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Post by sawb on Feb 24, 2016 20:26:26 GMT
So far this week, on two homeward journeys out of three, we've stopped at Stratford Market staff platform.
1) Do trains have to be specifically set up before the start of the journey to call at the platform, or can they be changed on route?
2) If it can be done on route, is there a set point from Stratford where, once passed, it can't be activated, for example once out of West Ham station platform?
3) Are there specific trains in the timetable that are already set to call at the platform, even if there may not be any staff wanting to use that particular train?
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Post by Chris M on Feb 24, 2016 23:15:24 GMT
From memories of a previous thread (that I can't immediately find), Stratford Market Depot Staff Halt is a request stop only but any train will stop on request (if requested in time). I think what happens normally is that at West Ham the driver takes it out of ATO and drives in something like coded manual, although it can be done in ATO (perhaps this is trickier to set up?).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2016 23:20:44 GMT
From memories of a previous thread (that I can't immediately find), Stratford Market Depot Staff Halt is a request stop only but any train will stop on request (if requested in time). I think what happens normally is that at West Ham the driver takes it out of ATO and drives in something like coded manual, although it can be done in ATO (perhaps this is trickier to set up?).  P.S. The TBTC analogue of Coded Manual is Protected Manual. |
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Post by Chris M on Feb 25, 2016 3:02:24 GMT
That was indeed the one, thank you
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Post by punkman on Feb 25, 2016 10:14:17 GMT
Just a quick addition to this and the other thread; there was always an unwritten "rule" whereby after about 11pm T/Ops would drive in protected manual (PM) from West Ham to the halt to pick up colleagues who'd finished their shift and then revert to ATO into Stratford. Now the signallers put in "Auto not permitted" at that time forcing T/Ops to go in PM and (hopefully!) stop themselves at the halt; ATO would then become available. (Why not just leave T/Ops who want picking up to just phone up for a pick up as before? Well, I suppose it means they could get an earlier train coupled with the fact that sigallers were, allegedly, not always quick to answer the phone!)
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