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Post by kesmet on Jan 25, 2019 13:48:47 GMT
Guesses, most of these:
Link - All Ealing stations First alphabetically - Ealing Broadway
A - North Ealing B - South Ealing C - West Ealing D - Ealing Common
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Post by kesmet on Jan 21, 2019 0:02:15 GMT
Inset B looks like somewhere on the Paris Metro.
Odd-one-out: WH because it's an OSI where you can change between non-LUL stations? (Although illustrating that with the Jubilee line station does make the clue a bit dodgy, so maybe not...)
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Post by kesmet on Jan 14, 2019 21:46:56 GMT
OK, some guesses:
Stations beginning with B, not opened at the same time as the original alignment. Odd-one-out - Bow Church, since it did open at the same time as the DLR line, just not at the same time as the original line.
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Post by kesmet on Dec 18, 2018 0:47:24 GMT
The bay at Hayes & Harlington has been capable of taking 9 car trains for some time. Unfortunately if a train can't access it there is nowhere west of there to turn a 9 car train at present where the drivers have route knowledge. I have seen a comment from Ian Prosser that 9 car trains are not authorised at present. Platform extensions are not signed off so cannot be used. Not quite sure what the hold up is. I've asked this before, but there wasn't a reply. So, purely in the cause of curiosity, and because the topic has cropped up again, I'll ask again in a different way: Where do the 7-car trains turn if the bay is not available? Presumably they have passengers disembark at one of the through platforms, but then what happens? (I'm not criticising the previous lack of answer, by the way - no-one is *required* to respond on this forum, after all!)
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Post by kesmet on Dec 1, 2018 0:01:33 GMT
There's a normally red signal about halfway down the City-bound Metropolitan platform (3) at Baker Street; I can't remember if there's an accompanying train stop or not.
It used to.confuse a fair few passengers as many a train would slow to a crawl before continuing, sometimes at a fair pace, to the end of the platform. I presume this was because of a combination of the tight bend on the platform/track and the approach to the (Outer) Circle track and junction?
I'm sure I recall another similar signal, but can't remember where it might be. Any ideas?
That's MB140. It protects a short overlap to the junction. It can clear one of two ways, sometimes you can pass it faster than others depending on how the driver approaches. (There used to be a third method but that was removed after someone stopped a battery loco in the wrong place and locked the site up.)
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Post by kesmet on Nov 23, 2018 8:44:46 GMT
... the lines are all isolated from each other, (except the Central/Picc connection at Ruislip) ... There are a few physical interconnections between Tube lines, but I think it would be a lot of effort to move multiple trains between lines. Off the top of my head, there are the following links: - Piccadilly reversing loop to Central via West Ruislip depot
- Piccadilly (north) to Victoria (north) at Finsbury Park
- Victoria (south) to Piccadilly (south) at Finsbury Park
- Piccadilly (north) to Northern (south) via Kings Cross loop
- Jubilee (south) to Bakerloo (south) at Baker Street
- Bakerloo (north)to Jubilee (north) at Baker Street
And there are physical moves that could be achieved (using Metropolitan tracks to take trains between Ruislip and Wembley, for example) but that have additional requirements. So I think the likelihood of a shared fleet is low - it's just too hard to get stock between lines, even though it can be done if necessary.
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Post by kesmet on Nov 10, 2018 19:31:27 GMT
I was once on a Chiltern that did the 'reverse' of this - the train somewhat suddenly terminated at Moor Park (instead of non-stopping) due to a train failure. It really illustrated how badly laid out Moor Park is - having to descend, cross under the tracks, and then ascend to a different island platform set to continue travelling in the same direction is just bizarre!
However, it perhaps sheds some light - Chiltern trains non-stop at Moor Park on the fast lines all of the time, so having a Metropolitan train do it as well doesn't' sound quite so odd. And the signalling system(s) can clearly cope with that sort of occurrence, making this perhaps a sensible option for time recovery. I wonder if the train had originally been a stopper, would it simply have been sent on the fast lines and stopped as normal at Moor Park? But being a fast train, there's not so much room for time recovery (without terminating early somewhere).
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Post by kesmet on Oct 3, 2018 23:23:52 GMT
All 20 minute, PAYG-only out-of-station interchanges? (Not that that's a particularly small group of OSIs)
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Post by kesmet on Sept 23, 2018 22:43:56 GMT
So - what happens today with 7-car trains? Have I missed something (quite possible), because I thought that they had the same signalling capabilities. So if a 7 car can't access the bay for whatever reason, where does it go?
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Post by kesmet on Sept 23, 2018 18:41:50 GMT
I'll take a stab at the link - all stations with 'Ford' in the name?
