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Post by kesmet on Nov 6, 2021 1:55:15 GMT
Is the link: stations that have been 're-opened' in som manner?
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Post by kesmet on Apr 9, 2020 23:27:11 GMT
Inset 1 looks somewhat like a VTA (Santa Clara) light rail car.
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Post by kesmet on Apr 4, 2020 23:51:48 GMT
B is Reading station car park.
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Post by kesmet on Mar 28, 2020 15:06:40 GMT
I'm not convinced, but is location C Park Royal ticket hall?
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Post by kesmet on Mar 15, 2020 0:54:22 GMT
Link - two stops from a marked interchange, with Abbey Road being the alphabetically first that could be added to the set?
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Post by kesmet on Mar 13, 2020 14:06:57 GMT
I think (and did so this morning as well - must remember to send PMs!) that D looks a lot like the western side of Hammersmith, with the walkway bridges that used to link Kings Mall to the car park visible.
A is tricky - four rail **and** overhead, side-by-side. Is it East Ham?
<edit> And I'll go out on a limb and say B looks like West Ham.
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Post by kesmet on Mar 7, 2020 20:22:27 GMT
Is it to do with the plan to run extra Metropolitan tracks north from Edgware Road towards Kilburn? Maybe the (re-)opening of Edgware Road after upgrading to four platforms?
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Post by kesmet on Mar 7, 2020 17:21:53 GMT
Forest Gate? (I think there's a sign saying TFL Rail just above the lift) That did supposedly open the station building entrance before the new lifts...
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Post by kesmet on Mar 7, 2020 1:21:09 GMT
I'll take a wild stab in the dark and say near Shoreditch High Street?
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Post by kesmet on Jan 9, 2020 21:40:48 GMT
OK, I'm stumped! The actual answer as to why this quiz was posted 1st January 2020 eludes me.
It can't be that that day was the last that paper tickets would be needed at the station, because smart cards have been usable for a while. it's not an opening date as far as I can find - either of the railway or of the station. It's not even the opening date of the M4 motorway (although Wikipedia does have a spurious 1st January 1970 date for the M4 at Slough!).
So, please - can we have the answer to the bonus question?
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Post by kesmet on Jan 1, 2020 12:40:15 GMT
The Sydney Morning Herald article reports that one of the issues in the crash was that the buffer stop and the train were, essentially, incompatible - due to mismatched heights. Am I right in thinking that this is the sort of thing that is addressed in planning stages of new stock in the UK? Or could we also have a similar mismatch in heights and, hence, worsened crash outcomes?
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Post by kesmet on Dec 31, 2019 19:41:00 GMT
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Post by kesmet on Dec 19, 2019 0:54:08 GMT
I know that, currently, Gold Card benefits are not available with contactless bank cards, only with Oyster. With the extension of TfL Rail to Reading and the lack of Oyster ticketing, does this become a problem that TfL are going to need to solve more quickly?
Indeed, surely there has been at least the outline of a plan of how to deal with railcards of all types and non-Oyster travel for Crossrail? We should, after all, have been having the benefits of Crossrail for quite some time now...
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Post by kesmet on Sept 8, 2019 19:01:37 GMT
Is there a reason they refuse to serve goods to umbrellas when rain was forecast? Chris, you're ability to take pedantry to Another Level always astounds me. Surely that should be 'yore'?
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Post by kesmet on Aug 14, 2019 23:07:17 GMT
The Bakerloo did operate for a time with the polarity reversed (according to Clive's Underground Lines Guide - anyone have any other sources for this?).
On the original subject, I'm actually surprised at the lack of train stops in the bay. So let's expand the question a bit, and ask - what protections exist on the DC line to ensure that Bakerloo and NR stocks don't come into conflict?
And a thought occurs - is the bay long enough for a four-car Bakerloo unit? Could that be used there?
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Post by kesmet on Apr 12, 2019 19:08:57 GMT
Interesting to note the exclusion of CSDE (Correct Side Door Enable) and ASDO (Automatic Selective Door Operation) - jumping to a conclusion here, but does that suggest a lack of infrastructure or a lack of testing of these facilities?
Also slightly worried about the refusal to allow sleet brushes and de-icing equipment. Hopefully we have a mild winter...
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Post by kesmet on Apr 12, 2019 13:41:26 GMT
What are the conditions, does anyone know?
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Post by kesmet on Apr 5, 2019 13:17:36 GMT
+1 for Goldhawk Road for B.
White Hart Lane should be replaced by Turkey Street. That then gives a bird-related station name on each of Overground, Underground, Crossrail and DLR.
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Post by kesmet on Mar 4, 2019 0:26:42 GMT
IS the link something a straightforward as stations with multiple entrances?
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Post by kesmet on Feb 26, 2019 0:14:27 GMT
It would be interesting to take such a ride, should it happen again. (I missed out this time around.)
