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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2008 18:34:44 GMT
I suppose most passengers waiting at this station want a westbound train (what I think of as an "up" one, but the Tube doesn't run "up" and "down", does it?  I imagine that this has been true since the station was built. Yet the island platform is the one with the long canopies. I've been trying to think why this might be, and can only suppose that originally it was a terminus, and that the side platform was built later when the Metropolitan District railway was short of money (well, it always was). So it got a short canopy as an economy measure. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2008 19:00:18 GMT
IIRC the platform which is currently the bay platform was once the westbound, and the current westbound used to be a bay. Not that it makes any difference to the canopies!
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Post by metman on Jan 31, 2008 19:20:49 GMT
From what I was aware, the Met and District railways used to use the terms up and down regularly. This all changed when Yerkes and co rolled up and used the American Northbound/southbound terms. Of course Putney Bridge will be defunct in a couple of years (as a reversing point anyway!).
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Post by c5 on Jan 31, 2008 19:22:03 GMT
Of course Putney Bridge will be defunct in a couple of years (as a reversing point anyway!). Only via the bay road  The bridge will still be okay. |
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Post by metman on Jan 31, 2008 19:27:56 GMT
True, but is it quite difficult to reverse there? How many reversals are made on that x-over normally-I've only been on that line twice so I don't have a clue!!!
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Post by c5 on Jan 31, 2008 19:41:06 GMT
True, but is it quite difficult to reverse there? How many reversals are made on that x-over normally-I've only been on that line twice so I don't have a clue!!! I think there are 2 or 3 booked trains at day. It is used now and again during the day, but owing to the time taken to change ends, plus detraining in the platform, it is rarely done during the daytime, unless really needed. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2008 20:12:58 GMT
It's not a brilliant reversing point, so is not used very frequently (for D stock) during service disruption. It requires the train to be detrained in the westbound platform, which can hold things up a bit. And nothing can then go westbound until the reversing train has berthed in the eastbound platform. But there is at least one scheduled reverser there late evening.
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Post by happybunny on Jan 31, 2008 20:16:13 GMT
Yes I remember doing that scheduled D stock reverser over the bridge in training.. I specifically remember it as I was given the signal into the bay road by mistake  |
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Post by Colin on Jan 31, 2008 20:23:47 GMT
Only one train is booked to reverse on the bridge!
T126 M-F, at about midnight - it comes from High Street Kensington out of service and ends up in 27 road @ Parsons Green.
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Post by c5 on Jan 31, 2008 20:25:22 GMT
Only one train is booked to reverse on the bridge! T126 M-F, at about midnight - it comes from High Street Kensington out of service and ends up in 27 road @ Parsons Green. I was close! ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2008 23:02:47 GMT
Of course Putney Bridge will be defunct in a couple of years (as a reversing point anyway!). I didn't know that... why? |
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Post by metman on Feb 1, 2008 1:08:02 GMT
The bay road can only take a 6 car C69 train. It is too long for D stock, and hence when the 7 car S stock starts to run they will be too long for the bay road. Other casualties include, the 3 Farringdon sidings, all the Triangle (Kensington) Sidings, both Edgware Rd sidings and parts of Hammersmith!
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Post by happybunny on Feb 1, 2008 1:25:17 GMT
The bay road can only take a 6 car C69 train. It is too long for D stock, and hence when the 7 car S stock starts to run they will be too long for the bay road. Other casualties include, the 3 Farringdon sidings, all the Triangle (Kensington) Sidings, both Edgware Rd sidings and parts of Hammersmith! And the siding at PG which is parallel to the WB platform... off hand not sure, but I think maybe 25rd.. one opposite 21 anyway.... oh and of course don't forget all the station platforms between Notting Hill and Baker St |
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Post by metman on Feb 1, 2008 1:31:02 GMT
Don't go there! Baker Street 5/6 is a sticky issue re lengthening!
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Post by happybunny on Feb 1, 2008 1:40:40 GMT
Yeah can't wait to see how they are going to go about that... Bayswater is already really tight both sides! Its going to be chaos !
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Post by metman on Feb 1, 2008 1:51:52 GMT
I guess, hack back from the tunnel crown and a load of scaffolding and RSJs! Oh and a lots of £s!
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Post by c5 on Feb 1, 2008 3:04:56 GMT
Don't go there! Baker Street 5/6 is a sticky issue re lengthening! FWIU that is one of the easier ones! There was something on the Intranet talking about using Selective Door Opening instead at some locations. |
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Post by happybunny on Feb 1, 2008 12:17:57 GMT
I suppose that makes sense, they have it on a few locations on the Northern I believe. The good thing is the train automatically activates the selective door opening and the train op doesn't have to remember to do it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2008 23:57:57 GMT
What bright spark ordered 7-coach trains to serve stations that can only accommodate 6-coach ones? I thought the new stock had through vestibules so you can walk through the train as you can on surface lines - the obvious solution is for the last car to remain in the tunnel and announcements for passengers to walk through the train. Please please don't tell me they're going to close Bayswater for a year or so while they dig it out  |
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Post by metman on Feb 2, 2008 0:57:23 GMT
Yes that could make sense! We'll see what happens re the rebuilding. I suspect it will depend on how much cash is available!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2008 19:46:42 GMT
2 trains reverse at Putney Bridge each weekday night, one c stock in the bay rd and a d stock on the bridge. The first eastbound on a Sunday morning from Putney Bridge (07.01) is a d stock that reverses on the bridge. The only other time trains reverse at Putney is when there is service disruption, late running trains. The station has just been refurbed by Metronet and the plan is to put bus shelters on the exposed part of the eastbound platform with seats in.
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I imagine that this has been true since the station was built.
