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Post by class411 on May 23, 2017 17:55:30 GMT
When I was on the District line westbound platform at Victoria last Thursday (around 1:00pm), I noticed (as I have many times in the past) a message: "If no Ealing Broadway service is shown, take the next Richmond or Wimbledon service and change at Earl's Court".
I'd never thought about it before, but I thought then. "Where are they expecting a District Line service to Ealing Broadway to materialise for if it has not passed through Victoria?"
I can only see one Edgware Road to Ealing movement at the very end of the day, and yet this is a message I have seen on many occasions.
Can anyone shed any light on what I'm missing?
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Post by brooklynbound on May 23, 2017 18:02:51 GMT
You're missing the High Street Kensington starters.
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Post by class411 on May 23, 2017 18:07:56 GMT
True, I was, but according to the timetable there are just 9 of those services on a weekday, none running between 0700hrs and 2000hrs.
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Post by jmm on May 23, 2017 18:10:38 GMT
When there is service disruption, trains can be turned short at High Street Kensington even if not timetabled to do so.
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Post by rincew1nd on May 23, 2017 18:45:52 GMT
And there is the general SSR rule to remember, take the first train as far as you can then change.
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Post by class411 on May 23, 2017 18:48:38 GMT
When there is service disruption, trains can be turned short at High Street Kensington even if not timetabled to do so. But, surely they would be Wimbledon trains. Or, if there is an obstruction post EC, eastbound, do they run Ealing (and Richmond) trains up to HSK and turn them round there? Whatever, there was no disruption at the time I saw the message. |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 18:50:39 GMT
When I was on the District line westbound platform at Victoria last Thursday (around 1:00pm), I noticed (as I have many times in the past) a message: "If no Ealing Broadway service is shown, take the next Richmond or Wimbledon service and change at Earl's Court". I'd never thought about it before, but I thought then. "Where are they expecting a District Line service to Ealing Broadway to materialise for if it has not passed through Victoria?" I can only see one Edgware Road to Ealing movement at the very end of the day, and yet this is a message I have seen on many occasions. Can anyone shed any light on what I'm missing? They have not been reprogrammed for many years now They are very infrequent during the day and any disruption they are the first to be cut back and supplement the Wimbledon service or get turned at Parsons Green. |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 18:52:13 GMT
When there is service disruption, trains can be turned short at High Street Kensington even if not timetabled to do so. But, surely they would be Wimbledon trains. Or, if there is an obstruction post EC, eastbound, do they run Ealing (and Richmond) trains up to HSK and turn them round there? Whatever, there was no disruption at the time I saw the message. Unlike the newer lines the older style Dot Matrix displays on SSL are not centralised yet and will display any generic message which was programmed into it |
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Post by norbitonflyer on May 23, 2017 19:02:21 GMT
Or, if there is an obstruction post EC, eastbound, do they run Ealing (and Richmond) trains up to HSK and turn them round there? . Quite so - easier to do so there than reverse at Earls Court. |
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Post by roman80 on May 23, 2017 20:53:35 GMT
And there is the general SSR rule to remember, take the first train as far as you can then change. Not these days I think, given overcrowding , and I notice my fellow regular travellers on the Wimbledon branch often think the same. Heading eastbound in the morning, on the branch one could take a Edgware Road train and change at Earls Court. However while there is a good chance you will be able to change onto a train from Ealing Broadway or Richmond which is in relative terms lightly loaded, even a minor delay there means the next eastbound arrival at Earls Court may be a heavily loaded train that originated at Wimbledon that may be very difficult or impossible to board. Far better to stay on your local platform for a few minutes longer. Same in the evening: if one takes any westbound to Earls Court, there is a very high chance you won't be able to board a Wimbledon service if it originated in the east. Double whammy of those transferring from the Piccadilly makes the situation worse. Far better to stay on the platform further east and wait for a Wimbledon train. I live in hope the SSR project leads to a rejig of frequencies based on the travel data now at TFL's disposal post Oyster and smart cards. |
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