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Post by dmncf on Jul 23, 2018 17:45:36 GMT
Does or did the Bakerloo line have detrainment at Harrow & Wealdstone without the assistance of station staff? Or am I misremembering that I've seen this here?
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Post by dmncf on Jul 22, 2018 20:16:52 GMT
Belated thanks for the explanations on the door stickers. I presume the curved platforms at Paddington will not be used once the service begins running through the tunnels. Presumably the platforms in the main station will still be used if there are problems in the tunnels. Whatever signage you provide it will not be obvious enough for some passengers. For a huge section of society it doesn't seem to be intuitive to see a red X as a sign of closure. Just watch people trying to get through the wrong gates at any station or driving in a closed lane on a motorway. I've boarded a Class 345 at Paddington and it did strike me that doors were clearly illuminated on the outside as not in use, but weren't so well indicated on the inside. On the inside, the only indication I could see was that the door open light was not illuminated. The 'door not in use' red light only illuminates when you're pressing the door open button.
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Post by dmncf on Jul 22, 2018 9:43:43 GMT
And with the tight headway on the line, it could cause delays to the service. Is part of the management's rationale that this proposal to cease checking the train and using porter buttons could allow the train to clear the platform more quickly and hence increase train frequency?
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Post by dmncf on Jun 18, 2018 17:35:10 GMT
As a layperson I find it surprising that the signaller was able to set a route for train 2T33 onto a section of track that was already occupied by the 'SPAD train' 2T26. If I was one of the two train drivers I would be alarmed to see another train on the same section of track as me, and would have expected a call from the signaller to give me advance warning of this.
However the RAIB Safety Digest does not remark on this aspect.
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Post by dmncf on Jun 15, 2018 19:55:15 GMT
If each new train will be six metres longer than the existing Piccadilly line trains, do they have six longer cars or more than six cars?
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Post by dmncf on Apr 15, 2018 21:02:22 GMT
I understand moves to ATO lines is now frowned upon - by both union and LU. Firstly it means people potentially get fast-tracked on movements ahead of people on the transfer list, thus being seen as a reward for poor performance. Secondly it means the ATO lines get lumbered with problem people, which a greater than proportionate amount of multi-SPAD drivers seem to be. thought they also had agreement now you had to be driving for 5 years before you were offered a ATO line for spads As an outsider, I find this transfer to an ATO line business very surprising. Not everyone has the skills, including concentration, needed to be a train operator. Not having those skills doesn't make you a bad person. But you need to move aside and let the one of LU's many other candidates take your place as a driver. I find it worrying that someone who's not got what it takes to drive on a manual line might next be driving manually on an ATO line in degraded conditions because the s**t has hit the fan somewhere. Although it didn't involve signals, I'm reminded of that Victoria line incident in which a driver was clearly under pressure due to door issues on the new trains and ended up overriding things and driving away with passenger doors open, if I recall correctly.
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Post by dmncf on Mar 2, 2018 9:23:32 GMT
Does anyone know if children were allowed on the Canary Wharf tour? I'm interested in attending later tours, and not being able to bring the kids would make it difficult. I think I looked at booking Canary Wharf tickets, just to see what it said, but didn't see anything. Thanks.
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Post by dmncf on Jan 3, 2018 19:39:30 GMT
I've not seen anything concrete saying it will be the 73ts, only that the money will be used to fund their replacement. What's to say that it will not be the S Stock? Sorry - my mistake. Selling any National Rail stock that TfL owns (that isn't already leased?) would make more sense.
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Post by dmncf on Jan 3, 2018 18:00:22 GMT
This sale and leaseback arrangement could make sense for an asset that might have another use after its life with London Underground, e.g. an office block that might find a new tenant or a refuse lorry that might be leased by another company. For Piccadilly line 1973 stock trains, which the leasing company will not expect to have any value after their life with London Underground, it just seems a convoluted way of borrowing money.
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Post by dmncf on Dec 20, 2017 9:59:48 GMT
The new Railway has made it onto the map: Without wishing to reopen the whole CrossRail/Elizabeth Line debate, I find it interesting that on the map key LUL lines are listed as just their name "Northern" "Circle" whereas the CrossRail line keeps the word 'line': "Elizabeth Line". Shouldn't the Bakerloo line at Paddington be shown as having step free access on this December 2018 map, through its link from the Elizabeth Line?
