Thanks for a confirmation on 125.
Surely the requirement for audio announcements relates to blind people, not wheelchair users?
It’s under the same banner of ‘special requirements’ - I recall back in the G1 days staff advised visually impaired travellers NOT to use the Subway in case they inadvertently came to grief on the stairs or on the platform edge. In those days there were at least 2 staff members on the platform - in the control booth at the platform end and a ticket collector - all who could (then) have offered assistance. When G2 stock arrived the need for platform staff evaporated and they only inhabited the ticket office at ground level. if I was impaired in that way I certainly wouldn’t use the Subway.
A lot has changed since the 1970s. For a start offering assistance to those who need it is now a legal requirement, as is making reasonable adjustments. The Subway already has all other other required adjustments for blind passengers such as tactile platform edges and announcements are a legal requirement, there’s no excuse for them to be missing.
Don't disagree of course - but given the current reliability, with multiple service suspensions and evacuations each week, as highlighted in the tweet above, from last night - it is I think reasonable for SPT to have some reticence, in the best interests of those passengers, about advertising the service as more accessible, when the platforms are too narrow, there are virtually no lifts, frequent escalator breakdowns, no auto announcements and an environment so noisy it is hard to hear any that are made, and screens which are either static and useless, on train, or now even the "Next Arrival" screens have been replaced by "6 MINUTE SERVICE", (also wrong) or more and more frequently, off.
It was four posts above this one...
Ah....I hadn't picked-up from the link that it was the same incident. Another senior moment.... that's the second one today so far!
And another service failure
Signalling fault caused the morning shutdown, a broken down train caused the suspension ln the inner circle (according to their Social Media feed)
Yes, Geoff Marshall's excellent video highlighted the system will cease to be traditionally signalled with On Board Control effectively, which will enable the surge capacity of up to 8 trains per side (3 min service). This still poses some questions since some sections are massively longer than others, and I suspect given their approach to most things, SPT will approach cautiously, for example, on 3 minute service, would you ever have a train leaving Partick on the Inner until Govan is clear of the proceeding train. Whilst theoretically this shouldn't be an issue (it is at the moment since the signal at Partick is the last before the signal at Govan), if there were to be a failure or delay with departure, the prospect of a train coming to a stop under the Clyde is .... not something they would readily engage with, I suspect. Once implemented however, the regulation / balance of the service should become much better, and I wonder if the timing points will move away from Govan to avoid bottlenecks that currently exist.
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There are still a lot of G2 stock out, although in my experience you have a higher chance of coming across them on weekdays, and even then the G3 stock often outnumber them. Going by the rate of progress so far, there will probably still be some G2 sets active in August, however you might need a comination of luck and patience to travel on one.
Unfortunately some of us won’t be around that long! I agree with you on the opportunity for a proper send off of the G2 stock, especially since the intended farewell for the G1 stock back in the 70’s had to be cancelled
I wouldn't be surprised if SPT messed it up.
