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Post by uzairjubilee on Aug 1, 2008 11:32:08 GMT
Hi all, Just wanted to ask a couple of questions I am unsure about. 1) How come in quite a few D Stock trains, some maps have got the Piccadilly as an interchange at Ealing Common while other maps dont? 2) How come on the D Stock maps, the Piccadilly is not marked as an interchange at Gloucester Road? 3) When District Line trains are between South Kensington and Sloane Square heading towards South Kensington, do they play 'The next station is South Kensington. Change for the Piccadilly Line and Circle Line, via High Street Kensington and Paddington' instead of at Gloucester Road because at South Kensington you can wait on the same platform whereas at Gloucester Road *I think* you have to crossover to a different platform to get the Circle Line? Thanks Uzair  |
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Post by Colin on Aug 1, 2008 11:43:17 GMT
2) How come on the D Stock maps, the Piccadilly is not marked as an interchange at Gloucester Road? At Gloucester Road, there are only two lifts down to the Piccadilly line, where as at both Earls Court and South Kensington, there are escalators available; so given the choices in the area, Gloucester Road isn't the most ideal of interchanges. 3) When District Line trains are between South Kensington and Sloane Square heading towards South Kensington, do they play 'The next station is South Kensington. Change for the Piccadilly Line and Circle Line, via High Street Kensington and Paddington' instead of at Gloucester Road because at South Kensington you can wait on the same platform whereas at Gloucester Road *I think* you have to crossover to a different platform to get the Circle Line? Yes - as you say, it's a same platform interchange at South Kensington but stairs are involved in changing platforms at Gloucester Road. |
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Post by ruislip on Aug 1, 2008 16:09:51 GMT
1) How come in quite a few D Stock trains, some maps have got the Piccadilly as an interchange at Ealing Common while other maps dont? That is an interesting question. Someone coming from as far away as Uxbridge might need to change to a WB District for Ealing Broadway; and someone else coming from Ealing Bdwy might need to change for a WB Piccy. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2008 16:46:27 GMT
ok you say that about gloucester road but on the c stocks its on there so whats the difference with another set of steps
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Post by c5 on Aug 1, 2008 17:23:00 GMT
1) How come in quite a few D Stock trains, some maps have got the Piccadilly as an interchange at Ealing Common while other maps dont? That is an interesting question. Someone coming from as far away as Uxbridge might need to change to a WB District for Ealing Broadway; and someone else coming from Ealing Bdwy might need to change for a WB Piccy. They were printed in error and have been/should be replaced. ok you say that about gloucester road but on the c stocks its on there so whats the difference with another set of steps The C Stocks are there as there is cross platform interchange on the east at Glo. Rd and the west at S. Ken. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2008 19:29:08 GMT
That is an interesting question. Someone coming from as far away as Uxbridge might need to change to a WB District for Ealing Broadway; and someone else coming from Ealing Bdwy might need to change for a WB Piccy. They were printed in error and have been/should be replaced. The maps also tell you to change at Gunnersbury for London Overground and National Rail services. |
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Post by angelislington on Aug 1, 2008 22:14:49 GMT
That is an interesting question. Someone coming from as far away as Uxbridge might need to change to a WB District for Ealing Broadway; and someone else coming from Ealing Bdwy might need to change for a WB Piccy. They were printed in error and have been/should be replaced. Sorry for being dumb - which were the error, the ones showing interchange or the ones /not/? |
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Post by c5 on Aug 1, 2008 23:21:30 GMT
They were printed in error and have been/should be replaced. Sorry for being dumb - which were the error, the ones showing interchange or the ones /not/? The one that missed out the Picc interchange at Ealing Common were the ones that were incorrect. |
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Post by happybunny on Aug 2, 2008 10:18:59 GMT
Don't get me started on the District DVA, although it is basically a good system there are so many flaws. There is no need for all that rubbish at S.Ken "change for Piccadilly and circle via High St Ken and Paddington" .. people know where the Circle line goes ! It should just announce "Change for Circle and Piccadilly line" (and none of that rubbish about museums) .... you don't get when arriving at Ealing Bdy "Change here for the National Rail and Central line via North Acton and Shepherds Bush" .. so why should Circle/H&C interchanges be different ?
Also it is obviously advanced enough to know the time.. as after 1700 or whatever, it stops making the tourist announcements (shame it doesn't stop making them altogether) .... so why not use the 'clock' feature for something actually USEFUL... i.e. automatically missing the Cannon Street announcement after 2130 hrs and on Sundays.
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Post by Colin on Aug 2, 2008 11:14:13 GMT
Whilst not ideal, the answer to Cannon Street is: F1 > 499 at any point during your journey.......then hit the station closed button whilst the usual announcement is playing at either Mansion House or Monument. The DVA will then miss out Cannon Street, but say "Cannon Street underground station is closed" instead  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2008 12:26:19 GMT
Don't get me started on the District DVA, although it is basically a good system there are so many flaws. There is no need for all that rubbish at S.Ken "change for Piccadilly and circle via High St Ken and Paddington" .. people know where the Circle line goes ! It should just announce "Change for Circle and Piccadilly line" (and none of that rubbish about museums) .... you don't get when arriving at Ealing Bdy "Change here for the National Rail and Central line via North Acton and Shepherds Bush" .. so why should Circle/H&C interchanges be different ? I think the reason for specifying 'Circle line via...' is to distinguish the possible directions - at S Ken it would be possible, but not sensible, to change for 'Circle line via Victoria and Tower Hill' (and which way is 'Circle Line via Liverpool Street' there?) |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2008 15:15:44 GMT
Don't get me started on the District DVA, although it is basically a good system there are so many flaws. There is no need for all that rubbish at S.Ken "change for Piccadilly and circle via High St Ken and Paddington" .. people know where the Circle line goes ! It should just announce "Change for Circle and Piccadilly line" (and none of that rubbish about museums) .... you don't get when arriving at Ealing Bdy "Change here for the National Rail and Central line via North Acton and Shepherds Bush" .. so why should Circle/H&C interchanges be different ? I think the reason for specifying 'Circle line via...' is to distinguish the possible directions - at S Ken it would be possible, but not sensible, to change for 'Circle line via Victoria and Tower Hill' (and which way is 'Circle Line via Liverpool Street' there?) Circle Line via Liverpool Street from South Ken is anti-clockwise (Inner Rail). |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2008 18:19:26 GMT
Whilst not ideal, the answer to Cannon Street is: F1 > 499 at any point during your journey.......then hit the station closed button whilst the usual announcement is playing at either Mansion House or Monument. The DVA will then miss out Cannon Street, but say "Cannon Street underground station is closed" instead The problem with that is that the system will not announce the Cannon Street closure until after you've left Mansion House (or Monument) so it needs to be supplemented with F1 > 10 while standing at the previous station to get the "The next station is closed" announcement. |
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Post by Colin on Aug 3, 2008 0:26:24 GMT
It will announce that Cannon Street is closed between Tower Hill & Monument / Blackfriars & Mansion House if you put the 499 code in early enough.
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