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Post by silenthunter on Jun 23, 2017 19:01:17 GMT
The platform dispatch cameras are in that position, I believe.
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Post by silenthunter on Jun 23, 2017 18:19:57 GMT
345s will, once at full length, be about 40 metres long than a formation of 2 x 4 car 315s, which come in c.160m.
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Post by silenthunter on Jun 20, 2017 21:12:35 GMT
458s in fact; the 485s were the old 'Standard' Tube stock that ran on the Isle of Wight until the 1938 stock replaced it as Class 483 - there are no plans to replace the old LU trains.
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Post by silenthunter on Jun 20, 2017 15:50:59 GMT
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Post by silenthunter on Jun 20, 2017 15:46:51 GMT
I'll miss the 315's as I have a soft spot for the PEP's, but on a day like today aircon wins hands down over anything else! Yes, exactly. It could be worse - this could be the summer of 1976 and you're riding on 306s with no inter-carriage gangways!
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Post by silenthunter on Jun 19, 2017 20:55:57 GMT
What is the problem? The unita are out most days, just not in service. We want to ride them!
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Post by silenthunter on Jun 10, 2017 20:11:51 GMT
I prefer 4TCs like this. Taken at Swanage earlier this week. (assuming the link works) linkEDIT. Sorry, can't get photo in. The link needs editing. Do you mean in BR Blue-Grey? Great livery that.
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Post by silenthunter on Jun 8, 2017 20:28:47 GMT
Why isn't there an obvious 'Next Train' (i.e. which platform) board when you arrive at the W&C platforms here? You have to look on each platform yourself.
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Post by silenthunter on Jun 8, 2017 20:12:46 GMT
Very smart livery, I agree.
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Post by silenthunter on Jun 8, 2017 19:57:45 GMT
'Copped' my first 345 in the field today at Harold Wood; 345 007 came in, stopped as it would on a passenger service, then departed.
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Post by silenthunter on Jun 2, 2017 20:55:51 GMT
So the introduction of these trains has been delayed. But is it because this is a brand new design of train (so is being tested more thoroughly) or because this specific fleet of trains will be more complex than usual, as it is designed for three different signalling systems plus for stations with and without platform screen doors??? If the former then does it mean that these trains are also smoothing the path for the Class 710 variants? Simon No doubt a bit of both, although they can't really test two of the signalling systems at the moment, but the fact that the necessary equipment and software will be in situ for them no doubt makes things more difficult. And whilst you may like to think that the legwork done in introducing this fleet would help with the 710s (as well as the Aventra units for the Greater Anglia franchise) - I'd point out the new SWT class 707 fleet which are more or less clones of the new Thameslink 700s, and are still waiting to be introduced into service after several months of testing (longer than the crossrail units I think) 707s will be shorter - they're five car units and 101.5 metres long. Two together is still shorter than the 205 metres full-length Class 345.
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Post by silenthunter on May 29, 2017 15:37:40 GMT
TfL Rail is a bit of a silly name, considering TfL cover an awful lot of rail already...
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Post by silenthunter on May 14, 2017 11:13:04 GMT
I may consider this then.
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Post by silenthunter on May 8, 2017 21:32:39 GMT
I stand corrected. Thanks.
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Post by silenthunter on May 8, 2017 20:45:27 GMT
The proposed works at Hackney Downs will be part financed by a third party development, Network Rail and TfL and will include lifts. There is a 75% chance it will happen within 2 years. The platform extensions are needed because GAs new Aventra 720s will not fit any of the platforms in 10-car formations especially considering that GA perversely seems to have specified 24-meter coaches! The 710s are 20-meter coaches but there is provision to go 5-car in the future so they would be 10-car in peaks etc. At Seven Sisters the platforms will need extending for the same reason - the 720s but also because the new Stansted Express FLIRT UK trains will be 12-car fixed formation and even if limited to 20-meter coaches will be too long for efficient docking even with SDO. The same proviso regarding the 710s to possible 5-car/10-car also applies. 20 metres +/- 1 is pretty much the UK standard for multiple units with some notable exceptions; the Mark 3 is 23 metres long and so many units based on that (i.e. Sprinters) are of that length. Class 345 coaches will be 22-23 metres each, so 24 isn't that strange. 26 is not uncommon on the continent.
