"Matt Wheeler" wrote in message
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One thing I was wondering, however.
As part of the "emergency" timetable, the service to Olympia has been
axed. Surely they could run an Olympia to Tower Hill (or further,
whitechapel ?) service using some of the "spare" C-stock to cover for the
missing Circle service.

There is a big problem with this. C stock is maintained at Hammersmith
depot, and to get anywhere else on the network has to run via Edgware Road.
Neasden has stabled C stocks in the past, but is otherwise cut off by the
Aldgate blockage, meaning Ealing Common is the only realistic option.
Notwithstanding the fact that this depot is geared towards maintaining D
stock, I would imagine there is little space/capacity to work on more
trains.

Having said all this I noticed that C stocks were out on the Wimbledon-HSK
trains yesterday. I've no idea what the situation is with these trains, but
I reckon it's pretty certain they're not running to/from Hammersmith depot.