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Post by trc666 on Dec 15, 2020 1:14:40 GMT
Thank you so much for the information I really appreciate it!
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Post by trc666 on Dec 13, 2020 23:34:33 GMT
Evening all,
I have a 1978 working timetable for the Victoria line and have a question about the following empty stock transfers:
442 19+50 Northumberland Park Depot - Acton Works 442 21+41 Acton Works - Northumberland Park Depot
443 18+40 Hainault Depot - Northumberland Park Depot 443 21+59 Northumberland Park Depot - Hainault Depot
Did these typically run as 8 car or were they mostly 4 car?
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.
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Post by trc666 on Mar 31, 2018 12:27:59 GMT
Hopefully I've put this in the right section but please move if need be!
During the construction of the Victoria line in the 1960s the Northern City Line (then a part of the Northern line) was cut back to Drayton Park and ran as a shuttle to and from Moorgate. Was it known back then that the line would be transferred to British Rail and was it ever considered to have the NCL as a branch of the Victoria line or at least use the existing alignment between Finsbury Park and Highbury & Islington so Drayton Park could also be served?
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Post by trc666 on Feb 8, 2018 19:11:02 GMT
What's the current state of play with the 67 stock units that were at Eastleigh and Acton (excluding DM 3052 which is preserved at the LTM depot), are any units still at these locations or have they all been scrapped?
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Post by trc666 on Jan 17, 2018 18:33:53 GMT
Perhaps a FOI request to TfL / LUL might yield something?
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Post by trc666 on Jan 12, 2018 13:38:14 GMT
It seems it didn't get past Woodgrange Park, left Barking 38 minutes early but arrived Woodgrange Park 30 minutes late, took over an hour and a quarter to do a 4 minute journey?
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Post by trc666 on Dec 21, 2017 13:49:53 GMT
In regard to the 67s and A60s, wasn't any of the asbestos removed when they were sent away for refurbishment?
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Post by trc666 on Nov 5, 2017 21:36:35 GMT
I remember a few years back a service running between Stratford and Queen's Park due to engineering works - it was via Primrose Hill and for some reason ran fast from Camden Road to Queen's Park. Seems nowadays if anything is diverted via Primrose Hill all trains will call all stations.
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Post by trc666 on Oct 14, 2017 21:17:09 GMT
Southend would have been the District so unlikely to have been going there. Assuming it was a special and not just Hammersmith to Aldgate, it's possible it could have come from the Southern, up via Turnham Green and what is now the H&C to Ladbroke Grove etc?
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Post by trc666 on Aug 3, 2017 17:22:51 GMT
I wasn't originally able to get the time off to go on this but I've had my shifts swapped round this week and am now off this weekend - any idea if tickets can be bought on the day subject to availability? Thanks.
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Post by trc666 on Aug 2, 2017 1:31:28 GMT
I'm pretty sure it gets fairly regularly used by engineering trains but stock moves are quite rare now.
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Post by trc666 on Apr 21, 2017 11:11:09 GMT
Heading to West Ham. Was going to Richmond but thanks to SWT being delayed as usual and the D turning at Gunnersbury I'm not going to make it to ECT or VIC
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Post by trc666 on Mar 27, 2017 14:23:00 GMT
Piccadilly using the local is fairly common, but when was the last time the District used the fast roads (either in or out of service) out of interest?
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Post by trc666 on Mar 18, 2017 23:02:06 GMT
The DLR is also physically isolated from all other railways.
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Post by trc666 on Nov 27, 2016 12:44:30 GMT
Apologies in advance for bumping an old topic but I thought it relevant to add to this topic rather than creating a new one.
As the lines are still physically connected in this area do Jubilee drivers still sign the 'fast' roads between Neasden and Wembley Park (up to and including the Met platforms in either direction), and are there any situations recently where this has happened (either in or out of service)?
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Post by trc666 on Sept 30, 2016 13:24:06 GMT
On the Piccadilly line you have a run of 18 with an R or 21 if you count the disused stations (marked in strikeout):
Arnos Grove Bounds Green Wood Green Turnpike Lane Manor House Finsbury Park Arsenal (Gillespie Road) Holloway Road Caledonian Road
York Road King's Cross St. Pancras Russell Square Holborn Covent Garden Leicester Square Piccadilly Circus Green Park (Dover Street)
Down Street Hyde Park Corner Knightsbridge
Brompton Road
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Post by trc666 on May 4, 2015 18:26:31 GMT
Evening, sorry for the long absence but I have a question!
