Connect on the Met

I believe the Hammersmith & City was next and if it is then the Circle will probably go simultaneously or very soon after the H&C. There is only a small stretch and one station on the Circle that is not on the District or H&C.

If I had to guess I'd say the Met would follow H&C and Circle because they share so much route.

The only really reliable source would be someone responsible for the implementation as the schedules have changed a lot over the years.

so in theory (as always with connect) it will a matter of weeks (if all goes well) till the whole SSR will use it.

I bet the excitment is amazing!

OR another problem could rise up. What will the D stocks do when they are done and the Cs aren't done, how will you contact the circle controller?

The set up at present allows both systems to work in tandem - which is why we don't have the full range of Connect functions yet.



Pretty much, yes.

Don't forget, the infrastructure (lineside cables, etc) has been in place for years ages. The initial 15 trains are used to ensure everything is still good since it was installed years ages ago - once that is complete (should be this wednesday), the rest of the fleet will be progressively 'Connected'.

Another thing that helps with the speed of introduction is that all trains now have the Connect equipment fitted in the cabs - it's merely a case of disconnecting the old radio system and firing up the connect unit (well, as good as).

isn't it just tunnel cables and there is a line of those along every bit of track apart from the Wimbledon branch where there are anntena

Yep got mine today, been spending most of the day swapping Connect numbers with other drivers.

Connect starts on the Met on 11 December 2006.

The CHIC that means legacy calls can be taken by the Connect equipment will be taken out. So there will be a connect handset for the Met and C&H and a legacy handset for the Picc line

No. The one terminal will talk to the Circle, H&C, Met, District and eventually the Picc once they are switched on.

And then the Picc will move from being answered on the Connect handset back to the legacy handset

Its all going to go live tomorrow! The terminals at RKY and AME are fully functional, and each cabin now has their login in details.

I have to say, i am quite looking forward to it, at times of service disruption, i think it will be a very useful tool for us in the cabins. If you think; at the moment when everything grinds to a hault, you have everyone calling you on the signal phones, and you then have to repate the same message everytime you talk to someone different. With connect, you will be able to make one general broadcast, and thats your job done. Likewise if you have a train waiting to cross over at the junction, you can keep them updated with a 1 to 1 call.

I wonder if we will be able to use it to put trains away in the south sidings ?

It would make sense, as surely talking straight into their cab is more secure than speaking through the speaker system that the south sidings has??