On Apr 27, 2:13*pm, wrote:
On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:46:15 +0100

"Recliner" wrote:
So you're telling me they have no idea of which train is leaving
when? What do they do , just go and sit in a cab and wait until the
signal goes green then? Come off it.

The driver is much less interested in this subject than you are -- he's
not in a race with the other train, and doesn't really care which goes
first. So why would he do anything other than show up on time, and wait
till it's his turn to head down the tunnel?

Well airline pilots are apparently aware of their booked departure times.
So are bus drivers. And mainline train drivers. Are you seriously
suggesting tube drivers simply wait for the green light and head off?
I'd have thought these "professionals" as they keep referring to themselves
as would be well aware of the times their trains should leave.

B2003

Yes as a tube driver I am fully aware of what time my train is due to
leave. However, without reaching down into my bag, opening up a
timetable, finding the correct page, looking at the numbers of the
train in the other platforms and then checking these numbers to the
timetable I would have no idea which train would be leaving first. By
the time this is done the other train i due to leave first would
probably have left anyway. To be fair at Cockfosters there is a sign
that clearly tells passengers to wait until the first train is
indicated. Having said that I know there have been occasions where
trains are given a green signal without any indication on the platform
describers. That generally happens though when there has been a
problem on the line and trains are being controlled manually as
opposed to by computer. In these instances drivers can be just as much
in the dark as the passengers with regards to the first departure.