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Post by edwin on May 26, 2011 1:54:27 GMT
Does anyone know why the 09TS enter Oxford Circus (SB) and Victoria stations at a reduced speed all the time? Because that is what they are configured to do. Should be raised a little at asset replacement, but these locations are the pinch points in terms of headway - trains running slower can run slightly better headway. Remember the contract is a performance one, and there is basically a trade off between inter station run times, and re-occupation times. Interesting, how come this does not seem to occur on the Jubilee line for instance?
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Post by edwin on May 26, 2011 1:51:13 GMT
I waited at Finchley Road for my first ride on an S Stock, but to no avail... I missed at least 6 A Stocks as well. ^^ 2 days after this incident I got my first ride! It was completely out of the blue, I wasn't even waiting for one and suddenly at Baker Street the brighter headlights of the S Stock come curving out from Great Portland Street. The seats are nowhere near as bad as everyone makes out, I actually found them comfy. Sure, they aren't as nice as the sofa-like seats of the A Stock put they're just as comfortable as the seats on the 96TS/95TS. The windows are nice and big. The train is also far smoother and it felt very different from the A Stock, more so than the difference between the 67TS/09TS. I guess it's probably to do with the first Sub-surface train to have the features that deep level lines have had since the 92TS. But all in all, I liked it.
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Post by edwin on May 24, 2011 1:40:52 GMT
Does anyone know why the 09TS enter Oxford Circus (SB) and Victoria stations at a reduced speed all the time?
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Post by edwin on May 24, 2011 1:37:27 GMT
I waited at Finchley Road for my first ride on an S Stock, but to no avail... I missed at least 6 A Stocks as well.
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Post by edwin on May 11, 2011 0:53:40 GMT
This notion that we shouldn't build interchanges because it will just get "too busy" is just a cop-out and an excuse not to spend any money. I'm sure people would rather have an overcrowded Northern line service from Clapham Junction than nothing at all! Even if it is overcrowded, an overcrowded train is carrying more people than a non-existant one.
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Post by edwin on May 9, 2011 1:12:41 GMT
PEDs were installed on the JLE because the designers were worried that the air pulses generated with a full ATO railway would be sufficient to blow people over on station platforms as the train came in. The older section of the line does not have such high speed limits therefore less of a problem. Also the older stations would require platform strengthening to accommodate PEDs and it would reduce the width of those platforms. Regards, Dan The gusts of air on the JLE are not because of ATO but because of the different tunnel size, AFAIK. They believed that this would be a fire hazard, too.
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Post by edwin on May 8, 2011 2:18:51 GMT
27tph is woeful, especially considering the Paris and Moscow Metro are running 36-38tph with older signalling as we speak.
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Post by edwin on May 4, 2011 0:07:04 GMT
Do you mean the sound at the start of these videos?
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Post by edwin on May 3, 2011 23:54:47 GMT
You tube guys need to get this manual driving thing sorted. You are drivers! Little by little it seems LU are taking away your driving skills to the point where you'll be like the PSA's on the DLR. I think you should have the choice of whether to drive in ATO or not! The sole purpose of LU is to get people from A to B as quickly as possible. Not to please train fanatics. ATO does this faster and more efficiently. Fact.
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Post by edwin on May 2, 2011 1:46:55 GMT
It must be pretty difficult to get your clothes stuck in the door on the platform side... When the doors are closing it's people rushing to get ON, not off. Unless I suppose you realise you may miss you stop, but even then theres a very small window for the doors to slam shut and for you to get out but your clothes to be stuck in the doors. Sorry for being ghoulish, but can anyone else shed light on how these people ended up being dragged?
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Post by edwin on Apr 27, 2011 1:34:57 GMT
^^Who'd want to get the tube from Heathrow to C.London via Uxbridge?
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Post by edwin on Apr 25, 2011 1:37:54 GMT
I do agree with you that some people on here think LU is a big exception... LU isn't that crowded at all. It's only crush loaded on a few lines at the height of rush hour. If you compare it to the busiest lines in Moscow and Tokyo it really is nothing..
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Post by edwin on Apr 9, 2011 0:26:09 GMT
Interesting... Not many SSL stations have escalators.
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Post by edwin on Mar 24, 2011 2:32:06 GMT
^^Is the speed going to increase on that section once the dust is cleared?
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Post by edwin on Mar 23, 2011 2:43:55 GMT
Condolences to Dave's family.
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Post by edwin on Mar 19, 2011 5:22:40 GMT
Funny that despite there being so few 67TS left in service, I always seem to get them.
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Post by edwin on Mar 11, 2011 4:08:31 GMT
IMO the disabled signs shouldn't be there at all. Just make the disabled-specific tube maps more available in stations, etc. and leave them off of the "main" map.
