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Post by kesmet on Apr 2, 2015 7:36:41 GMT
[I don't think the S7's fully fit in Platform 3 at Hammersmith (H&C); at least the first set of doors are cut out for Passenger use, and from what I recall the Drivers always enter from the carriage. I think there's a brick wall in the way, but would have to double check...! I think they do; there was quite a lot of modification to platform 3 including the building of a new 'annexe' for the cab! Hammersmith Platforms 2 & 3 shows the layout. (Taken from this thread on this very forum, which has some other interesting pictures of the platform 3 area - thanks very much to the photographer!) If you meant the other end of the train, I think that's also accessible directly - see Livis Project site for the actual extension work; it looks like the platform was extended at that end as well for the driver's section only!
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Post by kesmet on Mar 29, 2015 18:19:54 GMT
How about using the Oveground to Willesden Jct High Level reverse and onto Gunnesbury reverse and then to Turnham Geen reverse again and onto Acton all done after normal services have ended in this lines? That would require two separate accesses to National Rail metals, which I would imagine to be hard to organise. It's also unlikely to be achievable in the few hours of no service. Perhaps with an overnight stabling in a siding somewhere, but that's not a given either. Edit: Thinking about it, maybe the link between low-level and high-level would be considered part of the high-level to Willesden Junction access? Still going to require co-ordination that's perhaps hard to achieve.
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Post by kesmet on Mar 19, 2015 20:29:18 GMT
D isn't St Paul's, is it?
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Post by kesmet on Mar 1, 2015 21:24:09 GMT
Alas the Funicular de Montjuic was closed and appeared to have been for some time, with a replacement bus service and no indication of when it might reopen. It looks like the Funicular de Montjuic has suffered a serious landslide - photo from www.transportebcn.es/METRO/linea/Funicular_Montjuic.html. The page suggests the photo was taken in October 2014, and German Wikipedia ( de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funicular_de_Montjuïc) claims that the track was shut down for an indefinite period in October 2014. The TMB website has a notice, sadly only in Spanish and Catalan, which says the closure is due to a landslide from a neighbouring farm, caused by a collapsed retaining wall. If you go back and the Funicular de Montjuic is still closed, I'd recommend making a trip up to Tibidabo - underground FGC line, Tramvia Blau and then Funicular, and the views are much better from the Funicular than the Montjuic funicular. It's also spectacular at the top - stunning views over the city if it's clear, and mysterious and otherworldly if it's foggy.
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Post by kesmet on Aug 6, 2014 7:29:26 GMT
Because Ruislip Manor first opened on the 5th August 1912?
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Post by kesmet on Jul 23, 2014 20:17:44 GMT
Ah - the Orbit, not Pudding Mill Lane I knew it wasn't quite right... That's an interesting passageway - are there many examples of depot access from platforms that aren't locked? I know Acton Town and West Ruislip are, for example.
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Post by kesmet on Jul 22, 2014 7:34:12 GMT
C looks like Pudding Mill Lane. [Edit] That is, the view from...
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Post by kesmet on Jul 11, 2014 0:01:21 GMT
Looks quite a lot like Rayners Lane, but that shop isn't there and the view of the outside isn't right.
Maybe Eastcote, seeing as they were opened on the same day?
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Post by kesmet on Jul 10, 2014 23:51:40 GMT
Becontree? First (alphabetically) station in each zone. Sixth in the list would thus be Debden, if I'm right
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Post by kesmet on Jul 10, 2014 7:38:48 GMT
Well, do we assume that the link *is* (at least partially) that they all start with A? Which would suggest that maybe Acton Central is the fifth station (although there are quite a lot of stations beginning with A).
Or is the answer something completely unrelated?
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Post by kesmet on Jun 26, 2014 7:18:09 GMT
Greenford.
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Post by kesmet on Jun 20, 2014 7:46:24 GMT
Camden Town?
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Post by kesmet on Jun 16, 2014 7:48:17 GMT
Perhaps the wrong place to ask - but what does CALL mean in the emergency timetable? It's used in place of an actual time for some stops.
I'm guessing it means something like "The train will call here, but with no exact timing schedule - so get there early" - but wouldn't that be a bit of an unusual thing to be presenting to passengers? I can understand obviously that this has been put together quickly, just finding it a little odd. Are these stops that would not be made by the 'equivalent' trains from the standard timetable?
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Post by kesmet on Jun 11, 2014 7:27:56 GMT
Wood Lane, with Plymouth as the background?
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Post by kesmet on Jun 10, 2014 1:06:10 GMT
Coming back to the OVerground - what about the Primrose Hill link? (And off-topic, but why isn't that on the maps and marked as "special services only"?)
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Post by kesmet on Jun 4, 2014 7:47:20 GMT
It's North Wembley.
By a process of elimination there's only two possibilities - Kenton and North Wembley. It's the shared Bakerloo & BR section between Harrow & Wealdstone and Queen's Park, and is the smaller part of that where the local lines are to the west of the other lines so it's between Harrow & Wealdstone and Wembley Central. It's two outside platforms, so eliminating South Kenton. It's open air, so eliminating Wembley Central.
And the platform curve, banks and lack of huge car park on the eastern side all eliminate Kenton!
As to the reason for today - no idea, unless it's something to do with opening date (apparently 15 June 1912)?
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Post by kesmet on May 30, 2014 20:51:34 GMT
Umm - C is Prince Regent... Which does make it the third station after a diverging junction.
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Post by kesmet on May 29, 2014 19:07:49 GMT
Is D Temple?
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Post by kesmet on May 29, 2014 7:44:09 GMT
" SUN: The 24tph service has been revised to commence earlier at 0830 and extended beyond 2000 until approximately 2300. Between 1000-2000 train services have been increased to 24tph in the Central area.That first 24tph should be a 20tph, right? That is, a 20tph service from 0830 to ~2300, increasing to 24tph between 1000 and 2000. (At least according to WTT 13 for the Jubilee line from www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/working-timetables).
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Post by kesmet on May 17, 2014 17:05:41 GMT
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Post by kesmet on May 16, 2014 20:38:10 GMT
A question springs to mind, with all of the C stock (not so) slowly being phased out: When will be the last opportunity to see all 3 District stocks at Earl's Court together (as in, occupying adjacent platforms at the same time)? Or even High Street Kensington or Edgware Road?
Presumably, we've lost any possibility of seeing all subsurface stocks together (S8, S7, D, C and A)?
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Post by kesmet on May 16, 2014 19:19:44 GMT
They all have terminating bus services?
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Post by kesmet on May 15, 2014 20:05:38 GMT
I'd been thinking about Northwood Hills... hmmph Is A Charing Cross? It looks like it's deserted, which would fit.
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Post by kesmet on May 15, 2014 7:53:25 GMT
OK, let's throw this out there Is D Collindale? It doesn't look quite right, but...
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Post by kesmet on May 15, 2014 1:24:31 GMT
Is C Prince Regent? It has the right sort of glass, and there's a school nearby, although I think it's an old-ish picture.
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Post by kesmet on May 8, 2013 19:52:42 GMT
I think it may have gone via the Met: Ruislip depot->Ruislip siding->Rayners Lane->Harrow-on-the-Hill->Baker Street->Moorgate (rev)->Edgware Road->Hammersmith. The S7s transfer from Ruislip to Neasden like this: Ruislip->Ruislip Siding (REV)->Harrow OTH (REV)-Watford (REV)-Neasden What's the reason for the "diversion" up to Watford and back again? Is this a familiarisation move for the drivers?
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