"Roland Perry" wrote in message ...

In message
, at
23:27:38 on Wed, 26 Sep 2012, Stephen Furley
remarked:

Automatic Train Operation was tested on the Woodford - Hainault
section before being introduced on the new Victoria Line. Was this
section operated as a shuttle between these stations at that time

From some old tube maps:

Woodford Hainault.

1951: Through Capacitor
1956: Terminus Capacitor
1986: Through in peaks only Capacitor
1995: Through in peaks only Through
2002: Terminus Through


In the 1960s and 1970s Woodford - Hainault was operated with a 4-car
shuttle, without any through running at either end. This included the period
before and after the shuttle was used for ATO testing.

Currently a full-length train is used which runs through Hainault and
terminating at Woodford, using the reversing siding (No. 21 Road) south of
the station. Sometimes the Live Departure Boards show a train as 'At road
21'. There are a couple of trains in each peak which start from Hainault
Depot, come into passenger service at Grange Hill, and run through to
Central London via Woodford. There are no corresponding journeys in the
other direction, and these are the only through trains between the Hainault
Loop and Leytonstone via Woodford.

Peter