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Post by dagdave on Jan 14, 2020 11:32:43 GMT
We put our house on the market some 15 months ago (Just before Crossrail was meant to open) and have just now moved to Romford. Looks like I've still got about two and a half years before I can get a through train. I'll be retired at this rate.
As for the Grauniad, my dad was a Fleet Street printer and according to him it was the compositors setting the type faces for printing in mirror image that got the spellings wrong.
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Post by dagdave on Nov 25, 2019 10:17:10 GMT
I'm hoping that when the Elizabeth line finally opens the TFL RAIL strip comes off to reveal Elizabeth underneath
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Post by dagdave on Nov 13, 2019 9:55:20 GMT
There is a medium term project to fit new recording equipment to new wagons and have them hauled by appropriately signalled Battery Locos.
Short term the TRV carries on, but as the railway is re-signalled this becomes increasingly difficult/impossible.
The 1960 Cravens have had a lot of work done to them recently to extend their life but investment has not been forthcoming to fit new signalling, therefore the difficult bit is bridging the gap between now and when the new wagons enter service. Consists involving Battery Locos and the TRV have recently been trialled and works to enable this solution are currently being developed.
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Post by dagdave on Oct 24, 2019 10:05:07 GMT
ATO also results in issues with the wheel / rail interface. Accelerating and braking in exactly the same place time after time will have an effect on the rail head.
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Post by dagdave on Oct 10, 2019 8:58:45 GMT
I experienced about a five minute delay at Euston Square Inner Road this morning around 7am. Seemed like a communication issue to me as a passenger sitting in the middle of the train. Doors were shut and lights off but every time the train seemed like it was going to move off, it didn't. This happened three or four times, then the driver made and announcement and presumably must have reset something, and we moved off.
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Post by dagdave on Sept 3, 2019 7:57:05 GMT
All single journeys on the TFL services into Liverpool St {this includes the TFLRail/Crossrail line from Shenfield as well as the ex West Anglia routes of Greater Anglia that are now run by Overground} are higher than the equivalent zones on the TFL farescale. This has been since the services were launched. I believe the concern was something to do with revenue loss from longer distance NR routes, and was mandated by the DFT. Mr Khan’s fare freeze {that doesn’t benefit many people as most Londoners haven’t had a fare freeze} also doesn’t apply for trips on these routes and these have increased the last 2 years. Once the Elizabeth line opens fully, is the fare structure going to change to the LU model? By naming the line like a London Underground line it's bound to cause confusion if it is not.
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Post by dagdave on Sept 2, 2019 13:07:10 GMT
Many thanks for that!
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Post by dagdave on Sept 2, 2019 12:07:11 GMT
Incidentally, the Track Recording Vehicle recorded in and out of platforms 2 and 3 at Edgware Road on Friday, the last ever time in tripcock mode. We were filmed so hopefully that footage will turn up somewhere.
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Post by dagdave on Jul 8, 2019 11:13:53 GMT
Is this move allowed now for 73 Tube Stock seeing as the District line has upgraded to 750v East of Barons Court?
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Post by dagdave on May 30, 2019 12:23:52 GMT
If they are going to include useful walking routes then Leytonstone High Road to Leytonstone is one I've used (if the GOBLIN is running!)
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Post by dagdave on Mar 22, 2019 10:51:33 GMT
What is 'ELL'? It's not in the abbreviation list. Given the mention of A-Stock I checked the Metropolitan line but there are no likely stations there. ELL is the East London Line, which is now integrated into the Overground. My small claim to fame is to have walked through the Brunel tunnel under the Thames a couple of times for survey work, both before and after it was refurbished. The TRV used to record it and I've got a couple photos of the TRV at New Cross Depot and Shoreditch somewhere. Access to the line was via St Mary's junction (now removed), between Aldgate East and Whitechapel on the District Line.
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Post by dagdave on Feb 22, 2019 8:34:48 GMT
What a waste of time, effort and money, only to antagonise staff and unions and confuse the public. If a standard hi vi is worn at all times on duty in public areas (as has been recommended over the years) there would not be an issue. I've been on the job 36 years (not front line but engineering) and from days gone by when hardly anyone wore one, now we all do and it feels perfectly normal and would be weird to step out of the office without a hi vi on.
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Post by dagdave on Dec 28, 2018 9:42:58 GMT
My guess would be that as it was late running it may have had a Chiltern train behind it that would have been delayed had the Fast Chesham stopped at Moor Park. A penalty for that delay may have been avoided too.
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Post by dagdave on Aug 10, 2018 10:43:39 GMT
The T/Op would have applied the HOT procedure specifically developed to deal with left items such as this that could be a security risk. Thousands of items are accidentally left unattended every year so a sensible approach is needed to deal with them.
Applying the HOT procedure:
HOT is based on the premise that unattended items are:
not Hidden and are found in public areas in plain view not Obviously suspicious are Typical of what is regularly encountered HOT is an integral part of the initial assessment process and has a well defined application. It is a first response measure for dealing with items identified as unattended and discovered within public space. It should be used every time an item is identified as unattended.
