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Post by Tubeboy on Mar 6, 2016 9:36:51 GMT
It closed to allow a person who had died on the station to be brought to the designated room.It then closed again briefly just after 1800hrs to allow the Coroner to collect the body.
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Post by Tubeboy on Mar 4, 2016 18:38:53 GMT
Yes it opened after the rush hour this morning.
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Post by Tubeboy on Feb 13, 2016 17:07:53 GMT
Is B Borough?
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Post by Tubeboy on Feb 4, 2016 18:01:37 GMT
Is Bank likely to remain open for the DLR do you know? Highly likely I would've thought.
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Post by Tubeboy on Jan 30, 2016 10:19:03 GMT
A Upper Holloway?
D Vauxhall?
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Post by Tubeboy on Jan 23, 2016 7:18:11 GMT
It does look very impressive, but it is a shame that it looks like they are running out of places where they could go. I think Arriva trains Wales is one of the very few that are still interested.
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Post by Tubeboy on Jan 12, 2016 10:25:44 GMT
Escalator 1 failed and couldn't be reset. Low step alarm was detected. Supervisor closed station as regulations dictate. Senior Operating official, who is a senior manager and who can suspend the rule book if need be, gave instruction that the station was to be reopened for entry only. Some of the staff went to Blackhorse Road to assist with detrainments.
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Post by Tubeboy on Dec 28, 2015 20:55:52 GMT
RMT is resuming its opposition to the night tube, fit for future and pay (as the company won't separate the issues) by introducing an overtime ban from Sunday 3rd Jan.
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Post by Tubeboy on Dec 28, 2015 17:26:25 GMT
Not all, but quite a few staff now have a pin on their staff pass which can access additional options on the ticket machines. This includes loading railcards so you can get your discount loaded. I'd suggest going to a busier station where more staff will be on hand. It takes a few seconds.
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Post by Tubeboy on Dec 25, 2015 0:59:02 GMT
Merry Xmas to all fellow forum members.
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Post by Tubeboy on Nov 27, 2015 5:55:40 GMT
I'll have a go.....
A Woodgrange Park
C Finchley Central
D Kensal Green
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Post by Tubeboy on Oct 4, 2015 10:51:11 GMT
Tufnell Park? Looks like the person who took the photo got noticed Tufnell Park is a lift station. Well it will be when they're replaced.
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Post by Tubeboy on Sept 19, 2015 10:37:06 GMT
I'm a bit under the weather, so sadly wont be attending. Hope its a good one though for people who do go.
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Post by Tubeboy on Sept 14, 2015 17:29:51 GMT
Would love to go on this, but £75 a ticket is ridiculous.
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Post by Tubeboy on Sept 1, 2015 22:51:51 GMT
There was a cable loop failing intermittently at Tooting Broadway. Train there at the time then went non communicating, went into RM. subsequent trains went through the area in RM as well. It turns out the loop cable was under one of the running rails and was crushed, hence the nature of the fault.
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Post by Tubeboy on Aug 29, 2015 8:57:19 GMT
Thank you Rincew1nd
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Post by Tubeboy on Aug 29, 2015 7:29:05 GMT
Thanks for the reply Colin.
Reading your reply, raises a couple of issues.
Were the previous mods consulted about removing their moderator privileges, or was it done without their knowledge? I see DavidH has deleted his profile. Not a good thing, I found David to be very good.
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Post by Tubeboy on Aug 28, 2015 13:59:51 GMT
It's Bojo's vanity project, after Boris Bikes and Boris Buses.
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Post by Tubeboy on Aug 28, 2015 13:26:07 GMT
Congratulations. As to the departing mods, five are leaving. I could understand one or two, but five? Is this change for changes sake? Were all five happy to pass on the mantle. Not causing trouble, just find it strange that 5 respected long standing members are no longer mods.
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Post by Tubeboy on Aug 17, 2015 23:15:22 GMT
Is the D Stock unit still at Amersham? I saw it on trackernet on Saturday but today it's disappeared.
