On 28/10/2011 14:30, Paul wrote:
On Oct 26, 12:19 pm, wrote:
Today at Arnos grove - the train had already been delayed due to signal
problems but when the signal eventually went green did our hero up front
get on with the job he's paid hansomely for? No, he chatted with his mate
on the platform for over a minute after. What a useless lazy ****. Roll on
driverless trains.

B2003

Sounds like the northbound Victoria Line at Seven Sisters. You sit
there for ages whilst the service is being "regulated" (or so we are
told) only to see a driver walking up the platform to take over the
service. Then of course they wait until a northbound train terminates
in the opposite platform and people are running to catch the
Walthamstow train before they shut the doors and move off.

The Victoria line drivers also seem to be experts at doing this with
connections to and from the Piccadilly Line at Finsbury Park.

Actually, I've noticed that since all the new trains have been in
service, trains on the Walthamstow platform do now often seem to wait
for people to get over from the other platform.

(I'm basing this on never having seen it happen once in seven years, and
then seeing it at least 20 times in the past couple of months.)

I dunno whether it's something the new trains make easier, or a new
policy brought in at the same time, or what though.