Reliability of Bank station

[Deleted]

There have been two failures of Bank station within the last 24 hours.

Yesterday, it seems there was a power failure affecting platforms 9 and 10 - resolved, luckily, by the time I left work.

Today, there was a reported failure of platform equipment - service was out before 7 (when I get my alert) and restored at about 8:35.

Is it just me or has Bank station become very unreliable since Tower Gateway closed?

[astock5000]

I don't think Tower Gateway being closed has anything to do with it. Because the DLR is more reliable than LU, you notice it more when something does go wrong.
Were the trains terminating at Shadwell when those failures happened?

[Chris M]

According to the real time map during yesterday's failure, trains were terminating at Shadwell.

[Deleted]

Yes, they were terminating at Shadwell. I boarded the first train out of Colindale and changed where it met the Jubilee Line (Waterloo as it was CX branch) then changed again at Canary Wharf. A delay at Poplar occurred, just at the time Bank reopened.

[c5]

The problem this morning was a broken tunnel fan.

[Deleted]

Jul 31, 2008 17:35:46 GMT @c5 said:

The problem this morning was a broken tunnel fan.

And this morning too, it seems! It happened after 7 though - so I did not get an alert and ended up in a right mess!

Still, I got to the office only 25 minutes actually late. I try to be 40 early if I can though.

[jimini]

And again this afternoon...

A MESSAGE FOR DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY: Suspended between Bank and Shadwell due to faulty fans at Bank.

[Deleted]

And Again This Morning And This Afternoon - I overheard 2 PSA's Moaning that they're not likely to be fixed until tower gateway's reopened and that it would probably require a station closure

[21146]

Jul 31, 2008 9:43:31 GMT astock5000 said:

I don't think Tower Gateway being closed has anything to do with it. Because the DLR is more reliable than LU, you notice it more when something does go wrong.
Were the trains terminating at Shadwell when those failures happened?

This is something to do with tunnel ventilation fans being defective and is a Metronet 'asset'(sic)

[astock5000]

www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/information.asp?time=now&mode=dlr&line=all&incident=1014357_TfL

On Tuesday 26, Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 August, after 2300 each night, no service between Shadwell and Bank due to essential station equipment repairs at Bank.

EDIT: Photo of poster about this:
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