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Post by dmncf on Dec 1, 2017 11:20:59 GMT
In the 1980's Royal Oak station was sometimes left unattended at off peak hours and Weekends when staff were short. I sometimes use Westbourne Park which I believe is in the same group of stations. I think Westbourne Park is often unattended with ticket barriers open during off-peak periods. Am I right, or are staff just very well hidden?
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Post by dmncf on Oct 27, 2017 23:46:31 GMT
Interesting that the works will carry over to Monday morning: tfl.gov.uk/campaign/bakerloo-line-engineering-work?intcmp=50639So it seems that trains will be reversing north to south at Piccadilly Circus - very rare indeed! EDIT: The Monday morning issue has only just been announced, so clearly it was orginally planned to resume a full service from start of traffic. What’s happened? And if it turns out that more time is needed, surely it would be less disruptive to close the line after the Friday pm peak, rather than disrupt the busy Monday am peak? I agree with you totally that ending the service a few hours early on Friday evening would disrupt fewer passengers than starting the service after the AM peak on Monday morning. On the webpage it states: "We are carrying out essential work on the Bakerloo line this weekend. Due to its highly complex nature, normal services are scheduled to begin after 10:00 on Monday morning. Before that, we will run a very limited service on some parts of the line." Staff at my local Bakerloo line station said that when they were first told about the Monday morning closure, they were told 08:00 reopening, but it then changed to 10:00.
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Post by dmncf on Apr 13, 2017 12:54:22 GMT
You also need to look more closely at what step-free access is available, and will be available before the trains are replaced. There is same-direction interchange at Queen's Park, Baker Street and Oxford Circus. Crossrail will be bringing step-free access at Paddington shortly, and a redevelopment at Elephant and Castle is due which might happen within the lifetime of the current stock. I seem to remember something about Waterloo too but I'm not sure. The step-free, same direction interchanges at Baker Street and Oxford Circus provide valuable access to step-free stations further south on the Jubilee and Victoria lines respectively. Willesden Junction Station is also shown on the Tube map as having step-free access to the Bakerloo line platforms, but the vertical gap downward from platform to train is enormous. The platforms would benefit from an inverted version of a platform hump (i.e. platforms dips), perhaps providing access to door positions that are present on Bakerloo line trains but are not present on the higher-floor London Overground trains.
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Post by dmncf on Jan 7, 2017 21:59:01 GMT
I'm surprised that Heathrow Terminal 5 Station will be closed. Am I right in remembering that the station has a quirk, in that it is staffed by Heathrow Airport Limited staff instead of LU staff?
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Post by dmncf on Dec 29, 2016 17:46:56 GMT
I understand from speaking to staff that Victoria Station's new entrance at Cardinal Place/Bressenden Place is due to open any day now. So keep your eyes peeled if you're passing through Victoria.
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Post by dmncf on Dec 23, 2016 20:11:02 GMT
Today I asked two station staff member at Tottenham Court Road Station when the lifts would be in service, but they said they didn't know.
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Post by dmncf on Jul 4, 2016 13:40:23 GMT
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Post by dmncf on Jun 1, 2016 11:04:39 GMT
Anyone want to place bets on whether TfL's website or press releases, before or upon completion of the step free access project, will give acknowledgement that the project is behind schedule? ;-)
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Post by dmncf on Mar 26, 2016 21:32:56 GMT
Has there been any progress on the redevelopment of Hackney Wick Station described in this Hackney Council press release? news.hackney.gov.uk/8m-upgrade-for-hackney-wick-stationThe press release dates from October 2013 and states that the redevelopment would be completed by 2016.
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Post by dmncf on Nov 27, 2015 13:00:46 GMT
It is far too early to know the answers to those questions. Something similar has been asked on another forum with reference to Heathrow fares on Crossrail. ... I do feel that Oyster acceptance on Heathrow Connect to Heathrow Airport (inside Greater London) is now overdue, when you consider that Oyster is now accepted to Gatwick Airport (outside Greater London).
