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Post by simran1966 on Apr 8, 2020 11:01:02 GMT
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Post by simran1966 on Mar 16, 2020 9:11:31 GMT
As long as staff and trains are available, I would imagine it desirable to maintain a frequent service. There may be fewer passengers but they will have more space to spread out and do the 'social distancing'.
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Post by simran1966 on Feb 26, 2020 19:20:33 GMT
I've certainly heard the announcements: "MIND THE CAT", "STAND CLEAR OF THE PAWS" 😆
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Post by simran1966 on Feb 7, 2020 8:58:01 GMT
Not in the carriage I'm currently sitting in
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Post by simran1966 on Oct 19, 2019 23:20:08 GMT
Ah, OK, makes sense. Thanks. If you are prepared to pay very handsomely for the privilege then LU/TfL might consider such a trip during engineering hours. No, £90 was already a bit much!
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Post by simran1966 on Oct 19, 2019 10:05:06 GMT
Would it have been possible to use 72 stock on that part of the line for this event? (that's what I thought they were doing when I saw the picture in the link!)
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Post by simran1966 on Aug 30, 2019 8:30:48 GMT
Hello Chris, It would be possible to automate this with the TFL Unified API (application programming interface), subject to their terms and conditions (which I've not read in detail). You (or someone you know) would need to be able to do some coding around that to grab a list of stops, loop through each one, make a journey request, and then extract the 'duration' value. It would be relatively simple for someone with a basic grasp of Python,for example. api.tfl.gov.uk/Simon.
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Post by simran1966 on Aug 10, 2019 16:58:03 GMT
Hello, I notice that some of the standard colours have changed over time and I've no idea whether this (or previous) would ever have applied to the D stock roof but here is a link to the the current corporate colour standards: content.tfl.gov.uk/tfl-colour-standards-issue04.pdf
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Post by simran1966 on Jul 25, 2019 17:17:10 GMT
And so this ATO project led to one Craven's unit being equipped as a Fully Automatically Controlled Train for the FACT trials. It was adapted to require no staff intervention after leaving Grange Hill outer rail platform until it returned to the inner rail platform there. That meant that on arrival at Hainault platform the passenger doors would open, the leading cab shut down, the other end cab open up, and when the signal cleared the passenger doors would close and the train depart. So, at this time, was the idea of ATO that no-one would be needed to control the doors and confirm it was safe to depart?
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Post by simran1966 on Jul 19, 2019 11:28:49 GMT
I would imagine usage will be mostly for data rather than voice calls. I'm not even sure it would be possible to hold a conversation in a deep level tube, although I don't suppose that'd stop some people!
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Post by simran1966 on Jun 30, 2019 19:13:57 GMT
Thanks, both. That it's probably a historical thing makes more sense now.
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Post by simran1966 on Jun 29, 2019 22:31:53 GMT
Hello all,
Perhaps I'd not noticed before but the last few times I've been sitting at the front of a Stratford train at West India Quay, I've seen that the points are set for Westferry and then move to be set for Poplar just before the train departs. However, the previous train went to Poplar too so I'm confused why there needs to be this seemingly redundant move of the points. Any ideas?
Cheers,
Simon.
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Post by simran1966 on Jun 15, 2019 16:20:10 GMT
Never mind the canopy, if you zoom in on the left, the platform sign shows the current station as Canada Water, with next stations Rotherhithe, Wapping, etc. 😁
...and they've not used New Johnston for 'West India Quay'
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Post by simran1966 on May 31, 2019 17:47:59 GMT
I thought the idea of naming the Watford DC line 'Bakerloo' was a joke at first but now I'm not so sure, so I'm curious to know 😊
I can see a certain logic, bearing in mind how much is shared (I'm only thinking about branding--not sending 72 stock to Euston) but I'm not sure what the pros and cons are with this sort of thing. Is it simpler for passengers if there are fewer lines (and literally fewer lines on the map, in this case) or do we prefer to reduce the number of branches (again assuming no operational differences)--e.g. logically separating the Northern line?
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Post by simran1966 on May 30, 2019 18:15:59 GMT
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Post by simran1966 on May 30, 2019 13:22:31 GMT
Who was it who suggested the Liverpool Street to Cheshunt/Chingford/Enfield Town route should be called "Forking Orange"!? There are some great names there. My other highlights were 'Tony' and 'Emerson Air Line'. ('Primorse' was supposed to be 'Primrose', by the way.)
