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Post by Chris M on Jun 19, 2012 7:21:17 GMT
While waiting for the DLR depature at about 00:20 from Stratford platform 17, I clearly heard that there were no more Jubilee Line departures. So I wasn't expecting to be passed by a westbound 96ts as the doors were closed at Abbey Road. My first thought was that it was going to reverse and enter the depot from the other end but it departed westbound from the normal westbound platform at normal speed after what appeared to be a normal lengh stop (it was stationary when we arrived but departed first). I saw at West Ham the rear 'blind' said not in service but couldn't see whether thd passenger doors were opened or not.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2012 16:57:20 GMT
Yes there are a number of trains between North greenwich and Stratford before and after traffic hours however in the WTT that I have (which is pre-ATO) they are not called staff trains, just Empty. In the WTT that I have you saw train 351 the 00.21 to north greenwich.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2012 17:34:59 GMT
According to WTT 12 (25 March 2012) the last passenger departure from Stratford is at 00:11. Then there are several empty workings to Stratford Market Depot, but three go to North Greenwich (00:22, 01:01 and 01:17).
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Post by mrfs42 on Jun 19, 2012 18:11:50 GMT
According to WTT 12 (25 March 2012) the last passenger departure from Stratford is at 00:11. Then there are several empty workings to Stratford Market Depot, but three go to North Greenwich (00:22, 01:01 and 01:17). Just to put a bit more flesh on the bones - you'd have seen T365 leaving Stratford at 0022, due into Nth Greenwich at 0030, 0035 NOG - Stratford bang road to platform 15 arr 0043¾, leave 0053½ into depot 0103. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2012 12:35:47 GMT
Is this a slightly convoluted way to avoid earlier congestion getting into Stratford Market depot then, by sending them on a short round-trip to delay their depot entry? None of the three trains stable at North Greenwich overnight?
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Post by uzairjubilee on Jun 21, 2012 21:02:54 GMT
Yeh, why does that train go from Stratford to NOG then to SMD?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2012 21:34:24 GMT
NOG is a train crew depot, so yes these are staff trains taking the drivers ending up at SMD back to NOG where they book off ?
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Post by version3point1 on Jul 25, 2012 15:12:31 GMT
NOG is a train crew depot, so yes these are staff trains taking the drivers ending up at SMD back to NOG where they book off ? Pretty much, yeah. Goes for night turns too who might have been told to go to NOG or vice versa. Same for the early turn drivers booking on at NOG, who will pick up their train at SMD (so we make an additional stop at the SMD Staff Halt too), so we have a couple of empty trains in the morning as well. Used to catch it from Canning Town sometimes when I used to work at NOG – the first one was always just after the first DLR departure and more often than not, the punters used to try and get on the thing! The staff train takes the route into the middle platform at NOG and then goes over the crossover back to SFD. Whilst it's not a rusty rail move as such, it still means those points will at least get used. We have had some incidents in the morning where we're the first staff train waiting to get the route into the middle, but then there's a failure, and equally, when going back out to go to SFD. Best find out sooner, rather than later if you really need it! |
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