London Banter - View Single Post - Circle suspended but not Hammersmith & City

Recliner[_3_] · April 14th 17, 11:20 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 12:34:57 +0200, Jarle Hammen Knudsen
wrote:

On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 15:42:21 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 5:17:11 PM UTC+1, Jarle Hammen Knudsen wrote:
CIRCLE LINE: Good Friday 14, Saturday 15, Sunday 16 and Easter Monday
17 April, no service between Hammersmith and Edgware Road.

HAMMERSMITH & CITY LINE: Good Friday 14, Saturday 15, Sunday 16 and
Easter Monday 17 April, no service between Liverpool Street and
Barking. Trains will operate between Hammersmith and Aldgate.

Why is the Circle suspended, but not the Hammersmith & City? Don't
they share tracks?

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jhk

Well, as a guess, I'd say that as there is no service
between Liverpool Street and Barking, Hammersmith & City
Line trains will fill out the schedule to Hammersmith so
there will be no need and no requirement for Circle Line
trains to provide the same service.
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The "Weekend travel information" email says the reason for the Circle
suspension is to test new signalling. Will the Hammersmith & City line
trains run with the new signalling then?

They're exactly the same trains, so, no, not with passengers on board.
My guess is that the signalling test is on a part of the Circle line
that's closed this long Easter weekend.