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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2014 22:14:01 GMT
Have any S7 stock trains started passenger service for Upminster yet or are they still in 'trial mode' for Ealing Broadway / Richmond to High Street Kensington / Barking or are being tested?
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Post by Dstock7080 on Sept 1, 2014 22:29:27 GMT
Have any S7 stock trains started passenger service for Upminster yet or are they still in 'trial mode' for Ealing Broadway / Richmond to High Street Kensington / Barking or are being tested? None to Upminster yet, as the signalling immunisation Upney to Upminster was only completed at the end of August. One train is now available to run from Ealing Common depot in the peak-hours only, covering Ealing Broadway, Tower Hill bay, Wimbledon and Barking. The two driver training train are still available for Barking, Parsons Green, Olympia, Richmond. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2014 23:31:50 GMT
There was no work done to the signalling between Upney to Upminster except modifying the newer track circuits at Hornchurch.
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Post by wimblephil on Sept 2, 2014 7:14:33 GMT
Have any S7 stock trains started passenger service for Upminster yet or are they still in 'trial mode' for Ealing Broadway / Richmond to High Street Kensington / Barking or are being tested? One train is now available to run from Ealing Common depot in the peak-hours only, covering Ealing Broadway, Tower Hill bay, Wimbledon and Barking. Is this a scheduled service? If so would you know the timings? I'd love to catch a Wimbledon/City S7 service when possible! |
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Post by domh245 on Sept 2, 2014 7:55:06 GMT
I think that it is train 121, which leaves Wimbledon at 0721 going to barking
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Post by malcolmffc on Sept 2, 2014 7:59:09 GMT
Is there a target date for the first passenger service to Upminster?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2014 9:02:32 GMT
Earliest would be towards the end of the year if not early next year
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Post by wimblephil on Sept 2, 2014 15:13:05 GMT
I think that it is train 121, which leaves Wimbledon at 0721 going to barking Cool, thanks for that. Shift dependant, that would actually be the train I would need to get at some point anyway, so I could end up on it by happy accident, rather than needing to manipulate the situation to make it so! Cheers! |
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Post by Antje on Sept 2, 2014 15:17:48 GMT
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Post by domh245 on Sept 2, 2014 15:24:23 GMT
It was the train that I used to get - (almost) every school day from September 2008 until May 2013 - although back in 2008 I think it was a different number (I think it was 20?) but was still the 0721 departure from Wimbledon to Barking. I even always used to sit in the same seat every day unless someone had already pinched it - which I greeted by scowling at them - which was the single seat on the Left Hand Side of the train, towards the East/North End of the odd UNDM (or equivalent in a double ended set). I eventually stopped because I was getting bored of getting to school an hour early with nothing to do - and switched to a later service to Edgware Road - the fact that the C stocks were due to get dispatched shortly had nothing to do with it *shifty eyes*
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Post by Colin on Sept 2, 2014 17:37:09 GMT
The two driver training train are still available for Barking, Parsons Green, Olympia, Richmond. Hmm.....only available to the west end depots! Richmond isn't currently available to passenger service trains - its test trains only territory as per the current S stock operational restrictions document (version 39). Is there a target date for the first passenger service to Upminster? There is but it is subject to several things coming together at the same time. It is intended to run the first S stock in passenger service to Upminster in mid December though I'm not naming the exact date as nothing can be guaranteed at the moment. Three S stocks are to permanently replace 3 D stocks [out of Ealing Common depot] from the first week of January 2015 though this is subject to the major works at both Upminster & Ealing Common depots being completed, and in particular the status of driver training which will be halfway through at the last depot to be completed, Upminster. Once the initial Three are in, there'll be a gradual changeover from D stock to full S stock operation throughout 2015. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2014 19:09:13 GMT
Do you mean first week in January 2015?
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Post by Colin on Sept 2, 2014 20:14:36 GMT
Yes!
Slip of the finger which I've now corrected.
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Post by Tom on Sept 2, 2014 21:25:11 GMT
There was no work done to the signalling between Upney to Upminster except modifying the newer track circuits at Hornchurch. Plus relocation of A994, A950, FM26, FM20, FM21, and a couple of others which escape me now. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2014 21:40:28 GMT
They wouldnt stop the trains running I was talking about the track circuits being converted to EBI200 they wont run until its been done
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Post by crusty54 on Sept 3, 2014 6:29:58 GMT
Saw Train 121 heading for Tower Hill rather than Barking early on Monday morning.
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Post by Dstock7080 on Sept 3, 2014 6:52:06 GMT
Saw Train 121 heading for Tower Hill rather than Barking early on Monday morning. T121 is booked to do: Ealing Common depot- Tower Hill- Wimbledon- Barking- Ealing Broadway- Ealing Common depot. AM Ealing Common depot- Barking- Ealing Broadway- Ealing Common depot. PM |
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Post by malcolmffc on Sept 3, 2014 17:15:41 GMT
Thanks for the info re: Upminster. When will trains run to Richmond in pax service?
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Post by Colin on Sept 3, 2014 21:57:21 GMT
Your guess is as good as mine  S stock has been to Richmond in service but has since become restricted to test train crew only. I gather its got something to do with speed limit signs and an issue with the platforms at Richmond. I can't be any more specific than that as I'm not privvy to exactly what the problems are. |
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