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Post by capitalomnibus on Nov 8, 2018 10:54:52 GMT
I have noticed that the S stock has selective door opening at times. Used to be used at Aldgate a lot with the Metropolitan line whilst waiting to depart, so you would have to press the door open button to enter. I noticed a Hammersmith & City line train did this yesterday at Farringdon, the driver closed all the doors, then after the light was lit on the door control buttons so people had the option to open it at their leisure.
Why is it that the Central line 92 stock does not do this anymore. It really is needed in the outside sections of tunnel to stop people getting soaked in the rain or getting cold. One of the worst stations for this is Leytonstone, especially if a driver change is done. The doors can be opened around 2 minutes at a time. I remember when the 92 stock was new, this feature used to be used a lot. No driver uses it anymore.
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Post by M1104 on Nov 8, 2018 11:59:19 GMT
Although I've not been on the Piccadilly Line for quite a while (usually only for Heathrow) I remember that if those 73 stocks waited at an outside station the driver had the ability to close all but one door per carriage....or was it one leaf from one of the double doors I can't remember. Could it be that the 92 stock on the Central Line are able to be done similarly?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 12:18:35 GMT
Although I've not been on the Piccadilly Line for quite a while (usually only for Heathrow) I remember that if trains waited at an outside station the driver had the ability to close all but one door per carriage....or was it one leaf from one of the double doors I can't remember. Still can do, especially when cold. It is only one leaf from a double door that remains open.
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Post by ThinLizzy on Nov 8, 2018 13:08:13 GMT
I have noticed that the S stock has selective door opening at times. Used to be used at Aldgate a lot with the Metropolitan line whilst waiting to depart, so you would have to press the door open button to enter. I noticed a Hammersmith & City line train did this yesterday at Farringdon, the driver closed all the doors, then after the light was lit on the door control buttons so people had the option to open it at their leisure.
Why is it that the Central line 92 stock does not do this anymore. It really is needed in the outside sections of tunnel to stop people getting soaked in the rain or getting cold. One of the worst stations for this is Leytonstone, especially if a driver change is done. The doors can be opened around 2 minutes at a time. I remember when the 92 stock was new, this feature used to be used a lot. No driver uses it anymore. not sure if this was the case here, with the S stock the doors will close automatically if the train has dwelled at a platform for a while but will still remain "enabled" for passengers to open if required. A similar thing happens with c2cs class 357s.
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Post by snowman on Nov 8, 2018 13:37:36 GMT
I have noticed that the S stock has selective door opening at times. Used to be used at Aldgate a lot with the Metropolitan line whilst waiting to depart, so you would have to press the door open button to enter. I noticed a Hammersmith & City line train did this yesterday at Farringdon, the driver closed all the doors, then after the light was lit on the door control buttons so people had the option to open it at their leisure.
Why is it that the Central line 92 stock does not do this anymore. It really is needed in the outside sections of tunnel to stop people getting soaked in the rain or getting cold. One of the worst stations for this is Leytonstone, especially if a driver change is done. The doors can be opened around 2 minutes at a time. I remember when the 92 stock was new, this feature used to be used a lot. No driver uses it anymore. not sure if this was the case here, with the S stock the doors will close automatically if the train has dwelled at a platform for a while but will still remain "enabled" for passengers to open if required. A similar thing happens with c2cs class 357s. I think stock with air conditioning has the auto door closing after an interval to help preserve saloon temperature The 1973 stock has (or had when I used it everyday 1993-1999) selective door opening, was certainly used on cold mornings when waiting time at Northfields and Acton. Where the switches were removed presumably some bean counter decided maintenance cost was higher than the value of passenger comfort.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 13:43:20 GMT
not sure if this was the case here, with the S stock the doors will close automatically if the train has dwelled at a platform for a while but will still remain "enabled" for passengers to open if required. A similar thing happens with c2cs class 357s. I think stock with air conditioning has the auto door closing after an interval to help preserve saloon temperature The 1973 stock has (or had when I used it everyday 1993-1999) selective door opening, was certainly used on cold mornings when waiting time at Northfields and Acton. Where the switches were removed presumably some bean counter decided maintenance cost was higher than the value of passenger comfort. The 73s should still have it. At least they did at the start of this year.
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Post by paulsw2 on Nov 8, 2018 15:44:50 GMT
I think stock with air conditioning has the auto door closing after an interval to help preserve saloon temperature The 1973 stock has (or had when I used it everyday 1993-1999) selective door opening, was certainly used on cold mornings when waiting time at Northfields and Acton. Where the switches were removed presumably some bean counter decided maintenance cost was higher than the value of passenger comfort. The 73s should still have it. At least they did at the start of this year.
S stock doors auto close after 45 seconds unless overridden by the train op ( crowd issues ie football tragic) The 73 stock still has the facility to leave half of one double door and corresponding single leaf open
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