Recent content by rebmcr

There was such an idea, but even pre-pandemic it was more of a vague aspiration than a concrete plan with confirmed timeframes, so who knows whether it's even still active.

They do run trackside with NR routes.

The Wimbledons were likely maxxing-out High St Ken's turning capacity.

Because it's the only plausible interpretation of the query. There's no need to exhaust contorted edge cases. Yes they would, because they've already demonstrated a willingness to request help, and a simple 'yes' here gets them close enough to a Class 390 for it all to simply work out.

Despite carefully-crafted appearances, Boris is not just a harmless buffoon. He's always been irresponsible with public finances.

You seem to imply that the 'official' procedure following an incident like this is disproportionate compared to the incident itself — this could well be true. Yet you also seem to imply that it is reasonable to expect a passenger to know of this imbalance, and for them to participate in...

This makes me think the work has been planned (but not scheduled) for some time already, and a component failure may have finally forced the short-notice timing?

Or, you put a 3/4 train on the Hainault loop, to find out what it is capable of without burning out, and then use that knowledge to write an interim timetable to match that performance.

"The middle traction package" doesn't make sense when referring to eight-car 92TS formations. Is that meant to refer to 'both middle packages', or 'one of the two middle packages', or some other arrangement?

There is also https://truetubestatus.com/ which tries to make better classifications than TfL does.

I think you mean 'proprietary'.

I applaud all of your very well-articulated points!

Ah very well, everything I said instead applies to the evening peak!

This diagram fails to demonstrate the fact that the southbound platforms at Camden Town are, at that point, already separated between Bank and Charing Cross. In the morning peak it would not be possible to deter passengers on the northerly branches from boarding the very first available...

I'm not sure whether you intend to come across as being very angry?