I'm writing a timetable for Wembley Suburban Simsig and want to input defensive driving rules into the timetable. Is anybody able to get hold of the defensive driving policies for London Overground and Underground (particularly for the Bakerloo line)?
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.
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Post by trc666 on Dec 16, 2014 20:26:19 GMT
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Post by trc666 on May 14, 2012 9:41:08 GMT
When a Victoria line station is closed or a train is not booked to call there the train still stops anyway, but the driver does not open the doors, he/she just restarts the train providing there is a proceed aspect.
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Post by trc666 on Feb 17, 2012 10:56:04 GMT
Chris, the Oyster reader (or Handy 440) should show on the most recent history
16FEB12 TOWR G (or similar) XX:XX ( PYGUNJ £4.60
Pressing NEXT will show the card balance, pressing NEXT again will bring up the recent history.
HIST1 16FEB12 HSLW E XX:XX TOWR H XX:XX £3.60
HIST2 Whatever the previous journey was.
Does seem a bit strange that the touch out at Tower Hill did not appear on the reader, unless perhaps the PSA was not using the reader properly and failed to look at the first journey.
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Post by trc666 on Dec 26, 2011 18:27:59 GMT
The C&SLR when constructed followed the route of what is now the A3. The tunnels were bored beneath roads to avoid the payment of easements to property owners, so I would imagine that this would be a factor in the island platforms being very narrow.
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Post by trc666 on Dec 26, 2011 18:02:23 GMT
Some signals are co-acting so will be on both sides. As sometimes the cab end panels do block signals at certain locations. Kings Cross St. Pancras southbound is a perfect example of this. Two 3-aspect signals either side of the track, the one on the left is a co-acting signal. The original headwall signal has been blanked off.
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Post by trc666 on Dec 26, 2011 13:23:04 GMT
When was that removed?
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Post by trc666 on Nov 11, 2011 0:46:31 GMT
That's due to the siding at one end and two trailing crossovers at the other (one for each branch)
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Post by trc666 on Nov 9, 2011 9:14:03 GMT
nick0323, I imagine your station would have been Highbury & Islington, Warren Street or Victoria, as south-to-north trains can reverse directly off the platform with passengers at those stations.
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Post by trc666 on Nov 9, 2011 9:11:07 GMT
If it was the 11th, wouldnt it have been advertised by now, sending out tickets etc. When I booked on the 67 stock tour I didn't get my tickets until the day before!
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Post by trc666 on Oct 25, 2011 13:05:37 GMT
Regarding the broken down train in platform 2 issue, the layout of Clapham Junction also allows a train from the WLL to reach platforms 3 to 7 and also Clapham Yard, but platforms 4 and 7 would be unsignalled moves.
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Post by trc666 on Oct 15, 2011 15:44:02 GMT
Isn't that the case for most if not all dead-end platforms that the home signal on the approach to it can only show a red or yellow aspect (with or without route indicator lights)?
RE the Victoria line, I'm not sure about Finsbury Park but there certainly is (or was) a fixed trainstop ramp at Northumberland Park Depot on the southbound track (53 road?) on the approach to the snowcover / tunnel mouths.
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Post by trc666 on Sept 11, 2011 20:34:14 GMT
CIS displays at Highbury & Islington were showing the New Cross Gate trains as NWCRELL (the station's TIPLOC code) for some reason despite the fact they can actually show 'New Cross Gate' on them (as well as any other station).
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Post by trc666 on Sept 10, 2011 15:07:01 GMT
Today and tomorrow, eastbound and westbound locals are being used (as well as the fasts) between Barons Court and Northfields, and this includes the test track at South Ealing as well. Trains routed to the locals (10 to 15 min frequency) are calling additionally at Ravenscourt Park, Stamford Brook, Turnham Green and Chiswick Park. The 'fast' services are also calling additionally at Turnham Green.
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