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Post by malcolmffc on Nov 27, 2016 15:41:37 GMT
Is there any word on when the step free access at TCR will be complete? I believe it was supposed to be by September but that has clearly slipped...
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Post by malcolmffc on Oct 10, 2016 6:55:56 GMT
Even ATO is not currently planned for the Bakerloo as far as I know, for the reasons mentioned above. I suppose they could convert the section that isn't shared with NR (Elephant - Queen's Park) and have the remainder driven manually though.
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Post by malcolmffc on Sept 1, 2016 12:23:07 GMT
Well, it's now September (past what would be considered "late summer") and the lift is still not open, and the finishes are still bare on the northbound platform. What on earth is going on?
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Post by malcolmffc on Aug 10, 2016 11:47:54 GMT
Where could a D stock go "off route" on a tour?. Presumably the Met is Ok if they can get there? Can they run up the Picc to Rayners Lane and reverse?
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Post by malcolmffc on Aug 7, 2016 12:28:18 GMT
When do withdrawals restart?
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Post by malcolmffc on Aug 7, 2016 12:26:28 GMT
Are there any firm dates for the D stocks last running yet? Any plans for a farewell tour?
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Post by malcolmffc on Jul 6, 2016 6:34:05 GMT
The Q4 Investment Report has this to say about the delay to work at Vauxhall. There is a 68 day delay and a revised milestone of May 2016 that's clearly not been met. The overall SFA completion milestone is shown as 136 days late but looks like that's gone a bit sideways with "Late Summer 2016" being reported in the above text but not reflected in a revised date. Presumably no one is yet confident of a revised date. Worth saying though that the Q4 report has been published late because of the impact of purdah on the TfL meeting cycle. I really hope TfL/LU are getting compensation from the contractor for this absurdly late delivery as the original completion date of the project was January! If "extra LUL resource" is required then presumably that's TfL's cost. How can it take 6 months to sort out a bit of tiling?!
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Post by malcolmffc on May 30, 2016 7:58:32 GMT
What on earth is going on at Vauxhall? The new lift was supposed to be in service from January. Still not open in May and now the step-free "blob" has been removed from the tube map!
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Post by malcolmffc on May 30, 2016 7:53:25 GMT
With respect, it is a very good thing you are not in charge of rolling stock procurement. The SSR signalling upgrade and the associated capacity increase can only be achieved once common, modern stock capable of ATO is running on all lines, which needs to happen as soon as possible. In contrast the Bakerloo is the least busy of the deep tube lines (other than the W&C) and it would not make business sense to order new stock now when more trains would need to be bought in the next decade for the extension.
The line that is most desparately in need of new stock right now is the Piccadilly but that will have to wait until the mid 2020s for the signalling upgrade.
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Post by malcolmffc on Jan 5, 2016 3:07:28 GMT
Vauxhall is now shown as step-free on the latest tube map, but neither of the lifts are in service yet!
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Post by malcolmffc on Dec 5, 2015 4:49:21 GMT
Is there any word on when the lift installation and platform refurbishment at Vauxhall will be finished? The date of late November claimed by TfL has clearly been missed.
Thread title amended by superteacher for clarity.
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Post by malcolmffc on Oct 29, 2015 7:12:26 GMT
Out of curiosity, what is the rationale behind using old stock for a RAT as opposed to just ordering more of the new stock? Surely it's expensive to have to maintain and source spares for a single unit of obsolete stock?
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Post by malcolmffc on Oct 13, 2015 7:22:16 GMT
Not convinced that this scheme will provide the required capacity uplift (or if it does, that the new capacity won't quickly be used up.) It looks much less ambitious than the original.
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Post by malcolmffc on Sept 28, 2015 6:42:33 GMT
To be fair, this image from the S stock mock up does indeed prove things are about a year or so adrift.... Indeed, just as I thought too. Not the YEARS behind schedule that was referred to in another post! "YEARS behind schedule" is an accurate description of the last milestone on that list though!
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Post by malcolmffc on Jun 4, 2015 10:14:21 GMT
Over the past two years, the Northern line platforms at TCR have been gradually refurbished to the point where most of the floor abd wall tiling and has been replaced. However, almost work appears to have been done for the last 6 months. Is there a reason for this?
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Post by malcolmffc on May 26, 2015 6:39:45 GMT
Any new withdrawals/deliveries this week?
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Post by malcolmffc on Apr 24, 2015 5:54:51 GMT
Will there be another D stock scrapping soon? The D Stock Withdrawals list is being kept up to date; a disposal is in progress this week. Thanks - that's great news. Can the S Stock run to Richmond now?