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Post by dmncf on Sept 28, 2015 20:19:31 GMT
Hooray - I assume that means the project is relatively safe despite all the "reviews" being carried out within Network Rail. I'm slightly surprised by Murphys winning the work as I wouldn't have thought railway electrification was a core competence for them but I'm probably way out of date as to their overall portfolio of work. I imagine that the location of Murphy's yard was a point in their favour! www.murphygroup.co.uk/ContactUs/UnitedKingdom/London
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Post by dmncf on Jun 15, 2015 9:46:42 GMT
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Post by dmncf on May 28, 2015 19:47:43 GMT
- No real update on the Blackhorse Road "Access for All" scheme to improve access to the Overground platforms. Odd that this scheme is struggling to achieve any great momentum. Is this lack of progress perhaps related to obtaining third party funding from nearby developments? Blackhorse Road isn't a station I know well, but last time I visited I noted new buildings springing up nearby.
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Post by dmncf on May 22, 2015 20:49:41 GMT
At Moorgate I noticed a large set of temporary stairs under construction at the end of the disused Thameslink bay platforms 5 & 6. I gather from this Crossrail pdf file they will be a temporary entrance during the rebuilding of the existing ticket hall, which apparently will close on 8 June 2015. IMAG2349 by dmncf, on Flickr IMAG2350 by dmncf, on Flickr IMAG2351 by dmncf, on Flickr
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Post by dmncf on Apr 30, 2015 19:18:43 GMT
I can understand that a Train Operator might choose Manual Message 32 if they saw a customer smoking or drinking alcohol. But I don't understand why a Train Operator would choose Manual Message 31, 33 or 34 - surely the TOp has enough to concentrate on without pressing buttons for these messages, which may as well be automated e.g. based on a time interval or times/locations that trains will be busy? Indeed S7 & S8 Stock are having the CIS upgraded: 1) Four new Train Operator selectable ‘Manual Messages' are added, providing the following new visual and audio messages; - 31 'Help us to operate a reliable service by taking your litter and newspapers with you' - 32 'Customers are reminded that smoking and drinking alcohol is not permitted on London Underground.' - 33 'Customers are reminded not to place feet on the seats, thank you.' - 34 'Please give your seat to others who might need it more.'
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Post by dmncf on Mar 29, 2015 15:19:15 GMT
I was at Whitechapel Station last Friday. The temporary ticket hall on Durward Street, which will be accessed via Court Street, is turning into a much more substantial building that I expected. A plan view is shown on page 6 of this planning document. This photo shows the building and the stairs that will lead up to it: IMAG2035 by dmncf, on Flickr But according to this poster on the platform it should have opened in 2014. If I worked on the site, I would have got some Tipp-Ex and amended the poster myself by now! Does anyone know why the work is behind schedule? IMAG2036 by dmncf, on Flickr
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Post by dmncf on Mar 4, 2015 20:39:41 GMT
Oh ta, I shall have to take a look. Not been over to S Bush for a while. Spoiler alert... IMAG1871 by dmncf, on Flickr IMAG1873 by dmncf, on Flickr I've just gotten around to posting these photos I took on 11 February 2015. As Wimblephil suggests, it must now be very close to opening.
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Post by dmncf on Feb 10, 2015 12:59:36 GMT
Thanks for posting all these Rail & Underground Panel papers.
Not sure why the Affordable Step Free Access paper uses such old maps. On PDF page 12 the Hampstead area is circled as having less accessibility. Perhaps I should send them a quotation for making Hampstead Heath London Overground Station step free...
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Post by dmncf on Jan 5, 2015 19:45:20 GMT
I had hoped that the new station entrance on the south side of Oxford Street would open today, coinciding with the closure of the Central Line platforms, but it hasn't opened yet. Any idea when the new station entrance is due to open?
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Post by dmncf on Jun 18, 2014 20:04:09 GMT
Does anyone know when contactless payment cards will be accepted on London Underground (beyond the limited trial that is currently taking place)? It feels to me that progress on this is probably behind where LU would want it to be, given the discussions about ticket office closures.
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