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Post by Tubeboy on Aug 17, 2015 23:09:56 GMT
Looks like Wales may be the only place that they're destined for as Northern and FGW have been told to buy new stock to replace the Pacers.
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Post by Tubeboy on Aug 13, 2015 9:56:13 GMT
On our station group, staff taking voluntary severance and who are leaving mid 2016 will not be getting the new uniform. Saves a few quid I suppose.
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Post by Tubeboy on Aug 11, 2015 19:13:31 GMT
At my station, the ticket office has closed, no additional ticket machines, so a worse service is provided. Inside the ticket office, Two of the three ticket desks and associated equipment, ie ticket office machines, has been removed. No tenant. No one wanted the space as a retail unit.
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Post by Tubeboy on Aug 11, 2015 19:09:01 GMT
I'm in the RMT and totally support the strikes for the reasons I put earlier in this thread. Rumours, true or not is that ASLEF are closer to a deal than the other unions. Of course that's typical of LU with their divide and rule tactics. ASLEF might not represent station staff, but if I were a train op and in ASLEF I'd be very concerned of the plan to remove 838 station posts. That's 838 less qualified staff to help a driver when dealing with a passenger alarm, stalled train, customer incident etc.
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Post by Tubeboy on Aug 11, 2015 8:17:04 GMT
Wasn't it once mooted that a reversing loop should be built, perhaps even with a new station? The loop of course would be unidirectional, so the station could easily have three platforms (ahead, left, right) which surely would not involve crossing moves that gum up the area? Indeed, it could benefit the service as always a train would be ready to depart at the correct time even when the next arrival is slightly late / delayed, etc. Would it happen? I suppose that finance would be the issue. Simon Yes, a loop line to Herne Hill.
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Post by Tubeboy on Aug 6, 2015 11:34:26 GMT
Yes.
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Post by Tubeboy on Aug 6, 2015 10:35:38 GMT
Drivers get 43 days, station staff 52. The 52 days breaks down as 29 days leave, 8 days for bank holidays, as we work them all, the remaining 15 days is a result of us working 2.5 hours a week unpaid over the course of a year.
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Post by Tubeboy on Aug 5, 2015 22:28:03 GMT
Feel free Sawb.
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Post by Tubeboy on Aug 4, 2015 23:15:43 GMT
Doubtless somebody else will offer a more full response if they can bring themselves to type it all out - but I think it's worth mentioning that this isn't just a drivers' strike. Indeed. This dispute affects ALL grades. Of course the mainstream media are focusing on it as a pay issue, especially when drivers are on 50k a year. That makes for a much more headline grabbing story. Many of us on the tube earn far less than that. Depending what union you are in, and to an extent your own point of view, this dispute is about far more than what's being reported. As someone who works on the station side, and is in the RMT, let me explain why I and most of my station colleagues are striking. 1 A net loss of 838 jobs on the station side alone. This is being achieved by people taking voluntary severance, as well as vacancies not being filled. Stations at the minute are being run on a skeleton staff, its not just standing round on gatelines, its security checks, equipnent checks, safety critical responsibilties like despatching trains when things go wrong, going onto the track, assisting disabled customers to travel, updating customers and staff of any issues filling out paperwork, training colleagues, I could go on. So a loss of 838 people will have a huge impact on the service we provide to the public, as well as contractors. Naturally, we are totally against any cuts in staff numbers, especially when the system is at its busiest in its history, and is forecast to grow. 2 Work/life balance of the new rosters. Under the fit for future plans, station staff will be taken out 'from behind glass' into the ticket hall environment, so ticket office staff, control room staff and station supervisors will be visible and available a lot more. OK fine, I can accept that. I'll miss being in my control room, but change is inevitable. However at the moment, being a rostered member of staff, which is someone who works at one station permanently, I know my roster, I know my rest days. I currently have one clear weekend, ie both saturday and sunday off every 4 weeks. Under the new proposals, I would have a clear weekend every 15 weeks. What kind of life would that be? Most of the time I would