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[email protected] · November 5th 16, 08:55 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Graham Harrison) wrote:

On Fri, 04 Nov 2016 18:03:15 -0500,
wrote:

In article ,
(Graham Harrison) wrote:

I know the Circle is no longer advertised as a circle but do any
trains actually do the circle? I was on a Hammersmith and City last
Friday from Liverpool Street to Hammersmith but at Edgware Road it
became a Circle Line (didn't worry me since my destination was
Paddington).

Is it just an occasional, unpredictable, change or are there any
trains actually scheduled to make the complete circle ever?

The former. They advertise when a circle service is run, usually when
there is engineering work on the Hammersmith branch. The most recent
closure wasn't a circle because the closure was west of Baker Street. I
think the whole line was suspended or maybe they ran High St-Baker St via
Aldgate only.

Thank you. So, using National Rail terms, absolutely no complete
circles as part of the Working Time Table. When it does occur it's a
VAR or STP.

As I understand it, yes.

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Colin Rosenstiel