In article ,
Clive D. W. Feather wrote:
If you're planning to detrain a southbound service at Finchley Central
and run it empty to Highgate depot, why not let it continue in service
to East Finchley and detrain it there?

I've seen southbound train terminate at East Fincley often[1], but
I've never seen a southbound train terminate at Finchley Central.

Or is there a logical explanation for this instruction?

A failure of equipment which makes the train unsutable for passenger
use between West Finchley and Finchley Central? At that point it's
probably better to run empty to the depot than run into the nearest
siding and try and fix it there.

[1] I go from Finchley to Archway, and as almost all southbound
trains at Finchley go at least that far, I usually ignore the
platform indicator. This means I get on the fisrt southbound train,
and occasionally change at East Finchley. I've done this perhaps
five or six times in the last year.

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