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Post by class411 on Jul 22, 2021 9:11:16 GMT
I'm a long-term Viz reader, but I can't see that one! Which one can you not see ? I think he means that he can't see where the innuendo appears. I must admit I can't either - except for the appearance of the word 'service'. Unless it's something to do with 'staff'. From Terry Pratchett: 'A wizard's staff has a knob on the end'. |
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Post by whistlekiller2000 on Jul 22, 2021 16:14:37 GMT
I know it's tempting but can we please avoid generalised posting about CV19. The overall picture and the possibilities of who may or may not catch it are outside the remit of this forum as was indicated quite clearly in the OP. Many thanks.
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Post by aslefshrugged on Jul 22, 2021 17:13:35 GMT
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Post by A60stock on Sept 7, 2021 12:45:06 GMT
Any update on the night tube?
Demand is most certainly there in central london given that many clubs and bars are now packed
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Post by aslefshrugged on Sept 7, 2021 13:50:56 GMT
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Post by Tom on Sept 7, 2021 19:49:51 GMT
Indeed, but like so many things, they're being recruited to go on a waiting list (or a 'waitlist' as the advert describes it) for training dates as and when services resume - which could be several months.
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Post by jimbo on Sept 7, 2021 20:17:49 GMT
The TfL Board meeting on 28 July 2021 heard that the restart of Night Tube services was under review, but one or two lines could be reopened late 2021. Perhaps this could meet pre-Christmas demand? The first Night Tube services introduced were on the Central and Victoria lines back in 2016. Would they be the one or two lines?
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Post by A60stock on Sept 8, 2021 8:50:03 GMT
Also interesting to see which lines they will be
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Post by Chris M on Sept 8, 2021 11:14:38 GMT
The TfL Board meeting on 28 July 2021 heard that the restart of Night Tube services was under review, but one or two lines could be reopened late 2021. Perhaps this could meet pre-Christmas demand? The first Night Tube services introduced were on the Central and Victoria lines back in 2016. Would they be the one or two lines? Given aslefshrugged 's comments about driver numbers, I wouldn't place money on the Central being the first back. |
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Post by hobbayne on Sept 8, 2021 16:18:42 GMT
The TfL Board meeting on 28 July 2021 heard that the restart of Night Tube services was under review, but one or two lines could be reopened late 2021. Perhaps this could meet pre-Christmas demand? The first Night Tube services introduced were on the Central and Victoria lines back in 2016. Would they be the one or two lines? Given aslefshrugged 's comments about driver numbers, I wouldn't place money on the Central being the first back. ASLEF negotiated the implementation of the NT drivers into the full time rosters. The NT grade is no more. This night shifts would be covered by full time drivers so there may be a shortfall but they may have enough to run some sort of service. |
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Post by brigham on Sept 9, 2021 7:49:49 GMT
ASLEF negotiated the implementation of the NT drivers into the full time rosters. The NT grade is no more. This night shifts would be covered by full time drivers so there may be a shortfall but they may have enough to run some sort of service. It looks like ASLEF have introduced the management to the bizarre concept of 'running a railway'. |
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Post by aslefshrugged on Sept 9, 2021 9:05:31 GMT
Its basically the same as ASLEF proposal for Night Tube back in 2015, its only taken 6 years and a global pandemic to get management to accept it
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Post by t697 on Sept 9, 2021 15:17:24 GMT
Just an observation; This morning I travelled from an open air station on the Met into London. There were about 25 people on the platform, just two wearing face coverings, of whom one was me and I pretty well have to as a member of staff! On the train, compliance has also fallen a lot recently and was barely 50%. A bit better on Tube lines but it has fallen away a lot recently. I wonder when it will have to be abandoned or dropped to a recommendation like many shops.
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Post by aslefshrugged on Sept 9, 2021 15:40:00 GMT
There are rumours that if hospital admissions keep going up we might have to go back into lockdown in October and the Regs might be reinstated
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Post by Chris L on Sept 9, 2021 15:54:55 GMT
As least off peak this week the DLR Passenger Service Agents are standing in the rear door of trains rather than driving from the front.
