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Post by redbond on Dec 3, 2012 13:33:07 GMT
The only thing that has been updated at New Cross is a new information display screen. Bizarrely you can only see it if you start walking towards the train then turn around and look back towards the toilets, or if you're alighting there. Incredibly stupid placement to be honest.
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Post by redbond on Dec 1, 2012 11:09:27 GMT
Ahh that's good to hear Latecomer! It will be interesting to see in practice how it works.
I'm guessing it must have been a trainee with a DI who did that. I would have loved to be that driver!
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Post by redbond on Nov 27, 2012 17:24:32 GMT
Electrostars can be a maximum of 12 cars. Even the 378s show up to 12 available spaces for DOO cameras, 6 on each screen, so I'd say 6 is the maximum carriages per unit, not 5, unless there's some specifications from Bombardier you've seen.
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Post by redbond on Nov 26, 2012 18:38:49 GMT
There's only preset "routes". We can omit a station or a few stations if we are ordered to not to call etc but the destination will always display regardless. Bombardier should have included an option to create manual routes. We can do Highbury to New Cross, and Crystal Palace to Canada Water, but not Shadwell, which is used more for terminating services than Canada Water. Actually none of us have been given the route codes for the Clapham Junction services yet. Let's hope they are on the system!
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Post by redbond on Nov 26, 2012 3:24:30 GMT
The platform screens were showing destinations at the beginning of the day, however for some reason it changed to "check front of train for destination".
There is no PIS journey code that has Shadwell as a destination, that's why no northbound trains had anything displaying, nothing to display! It's a bit short sighted really, we have Canada Water and Surrey Quays as destinations, but not Shadwell, despite having crossovers there.
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Post by redbond on Nov 23, 2012 13:46:58 GMT
Dalston Junction has the cloud installed I believe.
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Post by redbond on Nov 18, 2012 15:28:38 GMT
Not really for route knowledge, we can go for up to six months not driving there and still be "current". It's only in passenger service from there in the mornings and to there in the evening. I think that's a bit silly really, why not in service both ways? In the morning we run ECS from the depot up to Dalston Junction then ECS to Battersea and in service, other way around in the evening.
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Post by redbond on Nov 13, 2012 23:41:14 GMT
The biggest difference between Guard and DOO I have seen is at Canonbury. If an ELL and a NLL train pull in at the same time, the ELL leaves first. DOO is just a time saver. With the ELL increasing to 16tph Dalston to Surrey Quays, having a guard would increase dwell times. I guess it all comes down to an extra layer of safety or saving time?
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Post by redbond on Nov 13, 2012 20:16:31 GMT
A conductor/guard does far more than simply operate the doors. He/she checks along the platform at each stop to ensure nothing is caught in the doors. In addition he/she is there to assist in the evacuation of passengers from the train if necessary. I would also assume that a conductor/guard has adequate training to drive the train to the next station should the driver become incapacitated. The drivers can see far better on the in cab DOO cameras than a guard can from the rear. They can see each carriage and also can see the cameras inside the train at the same time if there is something they are not sure about. Guards have no training or authority to drive the train, only on how to deal with emergency situations, driving the train to the next station is not one of them.
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Post by redbond on Oct 26, 2012 10:01:21 GMT
Unit 148 on the East London Line has been wrapped in the poppy livery. A Circle line train and two busses will also have the livery. All tubes, Overground and DLR trains will have a poppy next to the cab. A very good move in my opinion. Well done TfL.
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Post by redbond on Oct 20, 2012 10:31:07 GMT
Possibly Whitechapel too.
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Post by redbond on Oct 17, 2012 10:55:00 GMT
There would've been another driver in the rear cab ready to liven it up as soon as the key was out of the other cab.
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Post by redbond on Oct 4, 2012 12:59:28 GMT
It would have been Platform 2 and the driver train entails stopping and releasing the doors (all are however locked out of use).
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Post by redbond on Sept 14, 2012 16:28:25 GMT
Yes it is route learning. All of the instructors have been trained and it's the driver's turns now. Route Learning trains will be between Canada Water, Clapham Junction Platforms 1, 2 and Middle Sidings and Battersea Park Platform 2. Trains will be turning around using the crossover south of Canada Water. There's bound to be a few bemused faces on the platform when a train enters from the "wrong" direction!