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Post by dagdave on Jun 26, 2018 13:27:09 GMT
I thought there hadn't been any announcements regarding a successful switch over (but of course nothing about any problems either)
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Post by dagdave on Apr 17, 2018 8:27:18 GMT
Apologies for the dumb question, but what is the "Ealing Broadway Central Line Trainshed"? Are we talking about the station canopy or some other maintenance facility that I am unaware of? Thanks awfully everyone. Much appreciated. See here for an explanation of the term "trainshed".
It was a polite question.
If this forum is not the right place to ask for clarification on a trainshed at Ealing Broadway, then I don't know where is.
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Post by dagdave on Mar 15, 2018 8:23:19 GMT
High Barnet to Dagenham East: "Less than 10 Londoners do the same journey as you every day." It's "Fewer" not "Less". Grrrrrrrrrrrrr I got the same result for my commute from Dagenham East to West Kensington
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Post by dagdave on Feb 1, 2018 13:21:53 GMT
On the Track Recording Vehicle middle car we have some old line diagrams displayed, including Ongar, Aldwych, no Heathrow loop, Jubilee terminating at Charing Cross and the East London line
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Post by dagdave on Jan 11, 2018 14:57:49 GMT
Cracked rail I believe, but I don't know any details.
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Post by dagdave on Jan 11, 2018 10:30:16 GMT
Waterloo and City line isn't physically connected to the Underground network
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Post by dagdave on Jan 8, 2018 11:19:29 GMT
There are H&C trains that enter service from Upminster too. There's one about 06:20-ish at Dagenham East that is normally described as a Aldgate East but sometimes as a Hammersmith. At Barking we get advised that it's a Hammersmith and City Line train.
I tend to let it go and catch the Richmond train that is normally following it.
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Post by dagdave on Oct 25, 2017 6:59:18 GMT
Yes, new signalling systems are the bane of our life on the TRV. We've got ATP and would have had TBTC had it not been for the AIT. Someone decided not to go ahead and fit it to the TRV because the AIT was always "imminent". Our next challenge will be the new signalling system we've just been told starts to go live Hammersmith to Latimer road next May which is earlier than expected.
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Post by dagdave on Oct 24, 2017 13:36:41 GMT
The project was conceived in 2006 and was a long drawn out one beset with problems which were largely overcome. I don't really want to speculate on here as to why it wasn't finished but on the positive side the TRV Cravens have been undergoing a major overhaul at Acton Works to extend their life. Also, although much of the TRV's recording equipment is old, it is proven and reliable. The most likely way forward to enable track recording to continue in years to come, and to cope with new signalling systems, is to have a Track Recording wagon running between locos equipped with the relevant signalling equipment. This project is in its infancy. It seems the original TRV might just see me to retirement after all.
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Post by dagdave on Oct 9, 2017 13:41:28 GMT
Yep, the never ending rise in fares is finally showing and the debacle of Southern Rail must account for some of the fall.
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Post by dagdave on Aug 23, 2017 13:31:52 GMT
4G is currently available at all LU stations above ground (most of the network) and wifi available at stations underground, with associated wifi calling. Is it such a leap to have 4G available underground too?
Like it or not this is the way of the world and we should embrace it. Issues regarding phone use behaviour are not exclusively a problem with LU, if anything users maybe less stressed about being cut off in mid sentence or tweet.
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Post by dagdave on Aug 23, 2017 13:06:58 GMT
I've spotted a few bits about it knocking about online. It's seems around 8million journeys have been made on the network during the first year with service provision costing around £20.5million. [/url][/quote] That equates to a journey cost of £2.56 so I would expect LU at least covered its costs when fare revenues are taken into account. Also, whenever a new business venture is started the first year rarely makes loads of money. I reckon even Dragons Den might be happy with those numbers for the first year.
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Post by dagdave on Aug 2, 2017 7:00:15 GMT
The Track Recording Vehicle records the Northern line every eight weeks and it take two nights each time (because we do not have TBTC fitted we have run at night as the only train on the line) so the Euston and Kings cross loops do get used regularly by us.
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Post by dagdave on Jul 21, 2017 8:31:36 GMT
Having commuted daily for 34 years on the D Stock I grew fond of them and wasn't looking forward to the new S Stock. What a pleasant surprise they have been though: Spacious, comfortable, smooth, quiet, and above all air conditioned in the summer and sensible heating in the winter. So for me they are the No.1
For nostalgia my No.2 spot goes to the two 38 Stock motor cars converted into the weed killing train. I spent many a happy summer whizzing around the system spraying weed killer on the lines. One memory was that we had to spray coming back from Ongar rather than going in as when we sprayed going in once we really struggled to get grip coming out and did a lot of wheel spinning heading towards Blake Hall.
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Post by dagdave on Mar 15, 2017 12:28:33 GMT
I wish reports were less bland than they have become when reporting any incident. All morning it was reported that "an empty train" had derailed, so most people assumed an empty passenger train. What harm would there have been in reporting it as "an engineers train"?
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Post by dagdave on Jan 13, 2017 12:47:26 GMT
Regenerative braking had not been enabled on the District Line yet. It was probably the rheostatic brake cutting out and the wheel slide protection working, this acts much quicker than a Train Op can physically react, the relays behind the driver are clicking very fast. Thanks, makes sense
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