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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2011 8:27:50 GMT
All,
Does anybody know how frequent the DL service's are between High Street Kensington & Kenny O (Kensington Olympia)?
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Post by uzairjubilee on Aug 12, 2011 10:41:10 GMT
3 trains an hour on weekdays I think
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Post by Colin on Aug 12, 2011 11:43:43 GMT
Correct - every 20 minutes.
From December though that'll only be on Saturday & Sunday with nothing at all Monday to Friday.
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Post by Oracle on Aug 12, 2011 12:44:33 GMT
Isn't there also going to be an Exhibitions Only service SSuX?
As an aside, this is going to be a problem for Tube Challengers as they have to have a go at the record during the week? Unless going by LO from West Brompton to KO is permitted in lieu of using a LU train.
When I first became involved with record-breaking attempts whilst at LURs, circa 1980, the attempts had to be made during the relatively few days per year that there was an event on at Olympia. LT I seem to recall used to release an advance list of events each year and thus set out when the service was running.
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Post by Colin on Aug 12, 2011 13:18:24 GMT
Isn't there also going to be an Exhibitions Only service SSuX? The cynic in me thinks probably not. LU's official position is that there will be an exhibition service when required. That would seem rather at odds with the reason given for dropping it though (ie, to ease congestion through Earls Court)!! |
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Post by Ben on Aug 12, 2011 14:04:05 GMT
Is the exhibition service actually going to happen then? Or will that eventually go the way of Earls Court's other exit?
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Post by Dstock7080 on Aug 12, 2011 15:01:32 GMT
It appears that no 'timetabled' exhibition only service will exist Mon-Fri.
The "service" to Olympia will be provided by diverting occasional trains on a 'runs-as-required' basis.
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Post by londonstuff on Aug 12, 2011 15:04:25 GMT
Is the exhibition service actually going to happen then? Or will that eventually go the way of Earls Court's other exit? Are there any pics of the disused exit at Earl's Court anywhere? The most I've ever seen is by peeking through the grilles. |
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Post by Oracle on Aug 12, 2011 15:08:47 GMT
I wonder if it is much as I remember it? Narrowish with uplighters and wooden escalators?
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Post by Colin on Aug 12, 2011 15:36:42 GMT
The Exhibition ticket hall escalators are Metal but painted Brown - we don't do wooden escalators underground any more following the Kings Cross fire 0f 1987.
They are still fitted with uplighters, and it could be argued that they're actually wider than the ones in use today for the Piccadilly line cos the Exhibition ones have a staircase in the middle!!
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Post by SE13 on Aug 12, 2011 18:35:07 GMT
The Exhibition ticket hall escalators are Metal but painted Brown - we don't do wooden escalators underground any more following the Kings Cross fire 0f 1987. Could have sworn we were discussing somewhere recently about remaining wooden escalators - Or was it when I was trawling the lower reaches looking for something   |
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Post by Colin on Aug 13, 2011 3:34:36 GMT
The latter probably....
I chose my words above carefully as there is still one station that retains wooden escalators as far as I'm aware - Greenford.
The reason Greenford retains them [again AFAIA cos I've never actually been there] is that the escalators are above ground rather than underground.
Earls Court's exhibition ticket hall is entirely underground.
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Post by Ben on Aug 13, 2011 22:59:41 GMT
Is it actually classed as disused though, as in permenantly not opperational? As IIRC it would be opened for exhibition events but the Earls Court exhibition Centre would have to provide funding to run it when open? They wouldn't and won't, so it stays shut.
Also, what of diversions during the weekday? It was commented ages ago that it can be useful to send a late running westbound there to reverse; will this cease to be an option MF?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2011 7:05:17 GMT
AIUI from the discussion papers I read a while ago the station will be available for unplanned use at any time - unlike Charing Cross Jubilee. At Olympia there is no segregation between the LU platform and the LO platform and the rest of the station, and no special staffing required - are there indeed any LU staff at KO on a routine basis?
As an aside, for those that aren't aware, there are advanced plans for the complete closure of Earl's Court Exhibition Centre and for an office and housing redevelopment of the whole site and beyond. Olympia Exhibition Centre is not affected by this, although it may well gain some extra events.
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