind.
What I believe is wrong though is having the "If you have a problem with me, move, I don't care about you" attitude. A little respect can go a long way...
Anyway, C stock next I suppose...
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Post by v52gc on Sept 25, 2012 7:04:53 GMT
Cock-fosters
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Post by v52gc on Sept 25, 2012 6:00:07 GMT
A- Sudbury Hill? C- Barons Court?
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Post by v52gc on Sept 13, 2012 5:04:24 GMT
The middle blade is articulated with the other two being fixed. I agree it all looks a bit too clean. It's fantastic though!
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Post by v52gc on Sept 9, 2012 9:45:24 GMT
That's a bit more than the usual "spend a penny"!
No station staff to let her out and back in?
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Post by v52gc on Sept 9, 2012 9:43:19 GMT
Stuck working today but waiting for my train at Ruislip the diesel decides to run past with Sarah Siddons in tow at the rear of the train around 0930. Nice surprise...
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Post by v52gc on Aug 31, 2012 5:59:18 GMT
Have you tried touching the pink oyster readers on the platform at Rayners? I've never used them myself but surely this should be enough to tell the Super Oyster Master Computer you haven't gone through Z1. Does it work with season tickets preventing a zone extension payment being taken out of the payg balance? Once again I do not know, but it should!
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Post by v52gc on Aug 2, 2012 5:19:57 GMT
Osterley for the main :-)
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Post by v52gc on Aug 1, 2012 6:36:58 GMT
At the time of building the T4 loop hadn't thinking already been made that T5 would be somewhere near the Perry Oaks site and provision made within the loop of a straight section, on the otherwise continuously curving route, at the position of a future T5 station. So that trains would run: Hatton Cross- T4- T5- T1,2,3- Hatton Cross. As the proposed T5 station was still a distance from the actual Terminal building an automated "transit system" was supposed to link the two sites. Are you sure about the straight section detail. The straight section in the loop is quite long (1 minuteish at 45MPH) and the bit I was told was a provision for a T5 station (ironically now under T5C) is on a curved station just after the second evacuation shaft. Here the tunnel widens. Maybe it's that the straight section was put in to get the line up to the proposed T5 site. My sources aren't set in stone so I was just curious if I was given wrong (or twisted ) info.
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Post by v52gc on Aug 1, 2012 6:06:14 GMT
Has it ever been thought of reversing the way Piccadilly line trains run around the loop? Instead of trains running: Hatton Cross - Heathrow T4 - Heathrow T1&3 - Hatton Cross, to divert trains straight through to T1&3 so that all trains running west of Northfields run to T1&3, with 50% to T5 and 50% to T4. Trains would then run: Hatton Cross - Heathrow T1&3 - Heathrow T4 - Hatton Cross The track immediately west of Hatton Cross would have to be changed, as there is no access to the westbound platform from T4. I would have to add that the track would need to be changed a bit further West of Hatton Cross if you wanted to do it this way without creating a conflicting move. As the W/B junction from Hatton Cross to T4 or T123 is half a trains length from the platform if you wanted to create a fly-under it would need to be done further towards T4. Things like this were suggested for the T5 extension as well as a third platform at Hatton Cross, a T4-HTX shuttle or a T4-Osterley shuttle ( the 73s even have quite a few redundant options for this on the DVA). I've always liked the idea of: Hatton Cross - Heathrow T1,2,3 - Heathrow T4 - Heathrow T1,2,3 - Hatton Crossand Hatton Cross - Heathrow T1,2,3 - Heathrow T5 - Heathrow T1,2,3 - Hatton CrossAlthough a good idea the problem with this is the distance between T123 and T4 with it being single tracked: The current run time between the two is 6 minutes and a minimum driver turn around time is 4 minutes, although probably 6 minutes would be used to add a bit of recovery time. This means the T4 service would be halved. Once last year I was on a Piccadilly line train that was announcing: "This is a Piccadilly line service to Heathrow Terminals 1 2 and 3, via Terminal 4". There is one running around that will do this . It also depends on if the "last stop" train destination is set as T123 or onwards towards Cockfosters when at the Westbound starting station. Also the announcement on the Eastbound at Hatton Cross will tend to be different if the train has gone round the Loop or comes from T5. Personally I don't like the current arrangement either, but it is the best with what is available. I suppose my suggestion would be a T123-T4 shuttle but once again it would reduce T4's service to a 20min service frequency, would necessitate stepping back at T123 to reduce platform dwell time interfering with the T5 service. It would be very tight though and trains would most definitely have waits to get into T123. T5 would also be tight with a 5 minute service frequency due to the "clever" location of the crossovers.
