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Post by ikar on Sept 15, 2005 19:02:44 GMT
What destination blind do motorman's use when traveling from Barking to Aldgate (Circle)
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Post by Colin on Sept 15, 2005 20:26:53 GMT
They show Circle Line. This only involves a limited number of trains at the start of the day - usually used by regulars that will know where the train is actually going.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2005 15:42:28 GMT
I know a few years ago one C stock unit was fitted with an old white - on - black destination blind which outlived all the others - is this still around?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2005 11:21:24 GMT
and not to confuse the public if the train was going on the bottom half on the circle the train describer would show a Putney Bridge destination and if it was travelling on the top half of the circle then they would show either a Baker Street or a Hammersmith description as the signal operator at barking and whitechapel can not put a circle description up
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Post by Colin on Sept 18, 2005 23:50:55 GMT
Bit like when they put an Olympia through the city (extremely unusual BTW) - it always gets a Putney Bridge description too! ;D
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Post by citysig on Sept 19, 2005 12:40:27 GMT
It's a mixture of what we on the signalling side can put up, and not what you can put on the front of the train. For example, at Baker Street we have many descriptions we can put up - but whether or not the next control room/cabin will have the correct description transmitted to them is another matter.
Therefore, there are quite a few "standard" substitutions for trains heading a certain way. For example, passenger train heading from Whitechapel to Liverpool Street will normally be shown as Hammersmith (as already mentioned). Passenger train heading towards Tower Hill and going to a non-standard destination will generally be a Putney Bridge.
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