What's going on this evening then?

[jimini]

NORTHERN LINE: Suspended between Morden and Tooting Broadway due to a signal failure at Morden. Severe delays are occurring on the rest of the line.

I know it's a signal failure at Morden BTW. Hence the quote. But it's been going on for over three hours now so I'm assuming it's something vaguely serious, or at least an ongoing problem? At one point this evening, all services were suspended from Stockwell s/b.

My sympathies go out to northern line staff this evening. I've been a witness to reversing trains at Tooting Bdy on various occasions, it 'aint a quick process?!

Just curious as to what's been occuring, like...

[prjb]

There were some issues with both stalled trains, and remote securing.

[Chris M]

Almost everything that seems to have gone wrong on the Northern recently seems to have gone wrong at Morden - signal failures, track failutres, faulty trains, customer incidents. I don't think I've seen "wrong kind of snow", "exploding pigeons" or "deranged female on the line"*, but most other things.

*all take from The A-Z of Excuses

[Deleted]

Another problem at reversing trains at Tooting Broadway, is that if too many Morden drivers are coming to the end of their shift, the trains can't be reversed unless a spare is found. Morden depot also has a few vacancies, so spares are thin on the ground.