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Post by younglulnerd on Apr 21, 2011 19:09:33 GMT
Going through and alighting at Edgware Road today, they are doing stuff to the sidings and the bridge to the Marylebone Road entrance. Been going on for a while, but what is it for???
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 20:20:52 GMT
Work for Crossrail
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Post by younglulnerd on Apr 21, 2011 20:33:39 GMT
Crossrail? It isn't stopping at Edgware Road though. I am very confused.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 20:48:15 GMT
New Substation or Bulk Supply Point - Something Power related at least.
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Post by younglulnerd on Apr 21, 2011 20:55:12 GMT
Are the S stocks more 'leccy devouring than the C stocks then?
I thought it would be new plats for the Circle terminating there.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 21:03:35 GMT
S stocks are far more such. In fact once all the old trains are gone the line voltage is to be boosted to 750v!
All motored axles, and air con = lots of juice. At least they have regen braking.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2011 10:11:04 GMT
I think it may have to do with a power substation I recall seeing news about a few months back. Westminster Council was going back and forth on a planning permission document for just such a power substation and it was to do with the S7 upgrade.
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Post by barrybahamas on May 7, 2011 22:27:39 GMT
S stocks are far more such. In fact once all the old trains are gone the line voltage is to be boosted to 750v! All motored axles, and air con = lots of juice. At least they have regen braking. Aren't parts of some lines shared by tube stock and 'big' stock? if so, will the tube stocks be able to handle 750 volts? (I'm thinking specifically of the pic/district sections West of Hammersmith where occasionally one of the green or the blue has to go over to the other metals) |
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Post by cso on May 7, 2011 22:39:21 GMT
You mean like the entire section from Rayners Lane - Uxbridge as well  |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2011 7:15:26 GMT
AIUI D stock run some sections on 750v...
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2011 7:41:46 GMT
AIUI D stock run some sections on 750v... Yes, So do C-stocks as well (East Putney-Wimbledon) |
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Post by metman on May 8, 2011 18:31:36 GMT
And the 1972 on the Bakerloo. In short they will be fine, and if they are not, they will be modified!! ;D
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Post by Ben on May 8, 2011 19:29:40 GMT
The voltage has come up many times before. Was the consensus that its roughly 750volts then?
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Post by metman on May 8, 2011 21:29:10 GMT
Yes, the 378s run from 750v DC so I guess that is the case.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2011 21:34:59 GMT
They certainly don't run like they are on 750v up that way!
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Post by abe on May 26, 2011 8:40:01 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2011 20:05:08 GMT
Won't the Piccadilly's trains tend to run fast on increased voltage?, after all they still use traditional DC motors....
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2011 18:00:14 GMT
Are the S stocks more 'leccy devouring than the C stocks then? I thought it would be new plats for the Circle terminating there. Yes, I've always wondered how they manage to shove so many trains through those 4 platforms. If it was down to me, the platform arrangements would be as follows: Platform 1 - District Line trains to Wimbledon (terminating platform) Platform 2 - Shared platform, District and Circle lines (terminating platform) Platform 3 - Circle Line trains via High Street Kensington and Victoria (terminating platform) Platform 4 - Circle/Hammersmith & City Line trains to Hammersmith Platform 5 - Hammersmith & City Line trains to Barking Platform 6 - Circle Line trains via Baker Street and King's Cross St. Pancras |
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Post by causton on Jun 5, 2011 19:01:18 GMT
You *could* get away with 5 platforms by turning platforms 5 and 6 into one, as you wouldn't get a train being 'overtaken' coming from Hammersmith to Baker Street... and if so, there's the platform 2. Of course, this assumes that you could leave from all platforms in both directions!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2011 19:02:55 GMT
There's not enough of a service to need two platforms there going EB (towards Aldgate East and Tower Hill)!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2011 17:46:52 GMT
I wasn't thinking about trains overtaking others, I was just thinking about freeing up some platform space so that during the busy rush hour, station dwell times could be increased and leaving an emergency spare platform should anything go wrong.
I mean, Edgware Road closely follows Queen Park in the location where most signal failures occur.
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