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Post by edwin on Mar 11, 2011 3:56:19 GMT
LU should remember that, its trains dont only serve tourists. The Underground also goes out to far away places like Epping or Uxbridge meaning that more standing room is not ideal. Precisely. Whilst it certainly does serve as a mass 'people mover' in Central London, it is essentially a 'commuter service' for a vast number of passengers (sorry...customers ) each day. The LAST thing they want is to have to stand for up to an hour TWICE a day, assuming that they ARE lucky enough to get a seat in the first place! People at the extremes of the line will get a seat as they'll be the first on an empty train! In the example of the Piccadilly I bet in a normal rush hour there are still available seats as far down the line as... Wood Green (for the Cockfosters branch) by the time the train is at Finsbury Park i'd imagine a large amount of passengers would've got off to get the Victoria, meaning those who'd got on after say Wood Green can take their seats. This argument that passengers have to stand up for over an hour is just not valid IMO. I only live in Kilburn on the Jubilee line and when I travelled every morning I often got a seat, despite it being in Zone 2!
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Post by edwin on Mar 9, 2011 2:59:58 GMT
IMO the District should takeover the Uxbridge branch and keep the Ealing branch. I know, it'll complicate it further, but with new signalling and new trains it'd be easier to accomodate. Then the Piccadilly will have a clear +30tph run from Heathrow to Cockfosters, which considering how annoying it must be for rush hour commuters having to constantly step over Heathrow passengers bags, is worth it. Also it'll make the SSL resignalling much more simple and less prone to problems, haven't, for example, many of the issues on the Jubilee resignalling been down to the interfacing with the Metropolitan at Neasden?
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Post by edwin on Feb 25, 2011 2:03:24 GMT
^^Actually i've seen the doors open when the train is still moving on the 95TS. Doors can open pretty quick on the 09TS too but not before the train stops.
The worst in that regard is the 96TS...
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Post by edwin on Feb 18, 2011 2:14:06 GMT
I agree - most people (non train enthusiasts) I speak to about it much prefer the state of LOROL now than before.
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Post by edwin on Feb 17, 2011 1:49:53 GMT
Will they be using the same system on the Northern line? It'll be more trouble-free if done that way, surely.
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Post by edwin on Feb 12, 2011 3:36:13 GMT
This evening, around 17:25 a 09TS train at Green Park SB was being tipped out. Does anyone know what hapenned? I believe one or two trains decided to call it a day But once the train was empty, it proceeded to Victoria at normal speed... Surely if it had conked out it wouldn't be abled to move on it's own?
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Post by edwin on Feb 12, 2011 3:32:11 GMT
Do other LU ATO lines have bi-directional capability? No. Why is it an issue then?
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Post by edwin on Feb 11, 2011 2:33:52 GMT
This evening, around 17:25 a 09TS train at Green Park SB was being tipped out.
Does anyone know what hapenned?
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Post by edwin on Feb 11, 2011 2:30:57 GMT
Do other LU ATO lines have bi-directional capability?
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Post by edwin on Jan 31, 2011 23:57:04 GMT
I have two questions.
1) When the new platform at Stratford comes into fore, will Willesden Green/West Hampstead/Wembley Park reversers end? 2) What is the speed limit on the line under ATO? I remember reading on here that the JLE has no speed limits... Whats the speed limit on the JLE now?
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Post by edwin on Jan 19, 2011 4:52:13 GMT
I think it's because Victoria is a busy station, therefore if a 67TS is in front of an 09TS the 09TS will come up closer behind it as 67TS have inferior performance. I notice this at Oxford Circus too.
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Post by edwin on Jan 17, 2011 2:09:41 GMT
This scheduling regulation thing, why is it only on the Jubilee and not on the Central/Victoria lines? Surely every train should be going as fast as possible, considering every train has the same top speed... Whats the point of ATO otherwise?
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Post by edwin on Jan 13, 2011 1:53:41 GMT
Only Northern is pretty well guarenteed to get it as far as I know. Picadilly maybe in a few years, but I don't think any others will. Regarding the speed differences being experienced, I believe the system has very good regulation built in, so running the current timetable allows the trains to cruise at a slow pace to space themselves out if early / on time, but can go like a rocket if running late. Until the timetable increases the need for more trains or speed I don't think we will see much difference on a typical journey. Hmm. Im not sure I believe you with this. The Wednesday before last I travelled on the Jubilee from Westminster to Kilburn and it raced into stations like on the Victoria/Central. Fast forward to this week and everything is at snail's pace. I'm certain that last Wednesday the trains were in ATO mode.
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