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Post by 1018509 on May 11, 2012 20:47:32 GMT
Just suppose a whole fleet of handed new stock had been put on the Picc 10 years earlier........ Pre 73 stock the Picc 38, 56,59 & 62 stocks were (are) handed. |
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Post by aspect on May 13, 2012 22:14:39 GMT
hey all, was at Tower Hill the other day going westbound, and a District Line train to Barking came in on the opposite, eastbound platforms - except, it was very clearly a C-Stock train! the announcement clearly said it was a District to Barking, it wasn't some DMI mistakenly signing a Circle Line train. So ... how often does this happen, and why? is that timetabled to happen, or was it one off? If by "the other day" it was Bank Holiday Monday 7th May (London Marathon Day) (three days before your post), then I was running an additional passenger service with a C stock primarily for driver training purposes and secondarily for additional London Marathon capacity purposes, this ran Barking - Richmond - High Street - Triangle - High Street - Richmond - Barking. This would have been at Tower Hill eastbound during the late afternoon. If it was late in the evening, it's likely to have been an inner Rail Circle to Barking Sidings "depot" working, these are described as a District from Gloucester Road. (On the present timetable these are limited to 3 trains on Sunday evenings and are all at Tower Hill post 2330 - However others may work during special Engineering Timetables) If it was early evening it may well be there was no driver for a late night Barking stabling train, so it has to be "put away" early. Final possibility is there was some disruption on the north side of the Circle in which case they tend to be sent "out of the way" to Barking until the line is clear again. |
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Post by geofftech on May 15, 2012 20:06:30 GMT
Thanks all for your replies! if i'd of been more aware, i'd have made a note of the number and checked the WTT to see if it was scheduled or not. it was at about 6pm on a Saturday.
just been on a C-Stock into Olympia this evening, and you don't often see that happen! track fault at Earl's Court mean that Wimbleware services were running between Edgware Road to Olympia only, although City 'destruct' trains were still running down to Wimblaydon ...
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Post by juliang on May 15, 2012 20:44:20 GMT
Thanks all for your replies! if i'd of been more aware, i'd have made a note of the number and checked the WTT to see if it was scheduled or not. it was at about 6pm on a Saturday. just been on a C-Stock into Olympia this evening, and you don't often see that happen!... Happens everyday  |
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Post by causton on May 16, 2012 1:19:38 GMT
Thanks all for your replies! if i'd of been more aware, i'd have made a note of the number and checked the WTT to see if it was scheduled or not. it was at about 6pm on a Saturday. just been on a C-Stock into Olympia this evening, and you don't often see that happen!... Happens everyday Still don't often physically see it happen, technically - unless you're the driver and work that train a lot |
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Post by Dstock7080 on May 17, 2012 17:20:24 GMT
Happens everyday Still don't often physically see it happen, technically - unless you're the driver and work that train a lot was probably referring to these: Scheduled passenger workings of C Stock to/from Olympia M-F, Sat and Sun and during the Exhibitions only M-F service. M-F: 05:50 Oly-ERd 06:32 Oly-ERd Sat: 05:53 Oly-ERd 06:33 Oly-ERd Sun: 23:15 ERd-Oly Additional M-F exhibition service: 16:25 ERd-Oly 16:49 Oly-ERd 17:06 HSt-Oly 17:23 Oly-ERd 17:25 ERd-Oly 17:50 Oly-HSt 18:08 HSt-Oly 18:23 Oly-ERd 18:25 ERd-Oly 18:55 Oly-HSt 19:12 HSt-Oly 19:23 Oly-ERd. The Exhibition service is running tomorrow, Fri 18 May. I note that on Sun 27 May a 10min service will operate to/from Olympia using C Stock, the first passenger arrival being the 07:35 ex-ERd, the last departure 23:50 to High St Kensington. |
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Post by causton on May 17, 2012 23:13:47 GMT
Interesting... a 10 minute service? Is that the most frequent the line can have? I thought the layout of the branch meant you couldn't improve much on the 15-20 minute frequency without getting problems...!
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Post by Dstock7080 on May 18, 2012 7:21:50 GMT
Interesting... a 10 minute service? Is that the most frequent the line can have? I thought the layout of the branch meant you couldn't improve much on the 15-20 minute frequency without getting problems...! In my time I've witnessed a 3 train shuttle operating from HSt providing about a 7½-10min frequency. I notice the "Ideal Home Show" will be back at Earl's Court in 2013, as it would be interesting to see Olympia cope with the 30min exhibition service from 2014! |
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Post by lenharvey on Jun 25, 2012 15:14:39 GMT
Hi All,
As an ex District Line Train OP, there are times when there is service disruption for one reason or another that the controller will send C stock to other Destinations other than the normal Edgware Road to Wimbledon Route. If there is a problem with getting down thru Triangle into Earls Court for example, Controller will send a Wimbledon Bound C stock round on the Circle line track to Gloucester Road and then on to reverse back to Wimbledon or Putney Bridge via Tower Hill or Mansion House Bay Roads. They also run them down to Richmond and Ealing Broadway. I,ve done all these 'Moves' many times.
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Post by Fahad on Jun 25, 2012 18:27:35 GMT
Were they ever diverted onto the East London, when this was possible?
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Post by Dstock7080 on Jun 25, 2012 21:46:49 GMT
Were they ever diverted onto the East London, when this was possible? Not sure it was "possible". As H&C drivers were not trained on the East London, nor were District drivers. |
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