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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2011 21:18:34 GMT
Enlightening interview with Head of Development and Planning in The Wharf - www.wharf.co.uk/2011/12/dlr-shutdowns-will-make-servic.html Particularly picked up on - a new timetable from 30 January with 51 of the 53 trains in use during the peaks and - looking at purchasing a further 20 trains by 2016 to increase number of 3 car services. - improvements to real-time service information including rainbow boards and a big drive on social media. |
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Post by Chris M on Dec 15, 2011 22:06:13 GMT
Cheers for that. Running with only two spare trains is going to be fun for the maintenance teams I suspect. Presumably the units are normally pretty reliable?
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Post by radbod on Dec 16, 2011 12:51:53 GMT
Cheers for that. Running with only two spare trains is going to be fun for the maintenance teams I suspect. Presumably the units are normally pretty reliable? Actually only one spare train. 5 units, 2 in the shed being worked on, 3 formed into a set available to swap for a faulty set. No, they're not pretty reliable. It's a constant struggle to keep enough going as it is at the moment. Loads of First Line Response Technicians being recruited and stationed in strategic places for when failures occur. Not if, when. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2011 14:05:50 GMT
Even the newer B07 trains?
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Post by radbod on Dec 17, 2011 16:26:26 GMT
Even the newer B07 trains? They're still made by Bombardier. Each one was delivered from Germany with hundreds of faults. |
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Post by uzairjubilee on Dec 28, 2011 19:00:57 GMT
radbod - I didn't know there were so many faults with the trains!
cityboy - I believe the newer B07 trains are less reliable than the older units, and as radbod said, arrived with far more faults.
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Post by davidp on Jan 8, 2012 13:42:03 GMT
A sticker has appeared on the poster timetable at Mudchute Station (and presumably others) that the timetable changes will include 3-car trains on the Bank to Woolwich service during the daytime and increases in frequencies for some (unspecified) evening services.
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