62 stock rail adhesion train

[capitalomnibus]

Why is it this 62 stock rail adhesion train hardly ever goes past Leytonstone. It almost always Epping - Leytonstone. Surely the section between Leytonstone and the Leyton tunnels cold suffer from adhesion problems.

[Alex]

Nov 14, 2016 11:22:12 GMT capitalomnibus said:

Why is it this 62 stock rail adhesion train hardly ever goes past Leytonstone. It almost always Epping - Leytonstone. Surely the section between Leytonstone and the Leyton tunnels cold suffer from adhesion problems.

From what I can gather it's about turning it round again. Past Leytonstone the next reversal place is a crossover at Bethnal Green (and I'm not even sure if you can do a west-to-east move on there as the crossover faces the wrong way) or Liverpool Street sidings (and again the sidings end up behind the train on the westbound so not sure how easy it is to turn there), in either case it could get very messy slotting it in around the very intense service the Central line has. The Stratford - Leyton section is ok as I don't think any trees are near the line, Leyton - Leytonstone again is open but I don't think there's many overhanging trees. Haven't been there for a while though.......