Weekend Work (24/25th April)

There's track work being done again at Harrow

Can't you shunt via either of the crossovers East of the Station?

This closure is one of the most common on the network over the last 18 months or so, last occured at Easter I think, up again first weekend in June.

It crops up with various tweaks to the service at the south end of the Met, ie Wem Pk - Baker/Moorgate/Aldgate (and no south end service at all on at least one occasion I think)

As Met Control says, double shunt with 'A' stock not practical. Picc is running at 6tph through Rayners, so to throw a Met in would block the job somewhat on the Westbound road both roads. Simply no need, the 6 tph Picc covers for the normal 6+3, as demand tends to be reduced when engineering works take place (ie passenger advice to use the Central from the Ruislip area etc)

One thing that has changed on this package in recent times (implemented on the Easter weekend I believe) is that the Picc is now 21 tph through the central area.

During past closures the Picc was reduced to 18 tph to free up T/Op resource to extend to Uxbridge all day and cover the Met. This was at the detriment of the Picc whose loadings are very heavy on the weekends, particularly noticeable in the Picc Circus - South Kens area in the afternoon/early evening. Throw in football games and closures on other lines and the Picc can get absoultely wedged.

Picc now runs at 21tph central area during these closures. T4 has lost out to free up the T/Op resource and now gets a 3tph service on such closures.

Not going for a Sunday morning jog this week then?......

The reason why there are so few closures, particularly on Sunday is that there is both the London Marathon, and Whitney Houston performs the O2 tonight. Of course, O2 concerts have not stopped jubilee line closures in the past, so it's probably thanks to the marathon that it's open!