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Post by sealingmark on Oct 1, 2023 17:37:16 GMT
For the last month or so, ever westbound District I've travelled on has been held at Earls Court for many minutes. Much. much longer that the normal dwell time. Generally 3-5 minutes (it was a full 5++ minutes today). Sometimes there is an 'evening out gaps in the service announcment', but a look at the real-time shows that to be not plausible. I'm sure there's a good reason, but... what? In future, I will always switch to the Pic, so no big deal; just interested to know what's behind it. Thanks. Mark
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Post by Chris L on Oct 1, 2023 17:46:26 GMT
Probably down to driver changeovers.
Often made worse at times of service disruption.
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Post by Dstock7080 on Oct 1, 2023 18:21:05 GMT
The last change of District timetable from 22 May 2023 didn’t, as expected, reduce the running time as gained from CBTC introduction in January and March. So, trains have 3-4mins stand time at Earl’s Court.
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Post by sealingmark on Oct 2, 2023 6:58:06 GMT
Many thanks - that explains it. I should have thought to look at the WTT. That confirms what I've experienced (seems I exagerated a tad!), and also that Westbould holds are longer than Eastbound.
Makes it the logical place to switch to the the Pic, rather then the more convenient Barons Court.
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Post by greenkitten on Oct 2, 2023 7:51:47 GMT
Runtime reductions couldn’t be implemented for the May WTT, due to the risk that the commissioning of SMA7 in March (and SMA6 in January) did not go to plan.
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Post by class411 on Oct 2, 2023 8:06:21 GMT
Odd, as I haven't noticed particularly long delays at EC. (Although I've only made about ~10 such journeys.)
There was around delay of about a minute on my last trip.
Does this apply to all W/B trains?
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Post by Dstock7080 on Oct 2, 2023 11:05:13 GMT
Most trains do have a scheduled stand at Earl's Court in both directions, but if running late this time will be absorbed and the train will continue with no delay. The hold allows connection to/from City and Edgware Road trains to be made and even westbound Ealing trains into the following Wimbledon train, both from the City.
off-peak westbound is usually 2¾mins stand the maximum stand i can find is: 4¼mins eastbound at the extremes of the day.
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