The barriers are still in place.
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Post by North End on Sept 9, 2021 16:23:38 GMT
There are rumours that if hospital admissions keep going up we might have to go back into lockdown in October and the Regs might be reinstated I think this has, for now at least, been largely quashed. The vast majority of hospitalisations are unvaccinated people, especially from older age groups. Unless data emerges that a high proportion are *unable* to be vaccinated, I think it would be a hard sell to reimpose restrictions on the basis of people who have chosen not to take it. |
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Post by Chris M on Sept 9, 2021 16:27:20 GMT
As least off peak this week the DLR Passenger Service Agents are standing in the rear door of trains rather than driving from the front. The barriers are still in place. For the past 2-3 weeks the end-most doors of DLR trains have been available again for public use, although the seats between the doors and end of the trains remains staff only. I've seen staff working from the front doors but not any other part of the train, but I've not used the DLR this week yet. |
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Post by Chris L on Sept 9, 2021 18:29:02 GMT
As least off peak this week the DLR Passenger Service Agents are standing in the rear door of trains rather than driving from the front. The barriers are still in place. For the past 2-3 weeks the end-most doors of DLR trains have been available again for public use, although the seats between the doors and end of the trains remains staff only. I've seen staff working from the front doors but not any other part of the train, but I've not used the DLR this week yet. Four off peak journeys on the Woolwich Arsenal branch this week. All being worked from the back of the train. Certainly no walking through the train or ticket checks. |
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Post by aslefshrugged on Sept 10, 2021 9:25:44 GMT
A heads up for anyone using the Central Line this weekend, just reported on the ASLEF WhatsApp group, there will be a shortage of control room staff at Wood Lane so there will be a special service, rumoured to be 26 trains Lummey
And as if things weren't bad enough RMT is reporting that anti-vaxxers are sticking up posters on the Tube with razor blades hidden behind them to injure anyone who tried to remove them. The "word" scum seems too mild for these sort www.rmtlondoncalling.org.uk/content/anti-vaxers-who-target-tube-lacing-posters-razor-blades |
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Post by Tom on Sept 10, 2021 20:29:37 GMT
I've removed a number of posts regarding the effectiveness of masks from this thread. Please remember that this is a thread for discussing the events of the Coronavirus pandemic for London's Transport, not about the pros and cons of wearing masks.
Discussion about non-compliance with and/or non-enforcement of the requirement to wear a mask whilst on TfL services is permitted, but please, we're not here to debate the effectiveness of mask wearing.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2021 23:34:05 GMT
A heads up for anyone using the Central Line this weekend, just reported on the ASLEF WhatsApp group, there will be a shortage of control room staff at Wood Lane so there will be a special service, rumoured to be 26 trains Lummey
And as if things weren't bad enough RMT is reporting that anti-vaxxers are sticking up posters on the Tube with razor blades hidden behind them to injure anyone who tried to remove them. The "word" scum seems too mild for these sort www.rmtlondoncalling.org.uk/content/anti-vaxers-who-target-tube-lacing-posters-razor-bladesLast year I expressed my gratitude to public transport workers in keeping things running during the first crisis. Firstly i want to express my continued gratitude. Personally I wear a mask. Sure I don’t like them but it is not about me. In the peaks, ridership seems quite low and from Ealing I see more than most wearing masks, curiously at Shepherds Bush it seems to drop. I don’t get why people ignore the recommendations or hide blades etc - I am not going to offer anything beyond expressing my disgust at this. I don’t understand it and will not attempt to try to. All I can say is that me and probably most travellers do appreciate the risk being taken by tube workers and are not ‘selfish’ enough to not wear masks or follow the recommendations. They should be legally enforced but in all honesty those who ignore them now would continue to do so, and the police and other authorities are busy enough. So, I guess I am finishing this with another thank you - us travellers would be stuck without everyone working for TfL, please carry on doing the job you are not really recognised for. |
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Post by spsmiler on Sept 11, 2021 20:48:08 GMT
A heads up for anyone using the Central Line this weekend, just reported on the ASLEF WhatsApp group, there will be a shortage of control room staff at Wood Lane so there will be a special service, rumoured to be 26 trains Lummey
