Recent content by Daniel

You said you were travelling at 16:30 - it's currently 17:30 and the Northern Line is advertising Severe Delays across the entire line because of a signal failure which occurred at 11:53. I'm not sure which board you checked, but I'm wondering if either it was a non-TfL one, or one of the...

Not really. It can reduce platform dwell times to the minimums set for that platform, but it makes very poor regulation choices.

A quick google (and therefore all in the public domain) turned up this which quotes:

I severely doubt that's a reason. The reality is if you washed trains on the way in you'd have to reduce the available engineering hours, as it's already very tight getting so many trains into Morden at COT via both roads, and would be even slower routing via the wash road.

I'd love to know who you are sometimes :E Will be interesting to watch the upcoming Golden Whistle awards! o_O

Correct, but again that doesn’t compute with them being able to drive. That is to say, if their visual acuity or restricted visual field is poor enough corrected to be legally blind (or sight impaired by the legal definition), then they would be not have a driving licence, which by their own...

I've taken an interest in this one as my wife is blind - or 'severely sight impaired' in legal terms - and therefore could see herself in this situation... albeit without having parked her car at the train station first! --- As a random example, the charity "Sense" has the following...

Following the emergency services dealing with an incident at Milton Keynes Central all lines have now reopened. What is the impact on AWC services Train services running through this station may be cancelled or delayed by up to 60 minutes. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.

It may be pushing it in your opinion, but it's still factual! Same reason on the Northbound trains announce "Camden Town, Edgware Branch". If you're heading to Barnet and didn't know you'd need to get on a Barnet train, will that announcement prompt you to do so? Probably not. But still, that's...

Except there is a difference in calling pattern dependant on which branch you're on, (Mornington Crescent), and thus you may need to change trains based on the branch you're on.

Yes, at least the Northern Line has "Saloon Heat & Vent" which should be automatic based on the ambient temperature, but can be isolated by the driver.

No

Whilst it is correct that only the Controller has GSM-R, I found the reality was that the Chilterns tended to use SPTs and contacted the signaller directly for signalling related issues.

That's from the 5th of January - they were already planning to ballot before the RMT strike was called off.

I believe it was an RRV. My assumption would be that they have experienced this type of train setting off the fire alarm, therefore managed station closures are better than evacuations with LFB attendance considering recent ‘panic’ incidents such as Clapham