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Post by silenthunter on May 8, 2017 20:42:03 GMT
The platform extensions are needed because GAs new Aventra 720s ..... Have the class numbers for Abellio's new trains been announced? What are the Stadler units to be? Not seen official TOPS classes yet for them.
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Post by silenthunter on May 8, 2017 20:38:13 GMT
What parts of the line does this cover?
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Post by silenthunter on May 8, 2017 20:35:25 GMT
When LU took over, the Corporation of London provided funding for new trains to operate the line. It happened the other way round. The line didn't become part of LU until 1994. The new trains were ordered (with CoL money) and built and entered service whilst the line was still owned and operated by Network South East - indeed before the railway privatisation Act had been passed - which is why they carried BR TOPS classifications (482) and carried (and still carry) car numbers in the BR emu series. They entered service in mid-1993, . I guess the drivers who operated it for BR continued on their rosters at whatever Great Western depots they were at. South Western, surely? Apart from its joint ownership of some H&C rolling stock, the Great Western / Western Region never owned or ran any electric trains until last year. Southern Region. The line was operated by the Southern pre-war; indeed they were the ones that ordered and got the stock that became the Class 487.
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Post by silenthunter on May 8, 2017 20:31:08 GMT
It seems very logical that the W&C shares the same pool of drivers with the Central line, after all they are operated with almost identical stock, the W&C's version is minus the auto-driver components. Also no ATP, it's all tripcock and train stops down there Why wasn't this fitted with ATO when the Central was? Cost?
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Post by silenthunter on May 8, 2017 20:29:17 GMT
Can't you put a battery powered fish in there instead?
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Post by silenthunter on May 5, 2017 10:40:14 GMT
While I am pleased to see affordable housing being built I am concerned about the loss of the car park. It is busy throughout the week and there is no apparent idea as to where those commuters will go. Not all of them can turn up on a bus as people drive in from outside London and park there - especially at weekends for access to football fixtures and shopping in the West End. Tottenham Hale can't take up the slack and I doubt Walthamstow Central can either and we don't need more cars trying to crawl along Hoe Street. TfLs press release specifically says the following:- "A car park user survey carried out by TfL indicated that approximately 90 per cent are travelling to this car park from locations that are closer to another TfL or Network Rail station."In other words drivers from outside the immediate area should stop driving to Blackhorse Road to take advantage of cheap fares and use stations nearer to where they live (even if that means they have to spend more on tickets). Doing away with the car park is one way of getting round the 'Epping issue' where half of Essex descends on the place to avoid the more expensive fares charged by National Rail services. Makes sense in a way - TfL want to reduce congestion.
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Post by silenthunter on May 3, 2017 16:19:21 GMT
Corbyn has been spotted on buses, but then again he does have a Freedom Pass and lives in Islington.
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Post by silenthunter on May 2, 2017 11:03:12 GMT
I think it might be best to wait until after the General Election.
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Post by silenthunter on Apr 25, 2017 11:34:11 GMT
Has purdah actually started yet?
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Post by silenthunter on Apr 21, 2017 13:36:29 GMT
Ah right, thanks.
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Post by silenthunter on Apr 21, 2017 11:21:44 GMT
At least two (002 and 005) are in Ilford depot. I'm pretty sure 002 has returned north as it was kitted-out with testing equipment. With space at a premium, it's unlikely that there will be many more arriving until Shenfield sidings are finished. Shenfield sidings? I didn't know there were sidings being built there as well.
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Post by silenthunter on Apr 20, 2017 21:36:10 GMT
How many units are down in London now, and how many are they using for testing? At least two (002 and 005) are in Ilford depot.
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Post by silenthunter on Apr 20, 2017 13:10:35 GMT
True, but the people generally using the link are going to be residents of that area. Which is in no way whatsoever a unique situation for TfL or LU, was the point I was making. Indeed, but it is a part of the TfL 'empire' that is outside the Greater London Authority area and so can be deemed a lower political priority. I think this is politics; Khan didn't get the Southeastern routes, so now he's going to take his revenge on someone who can't hurt him.
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Post by silenthunter on Apr 20, 2017 12:10:42 GMT
True, but the people generally using the link are going to be residents of that area.
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Post by silenthunter on Apr 20, 2017 10:51:59 GMT
I'm confused at that last post. Please can you explain?
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