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Post by punkman on Nov 26, 2016 16:24:50 GMT
I see this afternoon (Saturday) the TFL website is showing, "Minor delays due to a shortage of trains."
Surely this isn't for the same reason (flats) as the Piccadilly? Hopefully if that is the case it doesn't deteriorate in the same manner. All very embarrassing for LUL, especially in the public's eye to whom everything is black and white!
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Post by drainrat on Nov 26, 2016 16:40:37 GMT
to hazard a guess, I'd say NT taking its toll
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2016 16:48:53 GMT
to hazard a guess, I'd say NT taking its toll What does NT stand for, sorry, I can't remember (being very generous to myself and assuming I once knew what it stands for  )? |
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Post by superteacher on Nov 26, 2016 16:56:41 GMT
NT I assume is Night Tube.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2016 17:00:39 GMT
NT I assume is Night Tube. D'oh - silly me. Maybe need another cup of coffee - wake myself up a bit  |
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Post by drainrat on Nov 26, 2016 22:23:43 GMT
Apologies, yes, night tube
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Post by crusty54 on Nov 27, 2016 13:42:17 GMT
A number of Central trains are out of service at the moment for remedial work and resources are stretched to the point where a reduced timetable is in operation.
The line runs through some very leafy areas and there 2 trains which are equipped to try and prevent rail adhesion problems.
Even so some wheel flats are inevitable and require attention.
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Post by drainrat on Nov 27, 2016 13:50:10 GMT
Trouble is, there's hardly any trees left beside the line to produce all the leaves, as they've all been cut down or heavily pruned. East of Buckhurst Hill it's been bare all Autumn. For 3 yrs now, we've seen the trees being steadily thinned out, cut down to their stumps and routed out, some pruned by up to 2/3rds. Between Debden - Theydon it's like the apocalypse.
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Post by stapler on Nov 27, 2016 15:07:04 GMT
Drainrat, quite agree. Epping Forest Dc has one of the best arboricultural teams in the UK, including an international expert, but they are powerless to stop LU's current massacre policy. Of course, leaves blow in from all the leafy areas around; it's not the lineside ones that give rise to the trouble
The answer, surely, is to run the adhesion trains more often.
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Post by drainrat on Nov 27, 2016 19:30:16 GMT
Between Debden - Epping, there is very little else around other than hay, to blow onto the track 😉
In the days I've been on the main, I seem to be held up both ends of the line by the RAT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2016 1:07:20 GMT
I travelled into central London earlier today and there were announcements about gaps in service due to a shortage of trains but oddly enough, the service indicator said there was a good service. From Ealing, there were definitely gaps.
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