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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2011 18:09:07 GMT
I don't quite understand. Are they saying that most of the trains but not all of them will run from Canning Town-Stratford International in preparation!?
Or is it just that the first train time will be later and the last train time earlier?
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Post by radbod on Aug 24, 2011 18:15:38 GMT
All that will happen is that there will be the Beckton to Stratford International services running, but not in service. If the test running goes into next week, there won't be the Woolwich Arsenal to Canning Town shuttles in the peaks, or the Beckton to Blackwall shuttles during the day.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2011 10:18:50 GMT
Hey all. I'm going to Stratford on Monday 5 September. Is there any chance that the Stratford International extension will be open then?
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Post by ianvisits on Aug 25, 2011 11:17:14 GMT
Hey all. I'm going to Stratford on Monday 5 September. Is there any chance that the Stratford International extension will be open then? I think the general gist of the past 11 pages of discussion is that no one really knows when the line will be open. Edit: Also finally showing up on the TfL Journey Planner as opening on the 30th Aug. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2011 17:15:07 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2011 23:09:54 GMT
Ah yes, the journey planner from the 30th is indeed showing journeys on the DLR "towards Stratford International". Interestingly though, if you put from Beckton to Stratford International it says you have to change at Canning Town. Trains not running all the way from Beckton to SI at first? Seems they're testing that scenario tomorrow, doesn't mean they'll launch with it I guess..
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Post by radbod on Aug 26, 2011 1:34:14 GMT
Ah yes, the journey planner from the 30th is indeed showing journeys on the DLR "towards Stratford International". Interestingly though, if you put from Beckton to Stratford International it says you have to change at Canning Town. Trains not running all the way from Beckton to SI at first? Seems they're testing that scenario tomorrow, doesn't mean they'll launch with it I guess.. That entirely depends on the time of day that you put in. Morning and evening peak is Woolwich to Stratford International. All other times, including weekends it's Beckton to Stratford International. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2011 8:22:20 GMT
Ah yes, the journey planner from the 30th is indeed showing journeys on the DLR "towards Stratford International". Interestingly though, if you put from Beckton to Stratford International it says you have to change at Canning Town. Trains not running all the way from Beckton to SI at first? Seems they're testing that scenario tomorrow, doesn't mean they'll launch with it I guess.. That entirely depends on the time of day that you put in. Morning and evening peak is Woolwich to Stratford International. All other times, including weekends it's Beckton to Stratford International. Ahh, I see. Didn't realise that's how the service was set up. Thanks for the info! |
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Post by londonguy on Aug 26, 2011 9:03:50 GMT
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Post by jswallow on Aug 26, 2011 10:11:40 GMT
... and that link says "in preparation for the opening", not that it is opening (not intended as a dig at londonguy).
If it opens on Monday I'll be extremely surprised.
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Post by radbod on Aug 26, 2011 10:43:30 GMT
... and that link says "in preparation for the opening", not that it is opening (not intended as a dig at londonguy). If it opens on Monday I'll be extremely surprised. As of last night, that was still the plan. |
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Post by Deep Level on Aug 26, 2011 11:33:39 GMT
Ah yes, the journey planner from the 30th is indeed showing journeys on the DLR "towards Stratford International". Interestingly though, if you put from Beckton to Stratford International it says you have to change at Canning Town. Trains not running all the way from Beckton to SI at first? Seems they're testing that scenario tomorrow, doesn't mean they'll launch with it I guess.. Just took a look at the Departure Boards at Canning Town and it would appear they are testing Beckton - Abbey Road now. Edit: I just looked at the Royal Victoria Departure Board and it is showing the services to and from Abbey Road, I'm guessing this doesn't mean they are in service? Edit 2: It would appear that the Departure Boards are incorrect as they are showing Abbey Road all the way up to Stratford International (inc. Abbey Road). |
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Post by ianvisits on Aug 26, 2011 11:43:14 GMT
If it opens on Monday I'll be extremely surprised. We would all be - the TfL journey planner is saying the first train will be at 5:22 on Tuesday morning. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2011 14:06:32 GMT
