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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 22:34:31 GMT
So I drove the Green Park to Acton Town Piccadilly Line Night Tube replacement service. This was operated with MMCs, LTs and one E400H from WL. The routeThe service ran every 10 minutes throughout to match the Night Tube frequency. It was a very easy route. Straight down the A4 to Chiswick, then round the North Circular and into Acton Town. It served Green Park, Hyde Park Corner, Knightsbridge, V&A Museum for South Kensington, Glocester Road then express over the Hammersmith Flyover to Acton Town. Stands were at Charles II Street and Acton, Market Place. The service offered interchange with Service A (Earl's Court - Heathrow T5) at Acton Town. Running timesThe 40 minutes given was very generous - it took just over half that. LoadingsPenny numbers. I carried a maximum load of 3 passengers. Meanwhile the N9s were bursting at the seams and the N97s were full and standing leaving Green Park. Vehicle choiceEuro 5 E400H 2423. I attempted to take 9408 but it didn't want to start! 2423 seems to have new batteries but the performance was restricted. SummaryShort route with virtually no demand. There really wasn't very much going on. Route difficulty rating - 1/3 (easy) Enjoyability - 2/5 (fairly unenjoyable) Next route review - Earl's Court to Wimbledon, 23/24 March I almost posted before these services went ahead that the N9 & N97 would bear brunt of this closure. In days of limited finance, I am perplexed as to why TfL are giving contracts out to Abellio to run two RRS when all that really needs doing is enhancing Metroline N91, Tower Transit N97 and London United N9.
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Post by richard on Feb 26, 2019 0:13:32 GMT
So I drove the Green Park to Acton Town Piccadilly Line Night Tube replacement service. This was operated with MMCs, LTs and one E400H from WL. The routeThe service ran every 10 minutes throughout to match the Night Tube frequency. It was a very easy route. Straight down the A4 to Chiswick, then round the North Circular and into Acton Town. It served Green Park, Hyde Park Corner, Knightsbridge, V&A Museum for South Kensington, Glocester Road then express over the Hammersmith Flyover to Acton Town. Stands were at Charles II Street and Acton, Market Place. The service offered interchange with Service A (Earl's Court - Heathrow T5) at Acton Town. Running timesThe 40 minutes given was very generous - it took just over half that. LoadingsPenny numbers. I carried a maximum load of 3 passengers. Meanwhile the N9s were bursting at the seams and the N97s were full and standing leaving Green Park. Vehicle choiceEuro 5 E400H 2423. I attempted to take 9408 but it didn't want to start! 2423 seems to have new batteries but the performance was restricted. SummaryShort route with virtually no demand. There really wasn't very much going on. Route difficulty rating - 1/3 (easy) Enjoyability - 2/5 (fairly unenjoyable) Next route review - Earl's Court to Wimbledon, 23/24 March First time in a long time i have seen RRBS starting in Central London!
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Post by 6HP502C on Feb 26, 2019 1:58:10 GMT
I almost posted before these services went ahead that the N9 & N97 would bear brunt of this closure. In days of limited finance, I am perplexed as to why TfL are giving contracts out to Abellio to run two RRS when all that really needs doing is enhancing Metroline N91, Tower Transit N97 and London United N9. I think the idea was not to deprive people of a service to Heathrow - the N9 doesn't serve Acton Town, South Ealing, Northfields, Boston Manor, Osterley or Hatton Cross. People were using Service B so it was worthwhile to run it. BM Coaches and Symphony provided most if not all of the coaches. I'd be interested to know what usage on the western end of Service A was like. Extras did run on the N91, boosting it to 6bph north of King's Cross. As for the contracts, the routes would all have been competitively tendered and the cheapest deliverable bid chosen. Service A was bigger than B and C put together! I was surprised to see just how busy the N98 and N207 were. Oxford Street West was shut so they ran via Regent Street and Piccadilly - some of the N207s were carrying at least 60 people.
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Post by 6HP502C on Feb 26, 2019 2:05:11 GMT
First time in a long time i have seen RRBS starting in Central London! Indeed, it happens once in a blue moon. There are a few services which hit the periphery - Northern Line replacements reach King's Cross and Euston, Bakerloo reaches Paddington and Jubilee reaches Baker Street, but right into the West End is rare. Tube closures are far less common than they were!
