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Post by towerman on Dec 2, 2009 20:00:22 GMT
This weekend sees a rare service on the Met,a F/Rd-Uxb shuttle.I assume the trains will be reversing via Swiss Cottage disused station seeing as the Jubbly is running to W/Hampstead.
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Post by superteacher on Dec 2, 2009 20:33:02 GMT
What work is taking place this weekend on the Met, must be something between Finchley Road and Baker Street, as the Circle and H&C are running normally.
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Post by citysig on Dec 2, 2009 21:59:28 GMT
I haven't got my hands on a timetable as yet (although I really should as I am working Saturday  ) but as far as I have heard, we are running an Uxbridge-Finchley Road / Swiss Cottage service on the Met. As far as I am also aware, it is for signalling work between Baker Street and Swiss Cottage, and some localised point maintenance at Baker Street station. If I'm wrong, I'll update on Friday, or the colleague I am working alongside will in the meantime ;D |
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Post by metman on Dec 2, 2009 22:18:30 GMT
It will be a standard 10min service I presume. How will the signalling work? Can a train be reversing in Swiss Cottage while a service detrains at Finchley Road or will this fall within the overlap?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2009 22:58:17 GMT
Swiss Cottage is a fair distance away from Finchley Road, so I suspect that overlaps are not the issue.
A train berthed at the shunt signal on the s/b line would be well beyond Finchley Road s/b anyway, so I would be surprised if the signalling prevented a train from being drawn into the s/b platform while a train was shunting at Swiss Cottage.
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Post by mrfs42 on Dec 2, 2009 23:09:36 GMT
AIUI the maximum overlap/control length required for MD 5 (Finchley Road home) only ends about 50 feet from the former platforms at Swiss Cottage.
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Post by towerman on Dec 2, 2009 23:31:38 GMT
The last time I can remember Swiss Cottage being used for a weekend possession was in the mid 70s,mind you that time everything was reversing there,Uxbridges,Watfords & Amershams.
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Post by ruislip on Dec 3, 2009 3:40:25 GMT
The last time I can remember Swiss Cottage being used for a weekend possession was in the mid 70s,mind you that time everything was reversing there,Uxbridges,Watfords & Amershams. Was that when Bakerloos ex-Stanmore were diverted to the Met platforms at Baker St while the Bakerloo platforms were being rennovated for the coming of the Jubilee? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2009 4:31:03 GMT
Well, I have just browsed a timetable and indeed trains are reversing at Swiss Cottage. Times look rather tight though, a NB train leaving SC just two minutes before the next SB train is due. Also the train descriptions are shown as BK8/BK9, the normal TD from Uxbridge. Sorry Met Control, I know you're the man of the knowledge but I posted as I know how the members like to know what's happening as soon as they can ;D  |
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Post by Harsig on Dec 3, 2009 7:14:12 GMT
Can a train be reversing in Swiss Cottage while a service detrains at Finchley Road or will this fall within the overlap? Yes All southbound signals at Finchley Road, including the station starter MD6, can be cleared with a train reversing at Swiss Cottage. However if a train departs Ficnhley Road and is held at ML1 waiting for the train ahead to reverse, then a following train cannot gain the platform at Finchley Road. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2009 13:00:09 GMT
Well, I have just browsed a timetable and indeed trains are reversing at Swiss Cottage. Times look rather tight though, a NB train leaving SC just two minutes before the next SB train is due. It will probably be OK, as there won't be any passengers at Swiss Cottage to mess the service up ;D |
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Post by citysig on Dec 3, 2009 13:31:26 GMT
Sorry Met Control, I know you're the man of the knowledge but I posted as I know how the members like to know what's happening as soon as they can ;D That's fine. This once ;D I have yet to see the timetable, so indeed post away ;D |
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Post by metman on Dec 3, 2009 18:03:01 GMT
I wonder if any t/ops can get a few photos of Swiss Cottage whilst changing ends. There aren't many pics of the Swiss Cottage.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2009 19:02:36 GMT
Drainage work associated with the platform work at Baker Street - amongst other works
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Post by londonstuff on Dec 3, 2009 19:06:33 GMT
I wonder if any t/ops can get a few photos of Swiss Cottage whilst changing ends. There aren't many pics of the Swiss Cottage. Agree, Met Drivers, do your best for the cause  ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2009 19:36:55 GMT
The service will comprise 10 trains providing a 10-min service Uxbridge - Finchley Road.
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Post by ruislip on Dec 4, 2009 0:26:25 GMT
Is "Finchley Road" already included on the A-stock blinds?
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Post by Ben on Dec 4, 2009 1:28:17 GMT
Possibly; theres a destination blind list on tubeprunes site, but the list given for A stock is for 1990-98. I'm fairly certain the blind has more entries now.
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Post by t697 on Dec 4, 2009 6:34:23 GMT
S stock certainly can have Finchley Road as destination. Ready for a later case of this working and many, many others.
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) but as far as I have heard, we are running an Uxbridge-Finchley Road / Swiss Cottage service on the Met. As far as I am also aware, it is for signalling work between Baker Street and Swiss Cottage, and some localised point maintenance at Baker Street station.
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