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Old January 16th 05, 08:51 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default The slow train into Victoria

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 00:52:11 +0000, David Cantrell
wrote:

In the past few months I've noticed that many of the trains coming in
to platforms 9 to 12 at Victoria *crawl* all the way down the platform
before stopping. Anyone know why this is? It can't be some silly
safety issue because they accelerate out of the platforms normally,
and the same trains stopping at other stations - with crowded
platforms - come in quite fast and decelerate just like they always
have.


Is it because Victoria is a terminus and if they go in too fast (i.e.
above a crawl) the TPWS system will activate...? This wouldn't happen
when leaving the station and if the "other" stations you refer to are
not termini they wouldn't have the same restrictions..
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