On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:21:58 +0000, Tom Anderson
wrote:

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, Paul Corfield wrote:

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:56:50 +0000, Paul Terry
wrote:

In message , Tom
Anderson writes

Got the Vic at Finsbury Park, heading for Euston. Got as far as King's
Cross more or less alright. Then got an announcement: "this train is
being held here, as there is planned engineering work at Victoria; the
engineers will be on the line for about ten minutes". Got off and
headed over to the Northern line, to get to Euston; as i went down the
escalator, heard an announcement that the Victoria line was now
suspended.

Firstly, any idea what it was about?

Signal failure at Victoria according to the TfL realtime page. (Also
faulty train at Warren Street, although I'm not sure if that was
later).

Warren St was later - line ended up suspended H&I - Brixton.

Righto.

Secondly, am i right in assuming the "planned" was a mistake?

Sounds like it: engineering work, yes, but not planned!

Planned in the sense that LU allowed them on to the tracks but not
planned in the sense of a long planned possession.

Genius! So is there also unplanned engineering work, where the navvies
just bundle past the platform staff and fix things before anyone can stop
them, then?

There was a signal failure that was traced to a problem with the cables.
In such circumstances it is essential that track staff are allowed on to
the track to investigate, identify the fault and then repair or replace
the cable. Obviously no one plans to have a failure so any requirement
for a possession to effect a repair is unplanned ! I wonder if I get
another gold star from Mizter T for that explanation?

As this happened at Victoria it was more complex to deal with partly
because the area has a number of points / crossovers. In addition the
fact that these points are not available to turn trains round makes the
impact on the service much greater thus requiring a bigger part of the
line to be suspended.

There was then a problem with a failed train near Euston which required
all the passengers to be evacuated. This caused the line suspension to
be increased in extent. And then to cap it all off there was a further
problem with signals at Victoria. All in all a bloody awful day on the
Victoria line for those who got caught up in it all.
--
Paul C


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