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Post by sunnyday on May 16, 2021 16:32:17 GMT
I believe the first day of 9 car operation on the East has been pushed back a week to 23rd May 2021.
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Post by andypurk on May 23, 2021 15:56:07 GMT
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Post by Deep Level on May 24, 2021 7:43:41 GMT
For some reason in my head I automatically assumed they would go via the NLL, I completely forgot that the core is usable now! |
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Post by superteacher on May 24, 2021 10:47:30 GMT
For some reason in my head I automatically assumed they would go via the NLL, I completely forgot that the core is usable now! It’s taken so long to get to this point - you’re probably in denial! 😂 |
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Post by Dstock7080 on May 24, 2021 11:43:21 GMT
Email to staff suggests the following station handover to TfL dates:
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Post by goldenarrow on May 24, 2021 12:21:08 GMT
The Ilford Hill ticket hall at Ilford has been brought into use:
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Post by silenthunter on May 24, 2021 19:17:19 GMT
Is the other entrance still there?
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Post by spsmiler on May 25, 2021 9:20:14 GMT
Is the other entrance still there? The temporary entrance had better still be there as the brand new station building on Cranbrook Road is not yet ready for use. I'll be in Ilford town centre this afternoon so will take a look |
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Post by Deep Level on May 25, 2021 17:34:33 GMT
Is the other entrance still there? The temporary entrance had better still be there as the brand new station building on Cranbrook Road is not yet ready for use. I'll be in Ilford town centre this afternoon so will take a look It is still there, I was actually going to use the new entrance today but completely forgot about it and still used the temporary one. I believe the temporary entrance will remain until Cranbrook Road is completed. I'm on my way home now so will use the new entrance. |
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Post by superteacher on May 25, 2021 18:43:36 GMT
When is driver training likely to start? Will all drivers be signed off on all routes?
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Post by goldenarrow on May 27, 2021 8:04:53 GMT
Ealing Broadway has become the 3rd of the original TFL Rail West station rebuilds to be completed coming into use this morning. Southall, West Drayton and Hayes & Harlington stations are all projected to be complete by September 2021. Click here if Tweet fails to appear |
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Post by Chris L on May 27, 2021 8:54:42 GMT
Ealing Broadway has become the 3rd of the original TFL Rail West station rebuilds to be completed coming into use this morning. Seems to have taken forever. |
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Post by silenthunter on May 27, 2021 15:01:52 GMT
LT Museum are selling some of the TfL Rail signs from the eastern end. I've not been on that line for a good while, but have the signs changed there?
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Post by superteacher on May 27, 2021 15:30:16 GMT
LT Museum are selling some of the TfL Rail signs from the eastern end. I've not been on that line for a good while, but have the signs changed there? They now have Elizabeth Line blue roundels. |
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Post by aslefshrugged on May 28, 2021 12:40:45 GMT
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Post by spsmiler on May 28, 2021 20:29:36 GMT
Ealing Broadway has become the 3rd of the original TFL Rail West station rebuilds to be completed coming into use this morning. Southall, West Drayton and Hayes & Harlington stations are all projected to be complete by September 2021. Click here if Tweet fails to appear Here is a photo showing a FGW DMU at platform 4 plus some Central line trains at platforms 5 & 6) that I took several years ago. Note the planters with flowers (on the right) and the hanging baskets with flowers in front of platform 5. Now that building works have been completed it would be great if whoever it is that runs the station nowadays reinstated these features!  |
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Post by silenthunter on Jun 1, 2021 15:20:59 GMT
Rode my first Greater Anglia 720/5 today; notably they are referring to the Elizabeth Line in their information announcements.
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Post by goldenarrow on Jun 13, 2021 20:04:48 GMT
To the individual who was wondering what the core announcements sound like, a visit through Custom House gave some answers. The Elizabeth Line announcements are clearly audible from DLR platforms.
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The train now approaching platform (A or B) is the Elizabeth Line service to (destination).
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Similar announcements were heard for trains non-stopping Custom House. Obviously as TfL Rail gets knitted into the core these announcements may grow in length but they appear to be the same voice that’s currently loaded onto TfL’s Aventra onboard announcements.
