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Post by Chris M on Apr 28, 2011 12:18:10 GMT
I don't know whether it was related or not, but there was a lot of DLR traffic well after the normal last train last night.
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Post by Ben on May 3, 2011 10:51:55 GMT
"embedded into the community...", "exciting opportunities for the local..." Fantastic! Lets hope that the hack who wrote that was a cynical pothead with a dark sense of humour, hoping to win a round of 'buzzword bingo' or two...
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2011 15:50:31 GMT
Nothing about on the STI extension this morning - no test trains - nothing!
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2011 21:01:39 GMT
I haven't seen a test train down there for ages. Is it completely tested but now awaiting something else to happen before opening?
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Post by radbod on May 16, 2011 15:02:42 GMT
It's waiting for Lifts and Escalators to be installed.
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Post by superteacher on May 16, 2011 18:44:19 GMT
It's waiting for Lifts and Escalators to be installed. Couldn't that have been done months ago? The stations have been structurally completed for a while now. To me, this whole extension has been a joke in terms of the time it's taken to get it working, especially when you consider that the Lewisham and Woolwich extensions opened early. |
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Post by Chris M on May 16, 2011 20:04:11 GMT
Someone was saying at the post-trip meet yesterday that the contracted completion date was December 2010. The main holdup has been cable thefts, as apparently when they install new cable they have to start the testing from scratch.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2011 21:07:31 GMT
Someone was saying at the post-trip meet yesterday that the contracted completion date was December 2010. The main holdup has been cable thefts, as apparently when they install new cable they have to start the testing from scratch. Whilst having nothng to do with DLR or any other railway cabling, I do have experience in fibre and data cabling installations. In these cases, the installs are tested to ensure the correct parameters are reached and the whole lot signed off and handed over prior to use by any user systems themselves. I'd be interested to know what testing is required subsequent to signed off cabling with satisfactory headroom results on the DLR. Anyone? |
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2011 9:05:43 GMT
Hmm...
Wouldn't it be more sensible just to employ two people at each of the stations on the branch to watch over the cables to make sure they are not stolen?
Or is this too much to ask from TfL?
That way we may get the extension open before Crossrail!
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Post by Chris M on May 22, 2011 11:07:41 GMT
It's probably more the area between stations that is most vulnerable, and more difficult to patrol.
Also, as I understand it, the line and its security are still the responsibility of the constructors and hasn't been handed over to TfL yet
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2011 11:07:47 GMT
Hmm... Wouldn't it be more sensible just to employ two people at each of the stations on the branch to watch over the cables to make sure they are not stolen? Or is this too much to ask from TfL? That way we may get the extension open before Crossrail! Cabling can be stolen before and after installation. There have been numerous articles recently concerning thieves stealing installeed caballing and giving themselves nasty electrical burns. An example below. www.rail.co/2011/04/28/suspected-cable-thief-suffers-burns-in-nuneaton/Staff can't be placed to monitor every section of caballing on every train, metro and light rail system in the UK, that's just not viable. |
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2011 18:00:27 GMT
Hmm... Wouldn't it be more sensible just to employ two people at each of the stations on the branch to watch over the cables to make sure they are not stolen? Or is this too much to ask from TfL? That way we may get the extension open before Crossrail! Cabling can be stolen before and after installation. There have been numerous articles recently concerning thieves stealing installeed caballing and giving themselves nasty electrical burns. An example below. www.rail.co/2011/04/28/suspected-cable-thief-suffers-burns-in-nuneaton/Staff can't be placed to monitor every section of caballing on every train, metro and light rail system in the UK, that's just not viable. Oh right. Any updates on opening time yet? I heard it may be around July/August 2011 but that is of coursesubject to change, like the two previous dates we were given. |
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Post by Deep Level on May 25, 2011 19:33:00 GMT
I took pictures of the route the other day and it is looking extremely near completion, not sure about the more technical stuff though.
I will have to post the pictures on here at some point, just keeping them exclusive elsewhere at the moment.
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Post by causton on May 25, 2011 20:18:57 GMT
To be honest apart from bubble wrap and plastic sheeting the stations at least looked complete last year! Back then I saw them laying the track and wondered whether it would open in 2 months or 3... not around 10 so far!
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2011 19:15:05 GMT
To be honest apart from bubble wrap and plastic sheeting the stations at least looked complete last year! Back then I saw them laying the track and wondered whether it would open in 2 months or 3... not around 10 so far! I know. But if you go to Stratford, although the new platforms are pretty much complete, the workers have all of their tools sprawled all over the platform and rails. Get a move on clearing up, we want a DLR extension! |
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Post by flippyff on May 30, 2011 18:28:18 GMT
I went through Canning Town twice today and both times in and overhanging the northbound SI platform were 114,116 & 118 (not in that order) about a foot gap and then 109,106 & 104 (in that order). All six units appeared to have power.
