On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:44:10 +0000, Edward Cowling London UK
wrote:

In message , Paul Corfield
writes

Still as the internal web page says "it's all necessary so we get to the
new Victoria Line".

Indeed. I think the point has been made many times that we all moan
about the endless delays because of old points, signalling, etc. Yet
when they close parts of the line to modernise they get even more moans.

Fair comment but I'd personally prefer to have known last year that the
early closures were to continue. Instead the publicity strongly hinted,
last November, that "it was all over and thanks very much Victoria Line
passengers for your patience".

I sincerely hope I am proved wrong but I fear that the actual migration
firstly to the new trains running on the current signalling and then the
move to new trains and new signalling will be far from smooth. I don't
think I'll be able to tolerate weeks and weeks of failed trains and
repeated signal glitches if things go wrong to the same extent as we've
had in the past with the Central Line upgrade, new Northern Line trains
and then Jubilee Line Extension. Let's hope all the hard work that
loads of people are putting in now gives us a smooth transition.

I've been in a tunnel for an hour waiting for the Victoria line to get a
new flint fitted :-) The sooner they get it fixed the better.

While we're taking about the Victoria Line can someone fix the computer
to make the breaking less last minute and less fierce. It's the only
line that seems to routinely try to throw everyone on the floor !

Unlikely to be the computer itself. Either a fault with a particular
train or a failure of a signalling / control component at one particular
location.
--
Paul C


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