Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2007 16:49:29 GMT
Why is it that Circle Line drivers, after completing station duties at Gloucester Road w/b, will often close the doors and depart the platform despite the fact that the junction signal to cross the e/b District is red?
I have often been on e/b Districts that cross the junction, and you can see an Outer Rail Circle sitting at the junction stick, with two cars still in the platform! Wouldn't it be better for the Outer Rail Circles to remain in the platform until both sticks clear, thus allowing easy cross-platform interchange between the e/b District and Outer Rail Circle?
At South Kensington w/b, a train waiting at the junction signal for the w/b divergence only occupies enough track circuits to hold the inner home at red, thus allowing the outer home to clear and creating a non-ALARP situation; for this reason, the I/Ops teach newbies to remain in the platform until the route is set across the divergence (this also lets more people on the train). Does the same apply at Gloucester Road w/b?
I have often been on e/b Districts that cross the junction, and you can see an Outer Rail Circle sitting at the junction stick, with two cars still in the platform! Wouldn't it be better for the Outer Rail Circles to remain in the platform until both sticks clear, thus allowing easy cross-platform interchange between the e/b District and Outer Rail Circle?
At South Kensington w/b, a train waiting at the junction signal for the w/b divergence only occupies enough track circuits to hold the inner home at red, thus allowing the outer home to clear and creating a non-ALARP situation; for this reason, the I/Ops teach newbies to remain in the platform until the route is set across the divergence (this also lets more people on the train). Does the same apply at Gloucester Road w/b?
