Why did 9R53 skip Farringdon at 2009 yesterday?

[Fenchurch SP]

It was only running a couple of minutes late and there was a gap behind it so nothing else would have been delayed. Also ran non stop through Norwood Junction and South Croydon according to RTT.
The reason given was a fault on the train but I can't think of anything which would have prevented a call at Farringdon but not other stations.

 

[JN114]

Called at staffed (dispatch staff) stations only due to issues with on-train DOO monitors

 

[OliverH68]

Called at staffed (dispatch staff) stations only due to issues with on-train DOO monitors

Ahh thanks for that. Me & the missus were hoping to catch said train from Farringdon but oddly wasn't stopping. We jumped on the Rainham train and caught it from Blackfriars instead!

 

[Towers]

Called at staffed (dispatch staff) stations only due to issues with on-train DOO monitors

Out of curiosity, do we know whether this was a technical issue or an environmental one?

 

[Surreytraveller]

Out of curiosity, do we know whether this was a technical issue or an environmental one?

What do you mean by environmental?

 

[ComUtoR]

What do you mean by environmental?

The camera(s) could have been obscured by something.

 

[Surreytraveller]

The camera(s) could have been obscured by something.

That's what confused me - that would be a technical issue, if they're obscured by something such as being misted up?

 

[MCR247]

That's what confused me - that would be a technical issue, if they're obscured by something such as being misted up?

I took technical to mean an ‘inside’ fault like wiring or the cab screents having a fault, and environmental to mean an issue with the cameras such as being misted or being caught in a graffiti attack (for example)

 

[Fenchurch SP]

Called at staffed (dispatch staff) stations only due to issues with on-train DOO monitors

OK thanks that makes sense.

Ahh thanks for that. Me & the missus were hoping to catch said train from Farringdon but oddly wasn't stopping. We jumped on the Rainham train and caught it from Blackfriars instead!

I could have done the same but unfortunately decided to gamble on the information screen being wrong.

 

[Towers]

Sorry; to clarify yes by environmental I was referring to things like fog, direct or low sunlight and so on, which can on occasions cause a very poor quality of image on DOO in-cab monitors.