And as if things weren't bad enough RMT is reporting that anti-vaxxers are sticking up posters on the Tube with razor blades hidden behind them to injure anyone who tried to remove them. The "word" scum seems too mild for these sort www.rmtlondoncalling.org.uk/content/anti-vaxers-who-target-tube-lacing-posters-razor-bladesLast year I expressed my gratitude to public transport workers in keeping things running during the first crisis. Firstly i want to express my continued gratitude. Personally I wear a mask. Sure I don’t like them but it is not about me. In the peaks, ridership seems quite low and from Ealing I see more than most wearing masks, curiously at Shepherds Bush it seems to drop. I don’t get why people ignore the recommendations or hide blades etc - I am not going to offer anything beyond expressing my disgust at this. I don’t understand it and will not attempt to try to. All I can say is that me and probably most travellers do appreciate the risk being taken by tube workers and are not ‘selfish’ enough to not wear masks or follow the recommendations. They should be legally enforced but in all honesty those who ignore them now would continue to do so, and the police and other authorities are busy enough. So, I guess I am finishing this with another thank you - us travellers would be stuck without everyone working for TfL, please carry on doing the job you are not really recognised for. re: gratitude to the staff keeping the service going, I too would like to express gratitude, even though I was not allowed to use the services they were operating. re: the Central line service this weekend, I suppose that this is a side-effect of the inability to train staff due to covid restrictions, etc. As for the razor blades .... if true then I am horrified at the very thought of such depravity. I won't criticise them for their points of view about the vaccines, but I strongly condemn them for such unjustified evil. Causing what potentially could be life-changing harm to railway staff removing their flyposters is not the way to resolve the issue. |
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Post by Chris L on Sept 15, 2021 17:33:14 GMT
The PSAs on the DLR are now walking through the train and opening/closing the doors as they go.
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Post by spsmiler on Sept 21, 2021 12:27:11 GMT
We know that with the worst part of the pandemic thought to be behind us people are being encouraged to return to normal life. I noticed this at Regents Park station it made me think of the TfL advertising campaign currently underway encouraging people to help repair TfL's finances by returning to public transport. This was filmed through the open doors of a train calling here, I also tried filming from the station platform but could not get far enough away from the wall to include the station name - and was too concerned for my safety to step backwards and get close to the platform edge.
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Post by aslefshrugged on Oct 7, 2021 9:35:59 GMT
Sadiq Khan on LBC said there will be an announcement on Night Tube in the next two weeks
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Post by PiccNT on Oct 7, 2021 17:41:41 GMT
Sadiq Khan on LBC said there will be an announcement on Night Tube in the next two weeks And he said on BBC London News that the Central line will probably be the first to be re-introduced :-) |
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Post by aslefshrugged on Oct 7, 2021 19:08:24 GMT
The BBC said he told them the Central Line might be first but no footage of him actually saying that - maybe it got edited out
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Post by jimbo on Oct 9, 2021 4:41:46 GMT
No more service cut-backs! Commissioner’s foreword to TfL Spending Review submission 2021 says that they "have made changes to off-peak services on the Bakerloo, Jubilee and Piccadilly lines. Beyond this, now is not the time for material reductions in service." see p.17/32. Did the Picc off-peak service really see any cut-back? |
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Post by nig on Oct 9, 2021 10:41:17 GMT
No more service cut-backs! Commissioner’s foreword to TfL Spending Review submission 2021 says that they "have made changes to off-peak services on the Bakerloo, Jubilee and Piccadilly lines. Beyond this, now is not the time for material reductions in service." see p.17/32. Did the Picc off-peak service really see any cut-back? Didn't have any cuts in wtt59 that came in begining of September although it was a amended one for South Harrow sidings closer . There are cuts in the autumn timetable that started on Sunday but the same cuts that it's been having for the last few years |
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Post by rdm on Oct 12, 2021 21:43:05 GMT
I think these would be the usual reductions to cater for reduced speeds/extended section times for the leaf-fall period until mid-December rather than a Covid service reduction.
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