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Post by Deep Level on Jun 2, 2011 14:34:26 GMT
It would seem that possibly the same 2 trains are still there or they might be 2 new 3 car trains in the same place but I didn't have time to get the numbers yesterday.
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Post by rincew1nd on Jun 2, 2011 21:35:04 GMT
I was watching a video on the beeb yesterday about the Olympic Tickets, Boris et al were on a DLR train and I could have sworn it was on The Extension; I'll be damned if I can find said video now though!
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Post by Chris M on Jun 2, 2011 22:09:36 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2011 9:01:59 GMT
It was indeed on the Extension - whilst Boris was at the front making jokes to the big paper journalists about Olympic tickets, I was being nerdy and taking pictures of Stratford International (which seemed to confuse a few of his PR handlers).
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Post by Ben on Jun 3, 2011 10:58:15 GMT
*Arrrrgh! Boris, youre not being attention-seeking enough! Quick, juggle these, get on a unicycle and insult a social group* Its odd to think they must consider wanting to take pictures of the infrastructure itself as being a skewed way of thinking  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2011 13:21:33 GMT
To be fair, it's what most of the papers want, because ultimately that's what their readers want - a couple of high-level comments about transport delays in the Olympics and a quick joke from the Mayor. That's fair enough. Each to their own. I just generally find there's more value/fun in hanging back and talking to the guys who actually built it/work on it. They're the ones who know that if you ask them about the Extension's alignment, you're not asking whether its surrounded by Tory or Labour voters.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2011 15:58:28 GMT
Just back from that part of the world. No trains on the STI line as of 13.30 today.
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Post by younglulnerd on Jun 3, 2011 18:37:15 GMT
Boris very excited to pretend to drive the train, as was I when I had the mental age of a 5 year old...  Funny that he didn't get any Olympic tickets though. Boris sad  ... |
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Post by norbitonflyer on Jun 3, 2011 22:51:27 GMT
Funny that he didn't get any Olympic tickets though. Boris sad ... But can you imagine the bad press if he had got them? I happened to meet Boris on a train recently - he was on his way to do "Any Questions" at a local school - and I mentioned the fact that he was having to stand - he said something to the effect that it would be very poor PR if he took a seat to the exclusion of a member of the public (aka "voter"?). |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2011 12:57:57 GMT
I'm a little behind with this - I've only just got an account here recently - and apologies if this the wrong forum, but has anyone else noticed that the Stratford International extension has been on the Tube Maps on LO trains since the H&I extension opened?
They published the maps before the admendment to Tottenham Court Road as well, so for the last couple of months there's been *two* errors on the ELL maps.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2011 12:59:20 GMT
I'm a little behind with this - I've only just got an account here recently - and apologies if this the wrong forum, but has anyone else noticed that the Stratford International extension has been on the Tube Maps on LO trains since the H&I extension opened? They published the maps before the admendment to Tottenham Court Road as well, so for the last couple of months there's been *two* errors on the ELL maps. Yes. Because of the various engineering works going on and extensions being opened constantly, nearly all of the maps are wrong for a while. |
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Post by thirstquensher on Jun 4, 2011 21:42:18 GMT
Opening really does seem to be very close now. Hoardings are down at Stratford Regional Low Level, with posters saying "Coming Soon" and "Make The Connection".
Also, I realised that, reading between the lines of these next two closures:
"18/06/2011 - 19/06/2011 - Bank/Tower Gateway - Stratford/Poplar/Lewisham and Canning Town - Beckton
25/06/2011 - 26/06/2011 - Westferry - Woolwich Arsenal/Beckton"
that have been on the "INVESTING IN... a better railway" posters since early April, they look suspiciously like "final testing" closures to integrate the extension into the service patterns for the rest of the network. So I suspect the target for opening will be in the week commencing 27 June?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2011 18:06:51 GMT
Opening really does seem to be very close now. Hoardings are down at Stratford Regional Low Level, with posters saying "Coming Soon" and "Make The Connection". Also, I realised that, reading between the lines of these next two closures: " 18/06/2011 - 19/06/2011 - Bank/Tower Gateway - Stratford/Poplar/Lewisham and Canning Town - Beckton25/06/2011 - 26/06/2011 - Westferry - Woolwich Arsenal/Beckton" that have been on the "INVESTING IN... a better railway" posters since early April, they look suspiciously like "final testing" closures to integrate the extension into the service patterns for the rest of the network. So I suspect the target for opening will be in the week commencing 27 June? Isn't that pretty much just a Blackwall-East India and West Silvertown to Woolwich Arsenal service? |
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