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Post by A60stock on Nov 28, 2014 13:48:41 GMT
Extremely helpful answer snoggle, thank you very much.
As far as i'm aware you are either based in surface transport, commercial dictatorial or LU, if either of these makes things clearer for you, although it does not specify that on the website anymore
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Post by A60stock on Nov 27, 2014 17:30:24 GMT
Hi all,
Just wondering, if anyone in the forum knows a thing or so about being a Business Analyst at TFL? What the role usually entails or what i can expect to be doing in the role, what kind of things ill need to do. They are interviewing me soon and so would be good to know of anything that could be useful
Appreciate all answers
Many thanks!
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Post by A60stock on Nov 15, 2014 19:26:04 GMT
i work in northwood on friday evenings, and recently everytime i have been waiting to catch a train to pinner, a southbound fast train passes. I thought that this may just be a rate running train, but no, its passed every friday at around 9.15/9.20 and its in service every time. On one occasions, two southbound fasts passed before a southbound stopper turned up! whats going on here? is this timetabled?
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Post by A60stock on Nov 12, 2014 19:59:07 GMT
Next tuesday, i will be going to the Jazz Cafe in Camden for a music concert.
I was wondering what is the best way to get there by tube train or bus, open to all routes that may be easier than the obvious
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Post by A60stock on Nov 12, 2014 19:02:36 GMT
Possibly one of the largest stations in the UK
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Post by A60stock on Nov 9, 2014 13:26:52 GMT
found a good video of interest
taken in 1998
One question i wanted to ask is that the final two clips of the steam train running along the a stock, the a stock on both occasions did not stop at northwood, now am i right in thinking that it was a fast to amersham running on the slow lines?
If this is the case, why send the steam train at the same time a fast is supposed to be running! This seems to have happened on both occasions!
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Post by A60stock on Oct 31, 2014 23:17:31 GMT
Out of interest, why wasnt the victoria line built to national rail/sub surface line gauge? I ask because the line was constructed from entirely new, and therefore with full sized trains, it would have helped tackle rising passenger numbers with larger trains!
Please do give your opinions on this as i am sure there's a good reason it wasnt constructed to mainline size
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Post by A60stock on Oct 22, 2014 21:36:09 GMT
will 5 car services run on any other LO routes? the watford dc in particular
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Post by A60stock on Oct 21, 2014 18:12:35 GMT
it is just surprising as its quite a large service now and serves a fair proportion of south london
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Post by A60stock on Oct 21, 2014 17:45:09 GMT
always wondered this as it is an oyster/tfl service.
Are there any plans to start showing it on future tube maps?
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Post by A60stock on Oct 21, 2014 17:33:48 GMT
did these services use the slow lines?
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Post by A60stock on Oct 21, 2014 14:57:40 GMT
i just wanted to ask if anyone may know:
what was the frequency of the metro service between shenfield and liverpool street from 1992 onwards, what i mean is that in which years did it change until it became the present every 10 mins service
I also note that the service was not always 8 cars as it is always now
If anyone know the frequency year by year until now, would be very much appreciated!
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Post by A60stock on Oct 16, 2014 18:23:40 GMT
sorry to ask this again, has anyone got any update on this refurbishment or when we can expect to see what it will look like?
Will this refurb include the replacement of the roller blind destination indicators? I hope not as the 72 stock is the only one to still feature these and it gives such a traditional london underground look!
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Post by A60stock on Oct 16, 2014 18:21:29 GMT
one thing i have never understood about LU's concept
they have refurbished the 95 stock and the 96 i think will also be before the 92s. The 92 clearly need a major refurb (as do the 72s!). Why is their logic the wrong way around? Maybe im not understanding something but surely the money used to refurb the 95 stock could have been used for the 92s instead (or even 72s) and then after that, refurb the 95s
Also the 96 stock is receiving new front destination indicators, again, why not the 92 stock? the 96 stocks ones are already much clearer to read so again it seems like the priorities have been mixed!
still nice to see money is being spent on these features at least!
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Post by A60stock on Oct 16, 2014 18:16:48 GMT
After reading much about the NTfl, I am curious to know some information
I have read that the 72 will be replaced sometime between 2027 and 2035, now as what usually happens, upgrades are usually delayed. My question is lets say its 2032 and the new trains have only just begun running on the picaddily, or whatever the case be, let us say the 72 stock is still very much in operation. The stock will be 60 years old, isnt this illegal to some extent to be running on the metro system of one of the busiest cities in the world? Maybe not illegal but im sure many would become aware of their age and LU would become under increased pressure, or be heavily critised. What would happen in this case? If someone who understands LU procedures could explain! I remember they wanted the a stock out for the olympics! The case on the bakerloo will be even worse as the line is busier than the metropolitan!
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Post by A60stock on Sept 19, 2014 17:12:37 GMT
does anyone know what the off peak met line timetable was back in 1992?
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Post by A60stock on Sept 2, 2014 20:59:28 GMT
just out of interest are the points at rayners lane, the junction of the met and picc air or electric?