be working shifts with a single rest day in between shifts. If I was doing 9-5, fine. But if for example, as indicated on these new rosters, I would be finishing a night shift on say monday morning, monday would then be my rest day, and I'd be required to start an early shift at 0600 the following morning. Where's the time to relax? Where's the time to spend with my family? Where's the quality of life? 3 Pay The pay dispute is important. with housing and energy costs skyrocketing, as well as food, the proposed pay of 1% is unfair. It's us on the frontline that make the tube what it is. The £500 bonus does not recompense me for all the extra anti social hours I will be required to do. Moving records numbers , reducing delays, hitting customer service satisfaction targets regularly. Why shouldn't we be recompensed for that success?. 4 Ticket office closures Personally I think the ticket office closures are a losing battle, but I'll still fight to save them. They might "only serve 3% of all transactions" but thats still 100k people a day. 5 Casualisation of staff. Previous agreements of agreed workng are being watered down. Management are intent on changing the framework agreement. This very important document sets out our hours of work, location, overtime payments, holidays etc. One example where it is being watered down is that the company wants staff to cover areas either side of the cover area that we are being sent to early next year. This is a complete change from the original proposal where staff would work on the one area of stations only. This in practice could result in someone normally working on the Harow-On-The Hill area being at Chesham one day, then Finchley Road the next, again, being on unsocial shifts will have no bearing, you will go when and where the company say so. Its basically a line based cover system, which is something the unions got rid of many years ago, only to have it re-imposed. So there you have it folks. An insiders view of the current dispute. Regardless of whether you are in favour or against the strikes, the company and the Mayor have handled it badly. The night tube plans were announced in November 2013, no prior consulation with the unions or the workforce, it was to be imposed if needed. Night tube is due to start September 2015. So why with almost two years notice, the company has only been talking to the unions re night tube for the last 4 months??? There's a lot of politics at play here, the new boss of the tube is an infamous union buster, the negotiating team on the LU side are new, and have no experience with the rail unions, and they have been given very little wriggle room to make a deal. The company have given the workforce the impression, that if the deal is not forthcoming, the rosters and night tube will be imposed. Boris Johnson refuses to talk to the unions, but he is pulling the strings behind the scenes. As to the 32 hour four day week, thats been a long term aim of the union, along with free travel on the mainline TOCs. Its there every year in the union's pay proposals. Its a bartering position, you ask, you dont get, some things we get, some we dont, thats negotiating. It saddens me to see this dispute constantly reported as a pay dispute by greedy staff. Sadly, the company does everything it can to perpetuate this myth.
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Post by Tubeboy on Aug 1, 2015 7:13:15 GMT
From an internal LU Bulletin I've received on the staff email, it states the following which will be of interest to fellow forum members.
Why do the works take three weeks to complete?
'The works will be similar to that of a construction site, whereby concrete will be poured and will need time to set. Furthermore, the installation of new points will take place in cramped conditions and will require thorough testing and commissioning'.
'We will also undertake opportunity works to improve track infrastructure and stations in the closed section. These works will comprise of tunnel and platform reconditioning, re-rail, sleeper replacement and deep station cleanses at Tottenham Hale, Blackhorse Road and Walthamstow Central. Asbestos removal, ticket facilities and gate line improvements at Walthamstow Central as well as the commencement of escalator replacement there as well'.
During the closure, service frequency will be as follows;
Weekdays
S.O.T- 0630, 15tph, 4 minute headway.
0630-0715, 24tph, 2.5 minute headway.
0715-1015, 26.7tph, 2.25 minute headway.
1015-1600, 24tph 2.5 minute headway.
1600-1900, 26.7tph, 2.25 minute headway.
1900-2230, 24tph, 2.5 minute headway.
2230-C.O.T 15tph, 4 minute headway.
Saturday
S.O.T-0900, 15tph, 4 minute headway.
0900-2230, 24tph, 2.5 minute headway.
2230-C.O.T, 15tph, 4 minute headway.
Sunday
S.O.T-1100, 15tph, 4 minute headway.
1100-2200, 24tph, 2.5 minute headway.
2200-C.O.T, 15tph, 4 minute headway.
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