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Post by maxym on Jan 4, 2013 12:26:53 GMT
It is sad that, with the passing of the A stock, trains terminating at Harrow-on-the-Hill no longer indicate 'Harrow' as the destination. I presume this was a throwback to the era of enamelled metal destination plates for which 'HotH' in full was too long.
Other examples of abbreviated station names (all from the destination plate era) spring to mind:
Dagenham (East)
Ealing (Broadway)
High St (Ken)
Elephant (& Castle)...
and maybe the best: Watford LMR on Bakerloo Line trains.
Any others?
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Post by castlebar on Jan 4, 2013 12:37:15 GMT
Hounslow (West) {District Line}
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Post by maxym on Jan 4, 2013 15:49:12 GMT
I wondered about 'Hounslow'. Presumably Standard and 1938 stocks on the Piccadilly used this as well...?
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Post by metman on Jan 4, 2013 17:06:20 GMT
There were loads!
Chalfont (and Latimer) on the Met.
Putney (Bridge) on the District
Acton (Town or South) on District
Piccadilly (Circus) on Bakerloo
Finchley (Central) on Northern
Heathrow (Central) on Piccadilly
Walthamstow (Victoria) on 1967 pre-refurb
any more.....?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2013 20:59:13 GMT
Do the Piccadilly line trains displaying Heathrow T123/5 or T4/123 And DLR trains displaying Stratford Int'l count?  Also, District line trains displayed Ealing BDY, not Ealing  |
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Post by Dstock7080 on Jan 4, 2013 22:33:16 GMT
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Post by l1group on Jan 4, 2013 23:10:47 GMT
Does (Kensington) Olympia count on the District? Seeming as the station is named Kensington (Olympia), and the destination plates show Olympia only.
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Post by Dstock7080 on Jan 4, 2013 23:17:45 GMT
Does ( Kensington) Olympia count on the District? Seeming as the station is named Kensington (Olympia), and the destination plates show Olympia only. Indeed it does! I can't recall any Stock that has shown the full title. (ducks to await incoming corrections!) |
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Post by class411 on Jan 5, 2013 8:51:41 GMT
The one I always liked was "Ealing Bdy" on the district line.
It always brought to mind Danny John Jule's 'Cat' from Red Dwarf as I read it as "Ealing, buddy".
(I'll get me coat.)
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Post by Dstock7080 on Jan 5, 2013 9:38:48 GMT
The one I always liked was "Ealing Bdy" on the district line. The old grey/aluminium Central Line describers always had it as: EALING BDWY, which odd using different abbreviations. |
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Post by t697 on Jan 5, 2013 10:16:32 GMT
Does ( Kensington) Olympia count on the District? Seeming as the station is named Kensington (Olympia), and the destination plates show Olympia only. Indeed it does! I can't recall any Stock that has shown the full title. (ducks to await incoming corrections!)Even S stock shows just Olympia for that one  The modern LU requirement is to show the name in full but you'll see two entries for Olympia on the Tube diagram index, Kensington (Olympia) and Olympia. Hardly any service there but it gets listed twice! |
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Post by brigham on Jan 5, 2013 10:24:45 GMT
'OLYMPIA' remains on the train describers at Earl's Court, of course.
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Post by neilw on Jan 5, 2013 10:27:07 GMT
The one I always liked was "Ealing Bdy" on the district line. The old grey/aluminium Central Line describers always had it as: EALING BDWY, which odd using different abbreviations. even though the 62TS trains said EALING BDY I always pronounced this "Biddy" in my head when I was a kid |
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Post by gantshill on Jan 5, 2013 11:34:03 GMT
Before the Overground got the West London Line, the platform signs stated "London Kensington Olympia", the trains "Olympia" and the underground map "Kensington (Olympia)". Three different names on three different media.
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Post by superteacher on Jan 5, 2013 14:34:57 GMT
Even after the 67 stock were refurbished, they still showed "Walthamstow".
The platform dot matrix indicators showed "Tooting" in place of Tooting Broadway on the Northern - but only when displayed with a via Bank or Charing Cross. The older style ones still show this.
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Post by maxym on Jan 6, 2013 12:56:07 GMT
Excellent. Thanks all.
I'd forgotten about 'Kensington (Olympia)' - per earlier maps - which was abbreviated on all stocks working the District.
