On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 14:26:11 -0000, "Heliomass"
wrote:
"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message
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In article ,
(David Walters) wrote:
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 21:08 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), Colin Rosenstiel
wrote:
Didn't you read the press release? It makes clear the intention to
restore the Northern Line service:
"The current Northern line service sees trains running Edgware to
Morden via Bank only and High Barnet to Morden via Charing Cross
only. London Underground and Tube Lines are working to reintroduce a
full service on the line as soon as possible and hope to be able to
do this early in the New Year."
The press release seems to disagree with the Interim Report which says:
This service pattern is being delivered by the current team
of Train operators whose duties are designed around the
integrated service pattern operated before the derailment.
Thus the train service is currently being delivered in an
inefficient manner.
A new timetable designed around the dedicated branch service
pattern is in production, aimed at being available in January
2004.
I think we are going to have the split service for many months to come.
Ouch! Missed that.
Ah, that explains it! I only read the full release and skipped the short
summary (oops!). Strange that the two disagree? Anyway, LU seem to not have
put up any adverts at their stations about a full service being resumed, so
I can only assume that their hoping people will forget about it until LU
decide to restore services.
No that is absolutely not the reason. The Camden report is an interim
report. The conclusion about the root cause is not 100% yet as more
testing is needed to check that a problem with the train bogie was not
the cause. When people definitely know what went wrong then the correct
fix can be applied, commissioned and approved by the safety authorities.
Work is proceeding on designing a revised set of points so that a
replacement can be manufactured and installed as soon as practicable
once the root cause is confirmed. I do not know what is planned if some
other root cause is determined.
The timetable issue is based around the current operation being an
adaptation of the old one with a number of trains cancelled. This is
causing problems with irregular headways and capacity issues south of
Kennington. The timetable is being rewritten to provide a much better
organised and regular timetable while the fixed routes are in place.
Once the work is done to restore the old routes at Camden then the
timetable in place before the incident can be reintroduced.
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Paul C
Admits to Working for London Underground!