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Post by ibus246 on Mar 17, 2016 7:57:08 GMT
Our of interest, I've a few question about the tube... Would anyone happen to know the answers?
Say at 5pm on a Wednesday evening how many drivers will there be working on the network? I was trying to work it out but it proved impossible.
How many tube 'sets' are there?
How many tube drivers are there employed? I read somewhere it was 3500 and apparently TfL only advertise for drivers internally.
I imagine the numbers for the staffing question will be very high indeed.
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Post by M1104 on Mar 17, 2016 9:42:26 GMT
There a series available on YouTube called The Tube Driver that may help out with enquiries. I discovered it the other day but only watched one episode so far. youtu.be/_qRa8Lqs89A |
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Post by snoggle on Mar 17, 2016 11:27:23 GMT
Our of interest, I've a few question about the tube... Would anyone happen to know the answers? Say at 5pm on a Wednesday evening how many drivers will there be working on the network? I was trying to work it out but it proved impossible. How many tube 'sets' are there? How many tube drivers are there employed? I read somewhere it was 3500 and apparently TfL only advertise for drivers internally. I imagine the numbers for the staffing question will be very high indeed. If you go to each of the Tube Working Timetables that will give you the number of trains in peak service. The WTTs are in the Transparency section of the tfL website. As a minimum you obviously have 1 driver per train. However several lines employ "stepping back" whereby as the arriving driver gets out of the cab a different driver gets in the other end and gets the train ready to go. I believe the Victoria Line has "double stepping back" because it's impossible, given the headway, for a driver to walk down the platform during one train turnround. Therefore there will be two drivers at Brixton - one waiting and one walking down the platform as a train arrives. The WTT should indicate at the top of each column what level of stepping back applies. The WTT should also show how many trains out of the total fleet size for each line are in service. It is also worth knowing that on some lines the fleet size may be slightly higher than the number regularly offered for service. The Northern Line has 106 trains but only 90+ are regularly offered for service and slightly fewer are actually used. From memory the Picc has 86.5 trains but 79 are used for the peak service. Clearly all lines have to have a level of "spares" to allow for faults, repairs, planned overhauls. The WTTs should show the number of "hot" and "cold" spare trains sitting waiting for use if needed. Some lines have "hot" spares rostered to cope with events like football matches - I think the Picc Line has those for Arsenal traffic. |
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Post by ibus246 on Mar 17, 2016 16:19:54 GMT
Thanks both will have a look
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