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Post by metrailway on Jan 6, 2013 14:55:09 GMT
NEW X GATE is another one
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Post by ruislip on Jan 7, 2013 3:46:43 GMT
How about "Ruislip Gdns" and "Rayners Ln" ?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2013 16:48:36 GMT
Rayners Lane in full on this old (1971) photo of a C stock. Surprised it was even on the destination blind.  |
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Post by aldenham on Jan 7, 2013 17:45:02 GMT
It might be a figment of my imagination, but I vaguely recall the 59s showed Finchley Cen. as a destination.
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Post by maxym on Jan 7, 2013 17:53:38 GMT
How about "Ruislip Gdns" and "Rayners Ln" ? Not in the same league as 'High St', Ealing' or 'Elephant'... |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2013 19:07:47 GMT
I'm sure Tooting BDY was another one (59/72's).
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Post by metman on Jan 7, 2013 19:26:14 GMT
How about "Ruislip Gdns" and "Rayners Ln" ? I think it was Rayners L aLove the C69 motor with Rayners Lane on it! Superb! |
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Post by superteacher on Jan 7, 2013 20:19:48 GMT
Rayners Lane in full on this old (1971) photo of a C stock. Surprised it was even on the destination blind. The C stock were sometimes used on the Met main, so they had all of the Met destinations on the blinds. |
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Post by superteacher on Jan 7, 2013 20:22:38 GMT
Yes, the 59's showed Finchley Cent and Tooting Bdy.
I'm pretty sure they had Golders Grn on them too.
As someone pointed out, the 62's did show Ruislip Gdns and Ealing Bdy, although the later issues had both destinations in full.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2013 20:27:02 GMT
The photo was at a Neasden Depot Open Day. I changed the destination blind myself and managed to get outside and photograph it before someone else changed it.
The only time I remember C stock beyond Neasden was sometime in the early 70's when one turned up on an eastbound service from Uxbridge. I recall it was the day after a tube strike so I figured it was a case of trains being in the wrong place. Apart from that I think some came up from the city in service to terminate at Wembley Park then stabled at Neasden in the evening.
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Post by rincew1nd on Jan 7, 2013 20:31:42 GMT
Interestingly the two abbreviated names on the previous to current C Stock blinds are adjacent to each other on the roll, "High Street Ken" and "Olympia":  Where to now? by rincewindthefailedwizard, on Flickr Oh come on, it's a blind thread, you all knew that a blind picture was gonna appear at some point! |
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Post by aldenham on Jan 7, 2013 20:47:19 GMT
That's almost a blind alley!
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Post by superteacher on Jan 7, 2013 21:56:38 GMT
The photo was at a Neasden Depot Open Day. I changed the destination blind myself and managed to get outside and photograph it before someone else changed it. The only time I remember C stock beyond Neasden was sometime in the early 70's when one turned up on an eastbound service from Uxbridge. I recall it was the day after a tube strike so I figured it was a case of trains being in the wrong place. Apart from that I think some came up from the city in service to terminate at Wembley Park then stabled at Neasden in the evening. They were used during the staff shortages of the 1970's. C stock were taken off the inner rail Circle and used to cover gaps in the Met service. They have definitely been to Amersham and Watford. I believe that Tubeprune has a tale to tell about his experiences driving a C stock to Amersham! |
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Post by 1018509 on Jan 10, 2013 22:59:08 GMT
They were used during the staff shortages of the 1970's. C stock were taken off the inner rail Circle and used to cover gaps in the Met service. They have definitely been to Amersham and Watford. I believe that Tubeprune has a tale to tell about his experiences driving a C stock to Amersham! I seem to recall during my days as the Call Out Train Technician at Rayners Lane a regular Piccadilly service and a 40 minute gap in the Met service followed by a C69 to Uxbridge; a regular event late evenings especially Fridays and weekends. Quite enjoyed it really as I was a Call Point technician for Piccadilly and Met but didn't have a clue about C69 stock. Didn't stop the Controller calling you out for a defective one however!! Come to think of it, it didn't stop the controller from calling me out for Sarah Siddons, CO/P stock at Ealing Common or for Engineering trains anywhere. Once spent a cold cramped night in Highgate Wood sidings after changing the deadman spring in a battery locomotive. |
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