Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2006 13:11:24 GMT
Hi Everyone,
Does the London Underground ever have any depot open days anymore or is it just a case of too busy and too dangerous.
Darren.
|
|
|
|
Post by Tubeboy on Oct 3, 2006 13:37:18 GMT
Health and safety rules I imagine is the main reason. I recently went to Neasden and Stratford Market depots, this being for staff training though. Even as staff [on the station side] I just cant walk into a depot, despite having staff ID.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2006 16:30:02 GMT
also there is never a time where the depot is non-operational apart from at night
|
|
|
|
Post by Tubeboy on Oct 3, 2006 16:36:44 GMT
Shunting and maintenance at night.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2006 16:37:56 GMT
Christmas Day???
|
|
|
|
Post by Tubeboy on Oct 3, 2006 17:11:51 GMT
How will people get there? ;D
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2006 17:19:19 GMT
how lonely are the rail enthusiasts that they don't have anywhere to go on christmas!
I'm sure the LU staff would love to take us round.
...maybe when there is an engineering possesion i.e Highgate depot during the Camden - East Finch suspension
|
|
|
|
Post by Chris W on Oct 3, 2006 17:19:52 GMT
The only realistic chance of seeing LU stock at an open day would probably be at Old Oak (as Sarah Siddons was back in 2000) or another London main-line depot Methinks that this is unlikely  |
|
|
|
Post by Tubeboy on Oct 3, 2006 17:29:13 GMT
I would love to do Golders Green, I have a couple of mates, think I will ask them, seeing as they are T/ops there.
|
|
prjb
Advisor
LU move customers from A to B, they used to do it via 'C'.
Posts: 1,840
|
Post by prjb on Oct 3, 2006 20:01:04 GMT
The main problem is that non-operational staff are required to hold a certificate to enter each depot. A Depot 'A' cert is for areas with over head leads and lifting etc, and a Depot 'B' is for all other areas (I'm sure thats the right way around!  ). You need a cert for each depot, so holding one for Ealing Common will not get you access to Upminster for example. |
|
|
|
Post by Tubeboy on Oct 3, 2006 20:08:52 GMT
Ahh, right, cheers for that Prjb, didnt know that.
|
|
prjb
Advisor
LU move customers from A to B, they used to do it via 'C'.
Posts: 1,840
|
Post by prjb on Oct 3, 2006 20:13:01 GMT
It's frustrating for me as an ex-DMT to have to get a certificate to enter a depot! It's even more frustrating when the depot staff who give the training think it is ridiculous too! Then it gets exasperating because it is an LU rule not an Infraco requirement. Oh well.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2006 9:37:43 GMT
I have some B&W photos of my mum and grandad (who worked on breakdowns) taken at Neasden Depot open day back in the sixties. Does anyone know when the last one was.
Darren.
|
|
|
|
Post by Tubeboy on Oct 4, 2006 10:06:43 GMT
Early 70s. 71? I am thinking of 1989 as well, might be confusing it with Norhfields in 1991.
|
|
). You need a cert for each depot, so holding one for Ealing Common will not get you access to Upminster for example.