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Post by malcolmffc on Apr 22, 2015 5:59:32 GMT
Will there be another D stock scrapping soon?
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Post by malcolmffc on Mar 10, 2015 6:54:37 GMT
Are S stock running to Richmond yet?
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Post by malcolmffc on Mar 3, 2015 7:06:19 GMT
The elephant in the room is the eye watering high fares for Heathrow Express to use what us just another commuter service! When I visit San Francisco I cn get the BART from the airport to the City center and just pay a normal fare so why is it in the UK transport cost Re so ridiculously high? I live to the west of Heahrow and even the west link is built I will still use taxi as it will be cheaper and far move convent without the risk of a Network Rail signal failures of the almost weekly suicude causing me to miss my flight! On paper CrossRail to the airport sounds good however, there are a of vested interests and hurdles to overcome first! Like it or not, the Heathrow link is a private railway that was (mostly) constructed with the airport's own money and they have the right to charge what they want if someone wants to run trains over it until they get their investment paid back in 2023. Of course, one option would be for the Government to buy out Heathrow Express and the 4 remaining years of the contract, which I suspect is something the DfT are looking at.
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Post by malcolmffc on Mar 2, 2015 9:56:49 GMT
I noticed this morning that the original 1960s freizes as Pimlico have started to be replaced. Bit of a shame really as it was the only Vic line station left more or less unaltered from its original configuration.
I'm also surprised that a quiet station like Pimlico was more of a priority for this kind of work than the likes of Piccadilly Circus, Holborn and Charing Cross which still have their 1970s style friezes?
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Post by malcolmffc on Jan 29, 2015 7:19:29 GMT
The 4th & 5th D stock to S stock conversions (set numbers 62 & 64) shown previously will not now take place next week as intended. I'm not fully aware of the reasons why, but issues have come to a head and the powers that be have decided it would be best to postpone the conversion programme until such time as they're happy to proceed. That being said, there are two morning/evening H&C stock moves in passenger service to and from Upminster that are planned to start running 7 days a week from next week; those will still go ahead. I have seen a plan that shows the conversions up to the 46th S stock - covering the new timetable from May 2015 - but of course this may well be revised as a result now.... Hope they get it sorted out soon.
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Post by malcolmffc on Jan 23, 2015 16:00:54 GMT
There is an item on the BBC news website about MP's complaining about cascading older stock for use outside London and the South-East. Rightly so, the people of the North deserve better than Pacers and LU's cast-offs.
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Post by malcolmffc on Jan 23, 2015 7:04:18 GMT
How many will be left when the SSR signalling upgrade is complete?
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Post by malcolmffc on Jan 19, 2015 7:30:30 GMT
The transverse seats are awful - they take up so much space to seat hardly any people and make it very uncomfortable for anyone having to stand in that area.
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Post by malcolmffc on Jan 19, 2015 7:00:18 GMT
wimblephilIf you are suggesting the City branch is missing, it shouldn't be there The practice at all stations on a branched tube line has always been to show only the stations directly accessible, and where to interchange with the other branch(es). At Ealing Broadway you will see Earls Court shown as the interchange for Wimbledon and Edgware Road, and North Acton for West Ruislip, but those branches will not appear in full. So in this case Euston should be shown as the interchange for the City branch. (Arguably there is no need to show Kennington because the recommended routes to Elephant and London Bridge are via Waterloo). This seems like another example of TfL's recent and increasingly sinister passion for using misleading signs to get people to take their "preferred" route rather than the most direct/convenient. The worst examples are the signs at King's X which deliberately make you walk much further than you need to interchange between the SSR and the deep level lines.
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Post by malcolmffc on Jan 19, 2015 6:52:51 GMT
The map is also missing the interchange for the Bakerloo at Charing X (though given it is the worst interchange of the three successive stations that the Bakerloo and Northern stop at, perhaps this was intentional)
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Post by malcolmffc on Jan 16, 2015 7:29:22 GMT
Will the withdrawn D stock be taken by Vivarail or scrapped? Presume they're leaving via Acton?
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Post by malcolmffc on Jan 16, 2015 7:23:49 GMT
It always sounds to me like the announcements pronounce Vaxuhall as "Woxhall"
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Post by malcolmffc on Jan 16, 2015 7:22:14 GMT
And is any provision being made at Victoria for a CR2 station during the current rebuild? (I am sure nothing was done at Kings X which is fair enough...)
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