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Post by uzairjubilee on Mar 1, 2009 15:07:07 GMT
Hi all.
I was looking at the track closures for the next 6 months and I saw there were quite a few between London Bridge and Stanmore.
I wanted to ask that when a train from Stratford comes in to London Bridge, how does it reverse there
And also, how do trains reverse when there is a suspension between London Bridge and Stratford
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2009 15:39:05 GMT
From what I can see on the track map, there is a crossover west of the station. To reverse west to east the train would arrive in the westbound platform, detrain and then proceed west over the crossover. Once clear of the crossover, the driver would change ends and then proceed into the eastbound platform and re-enter service.
To reverse east to west, the train would use the crossover to enter what is normally the westbound platform, change ends and then proceed west. Someone else will probably be able to add more details and correct me if I am wrong.
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Post by mrfs42 on Mar 1, 2009 19:32:57 GMT
ISTR West to East reversing generally involves double-ending as well as ∇. In other words a T/Op gets on the back end so the arriving T/Op doesn't need to walk through the train. The double ending T/Op then takes the train East again and the arriving T/Op ∇ (steps back) so she/he is ready to leap into the back of the next arriving reversing train. I'm pretty sure that I've got a couple of TTNs that show that move (though the ∇ actually skips consecutive trains - I shall have a peer in the Library after a tab to confirm my thoughts).  EDIT: the ∇ is two consecutive trains. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2009 23:02:58 GMT
The only reason for double ending is to speed things up somewhat. Jenks1987, you are correct in what you typed.
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