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Post by A60stock on Aug 29, 2014 11:02:41 GMT
brilliant! any pictures available yet? or a planned date of completion for the first train?
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Post by A60stock on Aug 27, 2014 18:46:54 GMT
crusty54 you mention the 90s update, what specifically would this have changed and are any other stations along the branch 90s changed?
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Post by A60stock on Aug 27, 2014 18:45:35 GMT
by seen the cars do you mean you have seen them in refurbished state?
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Post by A60stock on Aug 27, 2014 13:57:45 GMT
any update on this?
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Post by A60stock on Aug 27, 2014 13:57:14 GMT
any stations people could list which are still in almost original state since the time given in the title? Hard to find stations which havent been hit by modernisation!
Examples i can think of are euston square and stepney green. any more?
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Post by A60stock on Jul 19, 2014 23:25:08 GMT
surprised this hasnt been mentioned before but moor park has recieved dmi's for all four platforms which actually show when the next trains are arriving! so this brings me back to my original question, its possible at moor park so why not at least for the stations south of it? can anyone shed light on when these were installed?
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Post by A60stock on Jul 7, 2014 22:46:34 GMT
did any other lines feature these classic "in station" announcements?
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Post by A60stock on Jul 7, 2014 22:40:49 GMT
as i understand, or observe, the 72 stock seems to be the only remaining stock with the older style dva announcements, the c69 stock had a similar one i think but was changed in 2009, the 67 stock had the same one but ofcourse is now long gone. I have some queries, was this the original dva added after refurbishment of the stock? if so when what year was it first installed? And finally are there any plans to change the dva?
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Post by A60stock on Jun 26, 2014 22:09:03 GMT
how does the listed structure prevent a dmi from being installed?
yes i realise the system is ancient, but that does not explain why the information is able to be displayed right up to south harrow!
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Post by A60stock on Jun 26, 2014 12:12:53 GMT
i have been wondering this for a while, but it seems that all other stations towards the extremities of other lines (e.g northern, district) seem to have the platform dva which announces "next train to X will arrive in...." etc.
My question here is that going south from northwick park, the dva seems to be present at all stations, however north, there are no platform announcements at all, not even at harrow! When were these kind of dva's installed, why are they still not on the met in the north and are there any other sections of other lines that are yet to recieve them?
I realise it has been said before that it is the signalling system that prevents this, but almost EVERY other line includes these features, it just seems to be the met. Other parts of other lines still have this info despite runnning ancient signalling such as the bakerloo and piccadily itself!
This question occured to me as i was recently travelling to eastcote from acton town and have noticed that recently, all stations on the branch now show the timings of the next few departures on the dmi, along with station dva's upto south harrow, from here onwards, no information is present at all, rayners lane does not even have a dmi which is extremely surprising as its an interchange station. Also rather suspicious that the point at which this useful information stops is where the the northern section of the met joins in, does this information have have some kind of problem against the met? (LOL)
If this info can be shown right up to south harrow, why isnt at all shown on the uxbridge branch at all, its only a matter of a few stops more and would be alot more useful as there are two lines on the same platforms!
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Post by A60stock on Jun 26, 2014 11:55:01 GMT
Strangely enough, the other week I was travelling westbound on the Piccadilly line during the morning peak and heard a female voice at the Earl's Court platforms read "This is Earl's Court.... Change here for the District line... The next station is Barons Court.... Please stand clear of the closing doors." It's uncanny that the script was exactly the same as the Tim/Julie ones, yet I can't imagine Earl's Court ever had such a system in place in the first place? The voice sounded younger and the recordings sounded newer, yet I only heard it that once and it hasn't been played since. If they are a recent installation to warn about Gloucester Road, I am certainly yet to hear them on the eastbound. [/quote]Thanks, I think the in-station DVA annoucements was to take place of the in car DVA announcements when at the time the Piccadilly line 1973 stock trains didn't have an automatic DVA system, which would announce the station and changes. In the BVE version of the Piccadilly line I gave you a link to, the male announcer in the clip says interchange options as the train approches the platform such as "Please change here for the northern line" or "Please mind the gap between the train and the platform" if there was one, like at Holborn. I knew already that the in-station announcer was Tim Bentick, but I did not know that Julie Berry already did some Piccadilly Line in-station announcements before she had her voice recorded for the in-car DVA. [/quote]
so when were the in station announcements removed from the stations and what was the reason for this? also was the piccadily line the only one to have sported stations which announced connections and next station or were other lines also included at one point?
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Post by A60stock on May 31, 2014 17:04:35 GMT
just wondering as the c stock, 1972 and 1967 stock were all done before the a stock, when i would have thought the a stock would be on the list to go first due to its age well above the other stocks mentioned
on another note, i have always wondered why the 1973 stock got dmi's on the inside of the train yet the 1992 stock was delivered without any at all! Will they receive any in the future or is a massive refurbishment on the list?
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Post by A60stock on May 20, 2014 14:36:52 GMT
out of interest, why doesnt the d stock go to edgware road now? now that platforms have been extended why cant they send some d stock there still? the d stock can essentially work the whole line now and u would be able to get rid of the remaining c stock!
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