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Post by harlesden on Jun 24, 2010 13:20:15 GMT
Is there any old timetable available online showing the joint District/Piccadilly service between Acton Town and Hounslow West?
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Post by mrfs42 on Jun 24, 2010 13:36:53 GMT
Not online - but I've got nearly every District and Piccadilly WTT from 1933 until 1970 - I'm a bit 'thin' during 1940-45, but I have just got into my hot and stickies two from 1943 and 1944.
Was there any particular aspect you were interested in?
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Post by ruislip on Jun 24, 2010 16:18:48 GMT
The Winter 1961 Underground Guide lists the District service in Mon-Fri peaks. Most trains on this service non-stopped Stamford Brook & Ravenscourt Park. The exceptions to this were the 1800 ex-Hounslow West and 1837 ex-Hounslow West (I think this one only went as far as Acton Town, as there is a note for the arrival time at Charing Cross stating that this change was to be made).
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Post by Oracle on Jun 24, 2010 20:57:11 GMT
I thought that the service to/from Hounslow West ceased on 9th October 1964 and that that to/from Northfields a week later but Clive's Underground Guides suggests that the latter was on the 10th October. Was that the end of Northfields stabling of DR stock and the transfer to Ealing Common or was there a delay shown in the WTT (with ETY/ECS running to the Depot)?
As an aside, I seem to recall that by '64, when we started using District trains from Hammersmith to get to Victoria when going with mum that on the car maps the Hounslow West branch was white/green squares with indication that it was indeed peak hours only. After October 1964 there was initially a white stuck-on piece of paper to cover it up. At some stage not known to me the station canopy at Hounslow West was altered to just quote the Piccadilly Line. However it was I think a while after the DR stopped running there.
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Post by mrfs42 on Jun 24, 2010 22:50:30 GMT
The Winter 1961 Underground Guide lists the District service in Mon-Fri peaks. Most trains on this service non-stopped Stamford Brook & Ravenscourt Park. The exceptions to this were the 1800 ex-Hounslow West and 1837 ex-Hounslow West. I've said before on this forum, and it bears repeating - the non-stopping patterns of the District could quite easily generate a book all to themselves. Especially when you factor in modifications to the RSTD equipment. |
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Post by harlesden on Jun 24, 2010 22:57:50 GMT
I had assumed that the joint District/Piccadilly line service to Hounslow West was a full (all day) service which simply ceased in 1964, leaving the Piccadilly Line as the only service between Acton Town and Hounslow West
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Post by mrfs42 on Jun 24, 2010 23:26:51 GMT
Basically, yes. There may be subtle changes in the service density, but looking at the Oct. 1943 WTT it seems to be that every fourth train from Hounslow was a District.
I can have a look at the others when I return back to my English library - being currently situate in the Welsh one.
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Post by harlesden on Jun 25, 2010 0:03:56 GMT
October 1943? Very impressive. Longer running times, I assume, and operating staff working longer hours.
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Post by DWS on Jun 25, 2010 7:56:04 GMT
October 1943? Very impressive. Longer running times, I assume, and operating staff working longer hours. Well there was a War on ;D |
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