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Post by redbond on Sept 11, 2012 19:49:03 GMT
Nope we are not and there is no planning to do so, only as far as Battersea Park platform 2.
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Post by redbond on Sept 2, 2012 23:50:38 GMT
I really can't see the ELL CJ's taking 9-10 mins as timetabled from Wandsworth Road, this is to ensure LOROL meet their targets, so either way, the ELL could be even more faster from H&I/Canonbury. Indeed, we are timetabled six minutes from Canonbury to Highbury, never takes that long
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Post by redbond on Aug 23, 2012 14:02:16 GMT
If it wasn't safer and/or quicker for the drivers to open the doors, the guards would already be doing it!
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Post by redbond on Aug 23, 2012 2:18:00 GMT
Having the driver opening the doors is much safer and quicker than the guard from the back.
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Post by redbond on Aug 20, 2012 15:21:17 GMT
It's been known for some time that the Claphams will be running through to Highbury (hence why the PIS announces at Highbury and Canonbury "Change here for London Overground services to Richmond and Stratford" with no mention of Clapham). I'm surprised about West Croydons terminating at Dalston though.
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Post by redbond on Aug 7, 2012 12:21:03 GMT
I don't know the platform numbers or how the service will run and frequency, but I do know that we will be reversing in the platform at Battersea Park.
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Post by redbond on Aug 7, 2012 12:18:51 GMT
The first train to depart from New Cross arrives ECS at 0532. It reverses at Canal Junction. It then departs at 0606. At 0550, the first passenger service to New Cross departs Dalston Junction, arriving at New Cross at 0611. Between them another ECS comes out of the depot, reverses at Canal Junction and is then held at signal EL287 until the other train departs at 0621. You would usually see it there between 0613 and 0624.
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Post by redbond on Jul 27, 2012 19:41:51 GMT
We have four digit codes to enter depending on the route. There's lots of combinations, like on the ELL Dalston to New Cross is 0106, New Cross to Dalston is 0109. Highbury, Dalston, Canada Water, Surrey Quay, New Cross Gate, West Croydon and Crystal Palace are all start / end points.
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Post by redbond on Jul 13, 2012 2:23:50 GMT
LOROL guards are issued with HTC smartphones
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Post by redbond on Jun 30, 2012 1:43:00 GMT
If it's showing the amount of minutes then the trains are moving, if it's showing 'delayed' then the trains are not moving and if Customer Service Control have no idea how long it is going to take, showing 'delayed' is much better than annoying customers with false information. Isn't it more frustrating having a train showing as 5 minutes away constantly for half an hour?
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Post by redbond on Jun 27, 2012 15:07:36 GMT
Yes they have parking brakes, but that isn't taken into account for some bizarre reason. The gradient is minimal anyway!
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Post by redbond on Jun 27, 2012 2:03:16 GMT
I dont see what network rail and Tfl have to do with the stabling locations of LOROL's trains They're TfL's trains and LOROL just do what they're told. TfL owned infrastructure from Dalston to New Cross / New Cross Gate and rest is controlled by Network Rail. Apparently there's too much of a gradient to allow stabling at Highbury (what a joke!) and risk of vandalism elsewhere. When TfL say jump, LOROL ask how high!
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Post by redbond on Jun 25, 2012 9:59:04 GMT
Should have done this earlier, but just checked the WON (that's what they're there for after all!). The possession was from Saturday 0120 to Sunday 1500, then Sunday 1500 to 0400 today (Monday), Shadwell to Canal Junction. Network Rail / TfL don't allow trains to be berthed overnight at Dalston or Highbury, so there is no way to have been able to have trains to do a shuttle service from Highbury to Shadwell as it was two nights worth!
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Post by redbond on Jun 25, 2012 9:03:49 GMT
There's a couple of possibilities, one is that in case the points or a train fails then the service would be disrupted severely, not being able to get trains to and from the depot etc. Another reason is that they took the opportunity to carry out any outstanding maintenance on the rest of the core route whilst that part was closed off.
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Post by redbond on Jun 24, 2012 5:07:10 GMT
There is a crossover point south of Canada Water too, so it wouldn't be too much of a problem if both are used.
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Post by redbond on Jun 10, 2012 0:02:38 GMT
They would be the external "Door Not In Use" signs as stated above. They illuminate when active, so appear as a black panel when not showing.
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