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Post by richard on Feb 26, 2019 2:14:06 GMT
First time in a long time i have seen RRBS starting in Central London! Indeed, it happens once in a blue moon. There are a few services which hit the periphery - Northern Line replacements reach King's Cross and Euston, Bakerloo reaches Paddington and Jubilee reaches Baker Street, but right into the West End is rare. Tube closures are far less common than they were! The last time I have heard of a RRBS in Central London must be at least after 7/7 when they ran on the northern part of the circle not sure where that ran though
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2019 10:13:01 GMT
I almost posted before these services went ahead that the N9 & N97 would bear brunt of this closure. In days of limited finance, I am perplexed as to why TfL are giving contracts out to Abellio to run two RRS when all that really needs doing is enhancing Metroline N91, Tower Transit N97 and London United N9. I think the idea was not to deprive people of a service to Heathrow - the N9 doesn't serve Acton Town, South Ealing, Northfields, Boston Manor, Osterley or Hatton Cross. People were using Service B so it was worthwhile to run it. BM Coaches and Symphony provided most if not all of the coaches. I'd be interested to know what usage on the western end of Service A was like. Extras did run on the N91, boosting it to 6bph north of King's Cross. As for the contracts, the routes would all have been competitively tendered and the cheapest deliverable bid chosen. Service A was bigger than B and C put together! I was surprised to see just how busy the N98 and N207 were. Oxford Street West was shut so they ran via Regent Street and Piccadilly - some of the N207s were carrying at least 60 people. Service A was very quiet, however this service was heavily affected by on-road poor signage that often resulted in bunches of 2 or 3. Most passengers at T5 and Central opted for N9 [or Service B].
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2019 10:14:12 GMT
I believe it was the CIA staff at Earl's Court, when the stopping arrangements were altered locally to co-ordinate connecting services to stop at the same stop. That is what I was told by someone who was working that night. So I cannot clarify exactly how accurate that statement is.
The plan was to have coaches on Service B from the outset, which is what was delivered. Porters had even been arranged in addition to CIA staff. Fair enough, either duff info or Chinese whispers!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2019 10:06:55 GMT
Emergency engineering works on the Bakerloo line tonight, with early finish tonight and late start tomorrow, north of Queen's Park. I suspect the Overground is affected too. RRBS will be running H&W to Queen's Park. Possibly H&W to Watford Jct as well?
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Post by TA1 on Feb 27, 2019 14:58:02 GMT
Emergency engineering works on the Bakerloo line tonight, with early finish tonight and late start tomorrow, north of Queen's Park. I suspect the Overground is affected too. RRBS will be running H&W to Queen's Park. Possibly H&W to Watford Jct as well? Thanks for this. It's a shame as of 14:55 TFL have not publicized this emergency early shut down. I wonder how comfy the 00:34 Euston service will be tonight. How frequent is the service or is that yet to be determined?
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Post by snoggle on Feb 27, 2019 16:09:59 GMT
Emergency engineering works on the Bakerloo line tonight, with early finish tonight and late start tomorrow, north of Queen's Park. I suspect the Overground is affected too. RRBS will be running H&W to Queen's Park. Possibly H&W to Watford Jct as well? Thanks for this. It's a shame as of 14:55 TFL have not publicized this emergency early shut down. I wonder how comfy the 00:34 Euston service will be tonight. How frequent is the service or is that yet to be determined? It's been on Twitter a few times today.
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Post by TA1 on Feb 28, 2019 0:14:15 GMT
Thanks for this. It's a shame as of 14:55 TFL have not publicized this emergency early shut down. I wonder how comfy the 00:34 Euston service will be tonight. How frequent is the service or is that yet to be determined? It's been on Twitter a few times today. Thanks, yes upon looking on my timeline I came across the tweets from both the London Overground & Bakerloo line feeds. However, it was not publicized on the TFL website until the closure was implemented. I received an e-mail from TFL but that was 17:30 specifying the closure. I appreciate the need to rectify the track fault at Willesden Junction, but there has been no information stating whether there will be a late start to the service, despite TC378 suggesting their possibly might be buses replacing trains.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2019 9:37:51 GMT
Busy 142 & 258 then !
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Post by londonbuschannel on Mar 16, 2019 14:56:00 GMT
Is it normal for AGA RRP en-route to Southend Victoria/Shenfield to go from the A12, L White Hart Lane , R Collier Row Road , S Chase Cross Road , S Lower Bedfords Road , S Noak Hill Road , R Noak Hill Drive , L Daganam Park Drive , L Petersfield Avenue the rejoin the A12
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Post by 6HP502C on Mar 16, 2019 16:29:18 GMT
Is it normal for AGA RRP en-route to Southend Victoria/Shenfield to go from the A12, L White Hart Lane , R Collier Row Road , S Chase Cross Road , S Lower Bedfords Road , S Noak Hill Road , R Noak Hill Drive , L Daganam Park Drive , L Petersfield Avenue the rejoin the A12 No, the route follows the A12 from Newbury Park to Junction 12. Perhaps the A12 was closed, or if not maybe the driver wanted to kill some time or doesn't like driving along the A12.
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Post by richard on Mar 20, 2019 20:57:57 GMT
Dose anyone know if ensign still has ex Arriva VLAs that was used on LO-T during the first closure? they was renumumberd 901-907 while they had them.they was fully blinded for LO-T
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