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Post by Dstock7080 on Jun 15, 2021 13:22:42 GMT
Trial running up to 8tph
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Post by goldenarrow on Jun 25, 2021 12:42:30 GMT
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Jun 26, 2021 18:46:33 GMT
To the individual who was wondering what the core announcements sound like, a visit through Custom House gave some answers. The Elizabeth Line announcements are clearly audible from DLR platforms. START The train now approaching platform (A or B) is the Elizabeth Line service to (destination). END Similar announcements were heard for trains non-stopping Custom House. Obviously as TfL Rail gets knitted into the core these announcements may grow in length but they appear to be the same voice that’s currently loaded onto TfL’s Aventra onboard announcements. I assume Emma Higgnet then? I don't know about the other lines, but I do know that her platform announcements were replaced by Anne a while back on the East London line. Wonder how long before she is replaced there too - I personally can't stand her announcements on the railways! Nothing to do with her voice, but the way they are stitched together really grates me. |
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Post by goldenarrow on Jul 5, 2021 13:12:10 GMT
The Moorgate (Crossrail) ticket hall on Moorfields has been opened to the public giving another route into the existing station plus step-access currently only to the sub-surface lines. This follows on from the Liverpool Street (Crossrail) complex which includes Moorgate being formally handed over to London Underground today. Paddington, Whitechapel and Canary Wharf stations are all expected to be handed over by the end of August. Notice again what's missing from that list. Article herePhotos from IanVisits: |
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Post by rsdworker on Jul 6, 2021 8:00:01 GMT
nice so crossrail lift gives access to one of platforms - i cant see layout where lifts go to
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Post by Chris L on Jul 6, 2021 10:28:30 GMT
nice so crossrail lift gives access to one of platforms - i cant see layout where lifts go to The new ticket hall has lifts that currently only serve both Met/Circle/H&C platforms. They will serve the lower areas of the combined Liverpool Street/Moorgate station when Crossrail opens. This will include the Northern line. |
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Post by goldenarrow on Jul 6, 2021 18:35:05 GMT
nice so crossrail lift gives access to one of platforms - i cant see layout where lifts go to Note that the levels I’ve put at each area aren’t the ones on the lifts themselves, that’s just to aid orientation. Location wise at platforms, A is just by the stairs for the subway under the Sub-Surface lines, B is likewise on the opposite side of the same subway and C is in the northernmost cross passage between the Northern line platforms. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2021 19:00:33 GMT
Why can’t level -5 be locked off on lift D therefore allowing lift access to the Northern line.
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Post by goldenarrow on Jul 6, 2021 19:59:46 GMT
Why can’t level -5 be locked off on lift D therefore allowing lift access to the Northern line. Bringing the Northern line lifts into use at this stage would leave two levels (-2 & -4) and a sizeable amount of corridors only publicly accessible by lifts with adjoining areas sealed off which would have implications say if the station needed to be evacuated for example. In short, they are rather isolated from the rest of the operational station complex as it stands now which is why they will be brought into use in conjunction with the start of Crossrail services. |
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Post by Chris M on Jul 6, 2021 20:41:49 GMT
Will eastbound SSR to Northern line really require 4 lifts?
platform → ticket hall
ticket hall → intermediate landing
intermediate landing → Northern line link
Northern line link → Northern line
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Post by goldenarrow on Jul 6, 2021 20:57:51 GMT
Will eastbound SSR to Northern line really require 4 lifts? platform → ticket hall ticket hall → intermediate landing intermediate landing → Northern line link Northern line link → Northern line Yes, unfortunately so. The southern end of the Northern line platforms is extremely camped with the adjoining corridors and escalator barrels of the Northern line, Northern City Line and a spiral staircase all hemmed into a very constrained space. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2021 21:18:29 GMT
Changing from the vic or pic line to the SSR at Kings X requires 3 lifts and it takes an extra 2 minutes between the pic and SSR if using lifts vs escalators at stairs. Anyway that’s going off topic now.
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