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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2012 19:20:21 GMT
Today (Saturday 30th June 2012) is the first day of a full S8 service and should be tomorrow as well as the only A stock stabled north of the block is 5094/5103 at Watford (21 Road) which should be on T455 on Monday.  401 21110 402 21111 403 21083 404 21033 405 21048 406 21107 407 21022 421 21005 422 21031 423 21090 424 21082 425 21058 426 21102 427 21043 430 21019 431 21026 432 21053 433 21079 Only 18 trains required for service today and tomorrow but 54 S stock trains are now available for service (49 needed for the am peak and 50 for the pm peak) plus one waiting it's 8th car. Train 18 is still at Old Dalby then only Train's 57 & 58 to come. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2012 19:39:44 GMT
This news is horrible
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Post by malcolmffc on Jun 30, 2012 23:29:05 GMT
A milestone achievement. The first day the Met has operated without an A stock since 1961.
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Post by causton on Jul 1, 2012 1:02:04 GMT
Good news! The A-stock have their place but unfortunately it is time for this to come.  |
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Post by fleetline on Jul 1, 2012 2:16:01 GMT
I was wondering this morning.
Anyone seen Metman?
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Post by kabsonline on Jul 1, 2012 10:47:09 GMT
Such a shame. Spent most of yesterday hunting an A Stock and there wasn't one!  Missing them already lol! |
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Post by allan60 on Jul 1, 2012 10:58:42 GMT
Such a shame. Spent most of yesterday hunting an A Stock and there wasn't one! Missing them already lol! +1, spent all afternoon looking for them to find no A stocks, both south and north of the suspension  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2012 12:54:47 GMT
With one A Stock reported stabled at Watford, there are three at Uxbridge. Although this is the first weekend of all S Stock, to be fair it is an engineering work weekend with only 18 trains required out of the normally scheduled 35. Surely they can find 18 that work out of what they have  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2012 15:28:38 GMT
Train 423 arrived Wembley Park at 16:20 led by motor car 5189. Just gone in the hole back to Neasden Depot.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2012 16:07:40 GMT
Yep, indeed, one A Stock train crept out into service today. I wonder if it was still with 5116? Can't do without them then!! ;D ;D ;D .... although we'll have to soon |
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Post by redsetter on Jul 1, 2012 16:20:49 GMT
the dyson train has rolled into town once and for all.just another, a great shame.
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Post by Dstock7080 on Jul 1, 2012 16:28:54 GMT
Yep, indeed, one A Stock train crept out into service today. I wonder if it was still with 5116? Can't do without them then!! ;D ;D ;D .... although we'll have to soon 5116+5189 on 423 5118+? on 431 at 10:30am |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2012 17:06:55 GMT
Even better then!! |
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Post by superteacher on Jul 1, 2012 20:27:02 GMT
Tomorrow will be quite telling in respect of the future of A stock running. Up until the end of last week, the policy seemed to be to run as many A's as they could. With 52 S stocks available for service, they could run pretty much the whole service with them.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2012 23:09:07 GMT
Yeah a friend of mine said he was on 5116 late on Sunday from Baker St to W Pk. He was as surprised to see an A stock as everyone else and he's a regular!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2012 9:50:32 GMT
I took a couple of runs from Wembley Park on Saturday and on both occasions the train thought it was at Uxbridge showing correctly as destination Aldgate but next station Hillingdon.
Approaching Neasden we had a 'The next station is Hillingdon' announcement.
I seem to remember that they had corrected themselves by Finchley Road.
I would have expected a modern system like this to be able to cope with a different origin.
So system glitch or finger trouble?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2012 12:21:29 GMT
I would say glitch mate. Chiltern Railways have this issue too as they do all of theirs by GPS - Many times I have been London bound to find that the train thinks it is heading to Birmingham and is just about to arrive in Dorridge! :-\
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Post by Deep Level on Jul 2, 2012 18:04:02 GMT
So will there be any more A Stock Services from now?
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Post by redsetter on Jul 2, 2012 21:07:31 GMT
the "glitch" can be audible here from an april 11 dated video leaving harrow.
chitern always were ok,the next station being announced by the driver,although once announcing the next station as chalfont&latimer when in fact it was chorleywood,their was a laugh through the car.
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Post by metman on Jul 2, 2012 22:42:20 GMT
So mch for a full S stock service! There were at least 3 A stock in use today!
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Post by pwilliams on Jul 11, 2012 21:27:14 GMT
whilst the new stock was being introduced, l aways sought out the older, more comfortable and certainly more quiet (not so much of the vociferous sonja)
I first came across the bombardier (S-8,?) stock on the london over-ground soon after the east london line was modenised .My wife and I, who both suffer with cervical spondulosis - athritus in the neck, certainly did not think much of the sideways-sited seating.
we will miss the old met-line rolling stock.
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Post by causton on Jul 11, 2012 22:15:31 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2012 22:17:22 GMT
As long as you can ignore the loud compressors, and screeching wheels, and worse isolation from the railway noises outside, and static from barely working speakers, etc. did not think much of the sideways-sited seating It's not all sideways... |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2012 1:40:30 GMT
At the risk of being controversial I get a bit unsettled at seeing A-stocks come onto my turf (the uxbridge branch for which i am a signaller). I'd much rather have an s-stock they can accelerate better to gain time to aid service recovery, now i used to go to college in Harrow 1997-1999 and the A stocks were a prominent feature but things change and time moves onwards. I see how the performance of the new stock will be suitable for the needs of pax on the met line for the next few years, this is a gain on capacity and journey time, please don't call me a company man just calling a spade a spade from a casual travellers point of view
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2012 6:20:10 GMT
With the A stock now off the tracks, will the running speeds be increased? I was of the understanding that speed limits were reduced due to the deteriorating condition of the A stock.
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Post by metman on Jul 14, 2012 9:49:39 GMT
I never understood why A stock drivers are not asked to stick the flag down on certain sections of the Uxbridge branch. A weak field is hardly needed between Ruislip Manor and Ruislip!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2012 11:01:10 GMT
So far all S on southern section
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Post by A60stock on Jul 19, 2012 3:44:48 GMT
with the a stocks gone after the olympics can they increase speed limits to 60-70mph on the met again? they could do it with the a stock
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Post by malcolmffc on Jul 19, 2012 5:27:49 GMT
S Stocks are only capable of 62mph. However, once they've finally got rid of the last A Stocks, they can improve the acceleration of the S Stock so that it'll more than make up for the reduced top speed, in terms of saved journey times.
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Post by t697 on Jul 20, 2012 16:57:24 GMT
No A stock in service for the morning peak today. First weekday with none. Any in the evening?.....
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Missing them already lol!