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Post by v52gc on Jul 31, 2012 6:47:48 GMT
A- Ealing Bdy +2
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Post by v52gc on Jul 28, 2012 23:22:33 GMT
Little rant coming up:
It's a pity at 1850 most buses still weren't running over Putney Bridge or accross the Fulham Road and Putney High Street despite the TfL website saying services would resume by 1730 and cars running through okay!
That's a long period of time to display wrong information and cost myself and a good few fellow passengers extra difficulties to get to our destinations!
The cynical me would say that the people who change those web pages were probably enjoying their weekend off so it leaves nobody to take ownership of the problem...
Otherwise the system seems to be coping and not tremendously busy. But then again a lot of empty seats at those venues unfortunately!
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Post by v52gc on Jul 28, 2012 13:24:01 GMT
Everyone involved in transport and Games organisation have done a magnificent job getting off to such a good start...while there is a long way to go before it is all over... getting so well to this stage is testimony to great planning and committed people. Agreed but with a little bit of luck as well.
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Post by v52gc on Jul 27, 2012 13:00:13 GMT
I don't believe that any trains run T4 - - T123 - - -T5 in the timetable. Correct. It was only timetabled during one engineerings works weekend with trains running NFD-T4-T123-T5-NFD. (now they just run two services during same suspension as the timetabled wait at T123 for the driver to change ends was a bit long). It's very rarely done during disruptions. It's known as a Fish-Hook.
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Post by v52gc on Jul 25, 2012 22:34:09 GMT
This is why it frustrates me. You still have to inform the passengers that there is a good service (whenever the service update message is broadcast). I disagree with this – surely it would make sense to only say something if there is a problem? *sigh* As far as I know, it's only stations that need to do the good service announcements and trains only during disruptions when required (ie depending On direction/location...). But I agree with you and would go further as to say the notion of "advertising" a good service is wrong and not required.
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Post by v52gc on Jul 24, 2012 23:56:42 GMT
Yay (lucky guess)
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Post by v52gc on Jul 24, 2012 9:29:31 GMT
Got off too early! Should have gone on to West Ham for the Olympic Park. Much easier route!
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Post by v52gc on Jul 24, 2012 8:27:54 GMT
Clapham North?
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Post by v52gc on Jul 23, 2012 7:36:16 GMT
Sth Harrow Sidings +1
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Post by v52gc on Jul 17, 2012 4:28:59 GMT
A, B, C, D & E Sth Ken +2
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Post by v52gc on Jul 11, 2012 11:09:21 GMT
Background: Liverpool Street +1 Main: Boston Manor
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Post by v52gc on Jul 7, 2012 8:07:07 GMT
They went a bit over the top at Hyde Park Corner W/B with "Hyde Park" pink signs!
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Post by v52gc on Jul 7, 2012 7:28:13 GMT
Osterley?
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Post by v52gc on Jul 6, 2012 18:31:54 GMT
Rayners Lane?
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Post by v52gc on Jul 5, 2012 7:43:00 GMT
White City +5
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Post by v52gc on Jun 28, 2012 17:57:43 GMT
Inset 1: Orbit +2 Inset 2: T-Rex at the Nat History Museum in South Ken Inset 4: Cabbie shelter at Temple near Aldwych station +1
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