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Post by JR 15secs on Nov 23, 2006 12:17:30 GMT
Can anyone shed some light on why the xover on the Picc was put in 1956 and the xover at York Rd was taken out 196? why the difference the Kings X loop came in 1927 and trains ran to York Rd. to crossover.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2006 12:57:01 GMT
Presumably the crossover at KXStP on the Picc was put in place primarily to remove the need to run line transfers between the Picc and Northern as far as York Road and back. Considering the fact that York Road station was closed it was probably felt that having the crossover at KX would be safer for the transfer train operators as well.
(OT: This thread belongs in the Piccadilly Line forum)
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Post by tubeprune on Nov 23, 2006 18:18:02 GMT
The crossover at York Road was useless unless there was someone there to operate it. There usually wasn't because the station was closed in 1932(or 3?). Anyway, the only trains which used the loop to the Northern were stock transfers and they normally reversed at Wood Green or Arnos. There was a link at Golders Green which was road trained to go to Acton Works via Arnos. I remember once piloting a cover crew who weren't trained for it.
The other thing about Kings Cross (Picc) is that reversing trains E to W is a real hassle. The punters on the train want to go east, most of the punters on the platform also want to go east but there are a few who have listened to the announcements on the WB that the next WB is on the EB - yes, you get the picture. I tried to do it once. The SI was tearing what little hair he had left out in chunks and in the end he sent us east because we couldn't get the people off the train - there were too many on the platform trying to get on.
I remember this particular incident very well since I ended up doing 4hrs overtime as a result of a series of further cock-ups related to multiple signal failures and an aborted attempt to put in station to station working without the forms. Ah - Happy Days!
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