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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2007 23:23:09 GMT
So Belsize Park southbound platform has had daylight fluorescent tubes installed for about a week now, on the face of it looking very blue however you quickly realise its supposed to be more naturally daylight. I see today this has been followed up by Mornington Crescent going daylight. Daylight Full Spectrum 6500k Activa tubes to be precise. How do we all feel? Has our wellbeing improved or do we just feel like fish in an aquarium. I'd love to see these trialled on a train as well as on platforms. Its only when a train pulls in or you look toward the stairs that the illusion of daylight is shattered imho. My other concern the other week was the number of drivers coming into the platform looking at the ceiling...  |
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Post by Colin on Aug 22, 2007 0:46:54 GMT
I'd love to see these trialled on a train as well as on platforms. I'm under the impression, though would happily stand corrected, that the refurb D stocks have 'daylight' lighting installed - they're certainly brighter than a non refurb. |
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Post by mrfs42 on Aug 22, 2007 2:22:09 GMT
I'm under the impression, though would happily stand corrected, that the refurb D stocks have 'daylight' lighting installed - they're certainly brighter than a non refurb. That's just clean 'tubes rather than any fancy colour rendering.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2007 13:46:01 GMT
I believe all the D stocks were changed over to "daylight" bulbs before the refurbs started. The refurbs differ slightly because there are actually shades over the lights, wheras the non-refurbs just have bare flourescent bulbs.
AFAIK the only car to still have the original type of bulb is 17008, the trailer in the prototype refurb unit, which last time I saw it had noticeably yellow lighting in the trailer in contrast to the bluer light in the other cars of the train.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2007 15:28:56 GMT
I believe all the D stocks were changed over to "daylight" bulbs before the refurbs started. The refurbs differ slightly because there are actually shades over the lights, wheras the non-refurbs just have bare flourescent bulbs. AFAIK the only car to still have the original type of bulb is 17008, the trailer in the prototype refurb unit, which last time I saw it had noticeably yellow lighting in the trailer in contrast to the bluer light in the other cars of the train. A fact which makes 17008 stand out very clearly when you pass it in a tunnel  In fact 17008 has the same colour tubes at the original lighting, but I think they are a different size, being non standard I assume is why they have not been replaced. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2007 16:54:18 GMT
*makes appeal to TfL for UV tubes to be put in at Camden Town* ;D
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2007 4:25:45 GMT
Reading on somebodies blog site, the blue bulbs at Belsize Park, Chalk Farm and Mornington Crescent are a part of the tunnel cooling project. The theory is you'll feel cooler waiting in the blue light.
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Post by jamesb on Aug 30, 2007 11:36:48 GMT
I felt like one of my late leopard geckos standing at Belsize Park the other day - it's ideal for reptiles in the hot summer weather... It would be modern platform art to have lizards running up the walls, and give the mice some competition...[back to work now, James...]
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2007 11:46:05 GMT
*makes appeal to TfL for UV tubes to be put in at Camden Town* ;D Perhaps Lava Lamps would be more appropriate for THAT particular station hehe... |
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Post by jamesb on Aug 30, 2007 11:54:22 GMT
And... Maybe we'll all have stronger bones???
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2007 21:33:51 GMT
Lava Lamps? Mamthos... Soothing properties... we should have Plasma Balls too...
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Post by Chris M on Aug 31, 2007 1:00:34 GMT
ATO your comment made me think of mirror balls, and then my mind started thinking of turning the southbound platform at Angel into a dance floor...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2007 21:27:27 GMT
STOP RIGHT THERE!!!
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Post by superteacher on Sept 18, 2007 19:02:17 GMT
ATO your comment made me think of mirror balls, and then my mind started thinking of turning the southbound platform at Angel into a dance floor... Well the platform's big enough! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2007 23:07:43 GMT
AH YES, the un-refurb with the orange lights!! Ah yes!!! See that go by many a time!
The D stocks did get a Deep clean and light refurb at one point, new seats and new lighting...
Shame i miss the leather!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2007 9:27:25 GMT
Don’t forget fluorescent tubes get dimmer with age too. I’ve seen some really dark corridors due to dirty old tubes. It seems the lampys don’t like visiting some stations!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2007 21:57:02 GMT
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Post by londonboy on Nov 19, 2007 21:33:54 GMT
The said Light's have now been removed from Belsize Park Southbound.
The people of Belsize must of been complaining as they are still in place at Chalk Farm
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2007 0:03:37 GMT
Yep, spotted that this morning. Belsize SB looks very grubby again, perhaps its time for another "modernisation programme". I notice the old clock has also been removed from its mount, I hope they return it in good working order.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2007 0:08:11 GMT
I think the 1992TS have had the "Daylight" tubes installed sometime in 2006.
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