Ah yes, the journey planner from the 30th is indeed showing journeys on the DLR "towards Stratford International". Interestingly though, if you put from Beckton to Stratford International it says you have to change at Canning Town. Trains not running all the way from Beckton to SI at first? Seems they're testing that scenario tomorrow, doesn't mean they'll launch with it I guess.. Just took a look at the Departure Boards at Canning Town and it would appear they are testing Beckton - Abbey Road now. Edit: I just looked at the Royal Victoria Departure Board and it is showing the services to and from Abbey Road, I'm guessing this doesn't mean they are in service? Edit 2: It would appear that the Departure Boards are incorrect as they are showing Abbey Road all the way up to Stratford International (inc. Abbey Road). They are indeed running, I can see them out my window  Going to wander down there (Custom House) in a minute to see what they say on the sign on the outside of the trains as they go through. It was great fun watching them switch from Woolwich Arsenal to Beckton this morning at 10:30. I think they pushed all the trains back into the depot to pretend as if they were starting from scratch, there was a train to Gallions Reach going through Custom House every 30 seconds! From what I can see they're stopping but not opening the doors. The PIDs are showing them as trains coming though I think, but can confirm that later. Yeah, the PIDs showing Abbey Road is a bit weird. They've been doing that all week even though the trains are definitely going to Stratford International (if you look at SI's PID you can see them terminating and heading back to Canning Town/Beckton). Presumably the real life PIDs are showing SI not Abbey Road.. again I will wander down there and check that in a mo! Edit: Well that's typical. Saw Abbey Road trains still on the online PID, went down there at 3:50pm and by the time I got there they'd stopped running them to Beckton and were running them to Woolwich instead. Bah! They were supposed to be running them to Beckton until 4:30pm! I wandered over to the Canning Town flyover instead and got this rubbishy picture of a train coming from the new lower Canning Town station/tracks over to Woolwich Arsenal. farm7.static.flickr.com/6197/6082467503_b80f63d556_o.jpg |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2011 19:40:50 GMT
Phew, got down there just before it got dark, kinda. Apologies for the terrible phone pictures. All taken from around Royal Victoria.  ^^ so it looks like the online PID has a bug. It was still saying Abbey Road on my phone, PID at Royal Victoria clearly says Stratford International. They didn't have much room to fit that in did they?  ^^ The trains were running showing blank external screens or "out of service" but were not honking, and were stopping at the marker boards, and waiting for the dwell time before pulling off again. Doors were not opening. Drivers were at the front at the controls. (forgotten the technical term for that)  ^^ The PPI showing no entry to the existing line from the old stretch of track. White arrow for the new stretch to the new lower Canning Town station.  ^^ And the train towards Beckton from SI passing over that bit of track. At least it was a train, it doesn't look like one in this picture. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2011 21:38:55 GMT
Thanks for the pics lozzd But who came up with 'S'ford Internat'l'? 'intl' is an accepted abbreviation of international, so wouldn't 'Stratford Intl' be more readable for the given space? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2011 22:56:30 GMT
Yeah, weird one that. Intl' makes sense to me too. No idea why they tried to cram S'ford Internat'l in.
I just counted, and STRATFORD INTL would leave a one character gap between the name and the time in the lower rows, rather than them being smushed together like it is there.
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Post by ianvisits on Aug 27, 2011 13:01:43 GMT
I might hazard a guess that with three potential Stratford stations on the network from next week, it might be more important to expand on the International part of the name to make it more visibly distinct from the High Street and Regional stations.
Still looks daft, but there might be a good reason for it.
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Post by Deep Level on Aug 27, 2011 14:17:44 GMT
It's just like 'W'wich' I'm not sure if they changed that now but that is a pathetic attempt at Woolwich.
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Post by alfie on Aug 27, 2011 14:46:12 GMT
If Woolies was still open...
W'wich W'worths..
If only ;D
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Post by uzairjubilee on Aug 27, 2011 20:31:45 GMT
c2c on Twitter had a tweet yesterday about DLR SI branch opening before 13th September.
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Post by radbod on Aug 28, 2011 1:28:22 GMT
It's just like 'W'wich' I'm not sure if they changed that now but that is a pathetic attempt at Woolwich. The PIDs are designed to be fully compliant with Disability legislation. Unfortunately, if you put the full name Woolwich, the second word would be rear. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2011 3:12:16 GMT
What about Woolwich A'nal. Oh wait
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2011 7:09:52 GMT
the second word would be rear. Ain't that the truth?  |
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Post by castlebar on Aug 28, 2011 7:30:48 GMT
"The PIDs are designed to be fully compliant with Disability legislation. Unfortunately, if you put the full name Woolwich, the second word would be rear."
Yet another reason to support Brentford
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2011 8:22:13 GMT
Woolwich Asnl?
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Post by alfie on Aug 28, 2011 8:23:13 GMT
What about Woolwich A'nal. Oh wait Oh my god I'm laughing so hard ;D ;D |
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Post by castlebar on Aug 28, 2011 10:34:54 GMT
"Woolwich Asnl?"
or Woolwich Anal?
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