For anyone who couldn't make it, there is another opportunity to ride 1938 tube stock - on the Island Line on the Isle of Wight (as Class 483 stock). However, you may want to do so sooner rather than later - the stock is over 80 years old and getting on a bit, so really does need replacing for the Island Line to continue in passenger service. Indeed, there are suggestions that the Island Line could be operated, in the future, by Class 230 stock, also known as Vivarail's D-train. If it fits in the tunnel...
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Post by kesmet on Feb 17, 2019 17:08:43 GMT
If they don't want to use the Underground and don't like buses (and neither do I - particularly with luggage!), then a single change at a straightforward station makes most sense. I would think - and this may be a controversial view! - that Clapham Junction is a actually the easiest interchange. If you make sure to go 'up' - stairs or lift - to the bridge, rather than 'down' to the under-track warren - then you have a long, simple corridor that connects all of the platforms. There's less traffic than the lower concourse area (fewer people interchange using the bridge and you're not having to contend with those coming in from outside the station either). Each staircase has a destination board (or two) next to it showing the next train from that platform. On the bridge (which is a lot wider than 'bridge' implies, and really quite airy) there are a number of destination screens in addition to the per-staircase displays. There's one between platforms 8 and 9 showing the fastest route to a number of destinations, which a special display for departures to 'London' - Victoria and Waterloo - showing the next few trains to each. This was really very straightforward to use - I checked it today - and should ease any concerns someone may have about changing trains there. Just remember that with Oyster you don't have to use a particular train at a particular time. Instead, passengers can just use whichever train is the most convenient. So there's no need to worry about hurrying to catch a train - take things reasonably leisurely, get to a platform with plenty of time and board the train without haste or hassle. Worth mentioning in case they're worried about having to plan for and get the exact specific train they've booked for - that's not how the London Transport system works. The single fare finder is very useful - it's at: tfl.gov.uk/fares/find-fares/tube-and-rail-fares/single-fare-finderI might think that the return journey is more difficult, but leaving plenty of time for the journey avoids any panic/worry about catching 'the right train'.
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Post by kesmet on Feb 17, 2019 0:21:28 GMT
Stations are theoretically staffed at all times trains are running, but in practice that member of staff may be ... on a break Someone who is on a break is not 'staffing' anything. That's like saying a bus driver is 'driving' if they're sitting in a meal break room having lunch, or a pilot is 'flying' if they're off shift and actually asleep in the crew accommodations hidden away in the 'plane!
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Post by kesmet on Feb 10, 2019 11:35:59 GMT
Yeah, Brentwood <-> Shenfield was my second guess...
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Post by kesmet on Feb 9, 2019 23:23:44 GMT
OK, this is a really wild guess (playing an almost-certainly wrong hunch) - but is D between Plumstead and Abbey Wood?
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Post by kesmet on Feb 9, 2019 23:06:31 GMT
Whilst the scale in the UK is greater, I do wonder if anyone has looked at the Netherlands OV-chipkaart. Multiple operators, not just trains but other transport as well, using a smart card system that behaves (to the user) very much like Oyster does in London. Now, you might say that the Netherlands doesn't have much more population than London (it's roughly double), or that it's much smaller than the UK, or that they had many difficulties making things work. But still - it is there, it does work, and surely we can't be less capable than our Dutch friends, now, can we?
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Post by kesmet on Feb 4, 2019 23:22:20 GMT
The main is Rayners Lane. The non-entrance side, which would show a brick wall (behind which are the ticket machines). Insert is Antwerp Central Station +1
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Post by kesmet on Jan 27, 2019 13:50:08 GMT
Central line crossing the grand union canal between Northolt and Greenford +1. (Greenford off to the right) Very pleasant part of the canal, although just a bit further along the towpath you come to the industrial estate on Oldfield Lane, part of which has been demolished and is being turned into rental accommodation.
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Post by kesmet on Jan 26, 2019 22:14:50 GMT
The Central line only has the higher rail in the central section; outside of that the line uses conventional placement of the current rails. So the Central line stock can, fairly obviously, run on conventional lines because it does so at each end of the line. A thread on another board - which I found with a quick search through a famous web search engine - suggests that the mechanism is a spring-loaded affair which manages to hold the shoe itself flat to the surface of the rail. That suggests - and I am merely extrapolating now - that it is, in fact, more likely to go wrong, simply because there's more to it than standard shoe gear. In essence, my suspicion is that it's an unnecessary component for anything except the Central line, so to improve reliability (or rather, to avoid reliability deteriorating!) the high-lift capability is not fitted to any other stock. (I don't know if a link to another online forum would be frowned upon, but you can always search for "high lift shoe gear central line" as I did an find some information quite quickly.) I think the battery loco system is different, and may have more speed limits associated with it (less good contact with the current rails). Hopefully, someone who actually knows can respond and tell me how far of the mark my extrapolation really is
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Post by kesmet on Jan 26, 2019 12:41:35 GMT
Chris M - does that mean that my (and other people's) guesses are wrong?
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Post by kesmet on Jan 26, 2019 12:39:43 GMT
Charing Cross?
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