"Jack Taylor" wrote in message
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"Marratxi" wrote in message
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Yes, but the Bakerloo trains cannot be blamed for making Silverlink Metro
trains late arriving at Hatch End from Watford. Are the schedules just
unworkable, the trains incapable of maintaining the timings ?

Of course they can. If the Bakerloo is in such disarray as to cause
Watford-bound services to be significantly late on the outward journey
then
they will quite likely be late on their return, making them late slotting
in
between Bakerloo services from Queens Park and making them even later on
their London-bound journey. However much recovery time is built in at the
terminii for turning trains back can easily be used up if the Bakerloo
section is completely SNAFU'd and delays can accumulate throughout the
day.


Silverlink trains ALWAYS get priority over Bakerloo trains at Queens Park on
the Northbound
quite often causing "blocking-back" or queing from Paddington. Sillylinks
also get the same
priority everywhere else (holding trains in the Harrow siding/ Stonebridge
reception roads)
It's all to do with the Network Rail signaller and his/her targets.
Sometimes I think they fail to
see the bigger picture eg Holding a Bakerloo in the siding at Harrow for
2-3mins with another
on the platform and a Sillylink outside on the north just so a southbound
train can remain on time.
They both would run alot better if they kept to their own section. But them
the poor travelling
public would suffer. Then of cause there's always points/signal failures,
defective trains etc etc