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Post by kesmet on Sept 21, 2018 17:21:31 GMT
Is A Greenford? Strictly, Greenford Road looking towards Greenford station, standing between the Central Line (left) and New North Main Line (right)?
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Post by kesmet on Jul 22, 2018 20:07:05 GMT
Wasn't the original Travelcard a non-BR thing anyway? With the Capitalcard later allowing travel on BR as well.
So this is just going back to the original Travelcard idea of London's specific travel systems being under one ticket, and the 'not just London' stuff being more expensive. Although it's interesting that the extremes of the Met and London Overground aren't included, that probably makes sense for a 'visitor' pass.
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Post by kesmet on May 10, 2018 20:15:25 GMT
Has anyone seen a draft timetable yet for the 9 December 2018 services? No. I've not seen anything public and I doubt we will for several more months. It will be interesting to see if it hits NR systems 12 weeks in advance or if it is delayed. I wouldn't count on the 12 weeks thing - Network Rail have decided to change this for the moment. Quote from Chiltern Railways website ( www.chilternrailways.co.uk/temporary-changes-timetable): So I would imagine that it's entirely likely that the Crossrail Elizabeth Line timetable won't be confirmed until much nearer the time. (Chiltern's own May timetable has only just been posted, in the last couple of days - that's less than a fortnight in advance, and liable to late changes even now.)
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Post by kesmet on Feb 7, 2018 19:30:31 GMT
What does "NR Traction" actually mean? The platforms used by the District line definitely have to have third and fourth rail electrification, so in that respect an understanding of the dangers associated with the extra electrified rail is absolutely essential. So does that make Wimbledon LU-used tracks on "LU Traction"? Or is that more to do with who actually provides the power?
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Post by kesmet on Jan 26, 2018 23:55:51 GMT
Good point
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Post by kesmet on Jan 26, 2018 19:12:21 GMT
Isn't West Hampstead further east than West Kensington, which was described as not being "west enough"? (West Hampstead is roughly due north of Gloucester Road.)
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Post by kesmet on Jan 24, 2018 0:08:43 GMT
OK - That seems only to leave West Ruislip (which is *just* a bit south of West Harrow) for A.
My recollection of West Ruislip is that it's lighter than that photo suggests, but I'm willing to be wrong about that!
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Post by kesmet on Jan 23, 2018 13:10:47 GMT
A: West Acton? C: Hounslow West?
(Pure guesswork, I'm afraid... Need to get around a bit more!)
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Post by kesmet on Jun 18, 2017 19:31:19 GMT
Hammersmith and City line is east and west. Yes, but this particular section is very definitely north/south...
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Post by kesmet on Jun 18, 2017 19:21:33 GMT
I imagine that it must have been difficult for passengers, not knowing to which platform they should head (since the first south/north-bound train could depart from either platform).
Did that also require extra staffing, or were signs considered sufficient?
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Post by kesmet on Jun 13, 2017 18:32:36 GMT
Is that because the indicators show departures for both sets of platforms? (I don't know, just asking!)
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Post by kesmet on Jun 10, 2017 21:01:57 GMT
I didn't think the Jubilee or Met could run on each other's tracks any more - except around Neasden and Wembley Park, due to the depot.
That said, I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that there was some commonality in the supplies or other equipment along that section of track, because of the history there. Does anyone know for sure?
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Post by kesmet on Jun 6, 2017 19:37:52 GMT
Regarding trainstops - are there any on the IoW railway?
And can Chiltern run on the slow lines?
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Post by kesmet on May 6, 2017 13:37:09 GMT
Wild stab in the dark for D - Beckton DLR depot?
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Post by kesmet on Apr 10, 2017 21:21:46 GMT
Road bridge at Gidea Park looking towards Romford?
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Post by kesmet on Apr 9, 2017 23:49:53 GMT
B - Denmark Hill?
Link - one station away from interchanges?
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Post by kesmet on Apr 8, 2017 19:08:36 GMT
It looks a bit "South of the river" - Mitcham Junction?
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Post by kesmet on Mar 30, 2017 19:40:15 GMT
Thanks, tut. (I suppose I really should look at the WTT, really, if I want to know more!).
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Post by kesmet on Mar 29, 2017 23:10:06 GMT
A - Hackney Wick?
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Post by kesmet on Mar 29, 2017 23:01:05 GMT
How many peak fast services non-stop at Wembley Park? When I was commuting through there (early 2000s) it was quite common to see people standing up, getting ready to exit the train at Wembley Park, only to have it sail straight through and continue to Harrow on the Hill. But that became a rare(r) occurrence towards the end of my time commuting that way (mid 2000s).
Trains from the north of Harrow can arrive simultaneously - but only if one's come from the Uxbridge branch, as trains from the fast tracks have to cross over to what was the slow track, just north of the Uxbridge dive-under.
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