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Post by simran1966 on Apr 20, 2019 18:44:40 GMT
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Post by simran1966 on Mar 18, 2019 16:26:13 GMT
I don't think that's supposed to be a knife. It looks like the arm of the shape-shifting Terminator in the second (I think) Terminator film.
Presumably the idea is that, like that Terminator, a ticket inspector can shape-shift to look like a passenger.
Still, it really does look like a knife at first and I'm not sure the joke is quite strong enough to make up for that.
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Post by simran1966 on Mar 10, 2019 0:08:16 GMT
Thanks, guys.
I agree, the blue/grey is/was very smart.
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Post by simran1966 on Mar 9, 2019 14:52:19 GMT
So in the end, what did the 315s replace on the Chingford branch? AM4/304, AM5/305, something else?
I notice that the Wikipedia Class 315 article says they replaced 306s, but I assume this was only the GE mainline.
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Post by simran1966 on Mar 5, 2019 13:57:44 GMT
It must have been around the time that the line opened again that I got on at Stratford. The platform indicator was showing Loughton but the driver was assuring everyone that the destination was Hainault. When we got to Leytonstone, the driver said she'd been told at Liverpool Street that the destination had changed (presumably from Loughton to Hainault) but that she had the road towards Epping. She apologised and let everyone know that she was waiting to clarify before coming back to confirm it really was a Hainault train (cue wailing and gnashing of teeth by some passengers).
I thought the driver handled the situation perfectly but I couldn't understand why she'd have been told one thing (that turned out to be correct) whilst the platform indicators and signals had other ideas. I assumed (naively, probably!) that when things change, someone makes a decision that triggers all the other things to change too. How would this kind of inconsistency come about?
Simon.
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Post by simran1966 on Mar 2, 2019 0:33:08 GMT
Ah, OK.
I did a Google image search and had a look at some of the 'artist's impression' images; I see that there's probably another round the corner in Dean street, and some of those images have those two in the different colours.
If that's the case, it seems a bit odd though that, unless you're standing on the corner, it will be a Crossrail station when looking from Oxford Street and an Underground station when in Dean Street (or vice versa), but maybe that's just me being pedantic!
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Post by simran1966 on Mar 1, 2019 20:22:07 GMT
I'm confused -- why is there only one?
(And is it purple or red?)
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Post by simran1966 on Jan 26, 2019 14:47:07 GMT
You'd have thought there'd be at least 150 of them! 😀
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Post by simran1966 on Aug 31, 2018 8:24:04 GMT
Yes, it does look rather clumsy. The orange up the sides makes sense on the 710 because it follows its contours. It seems a bit silly to try and paste the same thing onto a completely different shape. It also looks like the orange on the front was supposed to continue smoothly into those stripes but the yellow has broken that. For that reason, it may have looked slightly better without the yellow.
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Post by simran1966 on Jun 14, 2018 15:31:25 GMT
I don't suppose there needs to be platform-to-platform access via the subway, as you've still got the footbridge. It might be a long way round if you can't use stairs but that's always been the case (and impossible before the new entrance).
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Post by simran1966 on Jun 8, 2018 16:20:17 GMT
Thanks guys,
That makes sense then - the timings match up perfectly, and it also explains why the train I got was late.
I've not seen the realtime trains site before - thanks for the link.
😊
Cheers,
Simon
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Post by simran1966 on Jun 8, 2018 8:16:33 GMT
Hello all,
I was waiting at Hackney Central this morning when I saw a train hiding in the bushes, before realising it was on the curve heading for the West Anglia line.
I don't think I've ever seen anything on that curve before. Any ideas what it might have been doing?
(I couldn't make out the class, only the London Overground orange doors.)
Cheers,
Simon.
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Post by simran1966 on Apr 27, 2018 11:38:47 GMT
I was sitting on a train at Canning Town at about 1030 when the driver announced we'd be held for a few minutes whilst the control room rebooted the system--I guess that was to get the last bit to Stanmore sorted. It only seemed to take a couple of minutes.
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Post by simran1966 on Mar 30, 2018 16:32:20 GMT
Hello,
I was just admiring your map and noticed that Clapton and St James Street are switched (apologies if that was already pointed out).
It's great work - you've inspired me to start looking at Inkscape again.
Cheers,
Simon.
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