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Old February 6th 09, 09:55 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Mizter T Mizter T is offline
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Default Signal failure on the central line?


On 6 Feb, 10:30, Mr Thant
wrote:

On 6 Feb, 10:26, wrote:

The central line is ATO, I assumed the remaining signals were just an
emergency backup system. What does it matter if one of them fails and
why would it mess up the service?


"Signal failure" is a generic term they use for a failure of the
signalling system, and only occasionally means a failure of an actual
signal.


Most likely a track circuit failure perhaps?