or so I was told by the driver at Wimbledon yesterday afternoon. I've got a
few pictures of the last of the old order I'll try and put on the web if I
can work out where.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Thu, 29 May 2014 03:40:11 -0500, wrote:
or so I was told by the driver at Wimbledon yesterday afternoon. I've got a
few pictures of the last of the old order I'll try and put on the web if I
can work out where.

There is a farewell tour planned for June 29th
http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/e...hicles-outings

Tickets priced £40 will be on sale from 2 June

Departing from Moorgate, this official last C stock tour covers its former
territory, including the Hammersmith & City, Circle and District Lines
and finishes at Hammersmith. Passengers will have the opportunity to
visit the London Transport Museum pop-up shop at Barking Station during
the lunch stop over.

In message , at 10:10:25 on
Thu, 29 May 2014, David Walters remarked:
There is a farewell tour planned for June 29th
http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/e...hicles-outings

Tickets priced £40 will be on sale from 2 June

Departing from Moorgate, this official last C stock tour covers its former
territory, including the Hammersmith & City, Circle and District Lines
and finishes at Hammersmith. Passengers will have the opportunity to
visit the London Transport Museum pop-up shop at Barking Station during
the lunch stop over.

My ticket is booked (by lunchtime the front and rear coaches were
already fully booked; looking now, the 6-car train is about 65% booked).

Anyone up for a utl meet somewhere en-route?

The only problem now is that the trip starts at 09:55 and the first
train from the Cambridge area doesn't seem to get me there before 11:15,
although that's with the following comedy route according to NRES (is
the Circle/Met closed to normal trains?)

08:58 Ely [ELY] /FCC train/ London Kings Cross [KGX] 10:09
10:24 London Kings Cross [KGX] /Walk/ London St Pancras 10:25
10:42 London St Pancras /train/ Stratford International 10:48
10:53 Stratford International /Walk & Tube & DLR/ Moorgate 11:15
--
Roland Perry

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at 10:10:25
on Thu, 29 May 2014, David Walters remarked:
There is a farewell tour planned for June 29th

http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/e...hicles-outings

Tickets priced £40 will be on sale from 2 June

Departing from Moorgate, this official last C stock tour covers its
former territory, including the Hammersmith & City, Circle and District
Lines and finishes at Hammersmith. Passengers will have the opportunity
to visit the London Transport Museum pop-up shop at Barking Station
during the lunch stop over.

My ticket is booked (by lunchtime the front and rear coaches were
already fully booked; looking now, the 6-car train is about 65% booked).

Anyone up for a utl meet somewhere en-route?

The only problem now is that the trip starts at 09:55 and the first
train from the Cambridge area doesn't seem to get me there before
11:15, although that's with the following comedy route according to
NRES (is the Circle/Met closed to normal trains?)

08:58 Ely [ELY] /FCC train/ London Kings Cross [KGX] 10:09
10:24 London Kings Cross [KGX] /Walk/ London St Pancras 10:25
10:42 London St Pancras /train/ Stratford International 10:48
10:53 Stratford International /Walk & Tube & DLR/ Moorgate 11:15

Can't you get there via Liverpool St? TfL think there are services from
there to Moorgate at the time. The 08:32 from Cambridge to Liverpool St
looks like it should get there in time.

later Ah! No arrival from Ely before 09:15. That's a bit fatal. You'll
have to drive to Cambridge then and park in Rustat Road or somewhere like
that.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

In message , at 14:55:07
on Mon, 2 Jun 2014, remarked:
The only problem now is that the trip starts at 09:55 and the first
train from the Cambridge area doesn't seem to get me there before
11:15, although that's with the following comedy route according to
NRES (is the Circle/Met closed to normal trains?)

08:58 Ely [ELY] /FCC train/ London Kings Cross [KGX] 10:09
10:24 London Kings Cross [KGX] /Walk/ London St Pancras 10:25
10:42 London St Pancras /train/ Stratford International 10:48
10:53 Stratford International /Walk & Tube & DLR/ Moorgate 11:15

Can't you get there via Liverpool St? TfL think there are services from
there to Moorgate at the time. The 08:32 from Cambridge to Liverpool St
looks like it should get there in time.

later Ah! No arrival from Ely before 09:15. That's a bit fatal. You'll
have to drive to Cambridge then and park in Rustat Road or somewhere like
that.

The first LST train from Cambridge seems to be the 0732-0843; I'm not
going to bet on the 0832 being on time and me getting to Moorgate in 12
minutes! Although maybe bailing out at Tottenham Hale would work, if
everything is running OK.

To KGX there's the 0728-0829, with the next useful train being the
0828-0928. I'll have to see how brave I'm feeling on the day, but a
combination of Sunday plus quite probably some engineering works (RTT
says most of the LGX trains that day are on a special timetable) means
I'll probably be on the 0732.

