Sudbury Town (WW)

[Deleted]

When was the trailing crossover at Sudbury Town decommissioned?

Have there ever been any calls for it to be reinstated, to improve reliability on the Uxbridge branch of the Picc?

[Tubeboy]

Might be useful I suppose, but most problems on the Uxbridge branch originate on the South Harrow-Uxbridge section.

[Oracle]

I remember a discussion amongst colleagues in LURS, including with Brian Hardy, about the removak of the #-over at North Ealing, which was felt was not a good thing to do. Would have been handy for the green line trains as well as a general alternative to South Harrow.

[Tubeboy]

Presumably was a cost-cutting measure, or deemed surplus to requirements?

[c5]

tubeboy said:

Might be useful I suppose, but most problems on the Uxbridge branch originate on the South Harrow-Uxbridge section.

What's that supposed to mean! I think you mean Acton Town. ;D

[Tubeboy]

Yeah the blue line is disrupted at Acton, but its usually the green one's fault! ;D

[trc666]

I think it would be useful to have one at North Ealing or Park Royal to reverse District services that have accepted a wrong route at Hanger Lane Junction.

[tubeprune]

theonekea said:

When was the trailing crossover at Sudbury Town decommissioned?

The crossover was at Sudbury Hill. It was de-commissioned 4 Jun 1966. N Ealing was OOS after 19th June 1971. Both were operated by ground frames and there was hardly ever anyone at either station who was trained to operate them.

[Deleted]

Ah, you're right - it was indeed at Sudbury Hill.

Still, the thread title is not wrong, as Sudbury Town is one of the major stations on the line and would benefit from a crossover in times of disruption.

Do you recall how the ground frame was released?

[Colin]

tubeboy said:

Yeah the blue line is disrupted at Acton, but its usually the green one's fault! ;D

You can't expect to get no reply on a District line forum ;D ;D

We have a train every 7-10 minutes though Acton each way. You lot have the full service going through there..........so it's more likely the blue line's fault than ours ;D ;D ;D

[Deleted]

Also the signal operators are employed by the Picc... ;D ;D

[Tubeboy]

I apologise to all the "green" workers! ;D

[tubeprune]

theonekea said:

Ah, you're right - it was indeed at Sudbury Hill.

Still, the thread title is not wrong, as Sudbury Town is one of the major stations on the line and would benefit from a crossover in times of disruption.

Do you recall how the ground frame was released?

It would normally be a local lock and key. IIRC, the moves were only handsignalled but I can't remember the details.

[trainopd78]

tubeboy said:

Yeah the blue line is disrupted at Acton, but its usually the green one's fault! ;D

You're having a laugh. Maybe we will get our revenge one day though!! ;D

Piccadilly 5432, District 1 ;D