The initial rush for tickets seems to have died down with just over 50
left now (75% sold).
--
Roland Perry

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at
14:55:07 on Mon, 2 Jun 2014, remarked:
The only problem now is that the trip starts at 09:55 and the first
train from the Cambridge area doesn't seem to get me there before
11:15, although that's with the following comedy route according to
NRES (is the Circle/Met closed to normal trains?)

08:58 Ely [ELY] /FCC train/ London Kings Cross [KGX] 10:09
10:24 London Kings Cross [KGX] /Walk/ London St Pancras 10:25
10:42 London St Pancras /train/ Stratford International 10:48
10:53 Stratford International /Walk & Tube & DLR/ Moorgate 11:15

Can't you get there via Liverpool St? TfL think there are services from
there to Moorgate at the time. The 08:32 from Cambridge to Liverpool St
looks like it should get there in time.

later Ah! No arrival from Ely before 09:15. That's a bit fatal. You'll
have to drive to Cambridge then and park in Rustat Road or somewhere like
that.

The first LST train from Cambridge seems to be the 0732-0843; I'm not
going to bet on the 0832 being on time and me getting to Moorgate in
12 minutes! Although maybe bailing out at Tottenham Hale would work,
if everything is running OK.

There's a connection off the 0751 to Stratford with connection arriving LST
at 0931, including the Tottenham option. Trouble with that is poor
connections to Moorgate from the Victoria Line. That gives an extra 12
minutes for the Liverpool St-Moorgate connection. TfL's journey planner says
it only takes 6 minutes walking and 1 minute by (frequent) train.

To KGX there's the 0728-0829, with the next useful train being the
0828-0928. I'll have to see how brave I'm feeling on the day, but a
combination of Sunday plus quite probably some engineering works (RTT
says most of the LGX trains that day are on a special timetable)
means I'll probably be on the 0732.

How long to get to Moorgate from KGX, though? You might as well get the 0751
and change at Tottenham Hale. If the connection Stansted Express is
cancelled you've still got the 0832 to fall back onto. I suppose the 0732 is
the safest option, though.

The initial rush for tickets seems to have died down with just over
50 left now (75% sold).

I've bought one.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Paul Corfield wrote on 29 May 2014 10:35:03 ...
On Thu, 29 May 2014 03:40:11 -0500,
wrote:

or so I was told by the driver at Wimbledon yesterday afternoon. I've got a
few pictures of the last of the old order I'll try and put on the web if I
can work out where.

I understand the last trains run next week as 4 units go for scrapping
then. Last day looks like Monday 3 June 2014. Running number 074 is
apparently scheduled for C stock until 1339 (lunchtime).

Thanks for the good news. Personally I shall be glad to see the last of
this awful C-for-cattle-truck class.
--
Richard J.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)

On Thu, 29 May 2014 12:24:00 +0100, "Richard J."
wrote:
Thanks for the good news. Personally I shall be glad to see the
last of
this awful C-for-cattle-truck class.

For the passenger, the S stock is so good in comparison that I don't
think the C stock will really be missed.

Neil

--
Neil Williams. Use neil before the at to reply.

Neil Williams wrote:
On Thu, 29 May 2014 12:24:00 +0100, "Richard J." wrote:
Thanks for the good news. Personally I shall be glad to see the last of
this awful C-for-cattle-truck class.

For the passenger, the S stock is so good in comparison that I don't
think the C stock will really be missed.

Yes, and the C stock has been allowed to get quite shabby, so that won't
help. Unlike with the A stock, with its deeply cushioned transverse seats
and luggage racks, there's really no downsides for pax with the S replacing
the C stock. The new trains are air-conditioned, longer and have through
gangways.

About the only snag is for people like us who now have to read the
destination signs to know if it's a Wimbleware or City train (etc), rather
than simply recognising A, C or D stock and knowing which line it's on.

On 29/05/2014 15:01, Recliner wrote:
Neil Williams wrote:
On Thu, 29 May 2014 12:24:00 +0100, "Richard J." wrote:
Thanks for the good news. Personally I shall be glad to see the last of
this awful C-for-cattle-truck class.

For the passenger, the S stock is so good in comparison that I don't
think the C stock will really be missed.

Yes, and the C stock has been allowed to get quite shabby, so that won't
help. Unlike with the A stock, with its deeply cushioned transverse seats
and luggage racks, there's really no downsides for pax with the S replacing
the C stock. The new trains are air-conditioned, longer and have through
gangways.

About the only snag is for people like us who now have to read the
destination signs to know if it's a Wimbleware or City train (etc), rather
than simply recognising A, C or D stock and knowing which line it's on.

Railcar number? The third digit in an S-7 railcar's number is always 3.