Overground speed - or lack thereof
 

On 26/11/2014 15:54, Roland Perry wrote:
[...]
With ungangwayed 4-car units it's not always obvious which one you are
in without getting out and having a look. I've even been on an 8-car
(double 4-car) unit with a through gangway which was about to arrive at
a splitting station and just to confuse everyone they'd already locked
and closed the gangway.

The answer is for separate warnings to be heard in separate carriages.

Ha! That's for too complicated for train designers.

Ha! You mean the same train developers who have already managed to
implement it on Electrostars?

Overground speed - or lack thereof
 

In message , at 15:52:08 on Mon, 1 Dec 2014,
Mizter T remarked:
The answer is for separate warnings to be heard in separate carriages.

Ha! That's for too complicated for train designers.

Ha! You mean the same train developers who have already managed to
implement it on Electrostars?

No, the ones who haven't changed the on-board announcements on the
Networkers in over decade to avoid their southern destination being
"BERlondon Kings Cross".

[Nor, of course, done anything to assist the passengers know whether
they are in the front or rear half of a splitter].
--
Roland Perry

Overground speed - or lack thereof
 

Basil Jet wrote:
On 2014\11\26 14:18, David Cantrell wrote:

Lots of them get off at Canada Water. I presume that they're heading for
the Jubilee line and Canary Wharf.

I've just noticed that a straight line from Bermondsey Station to Canary
Wharf Station pretty much goes through Rotherhithe Station. Does anyone
know why Canada Water was built at all?

I'd speculate that Rotherhithe is somewhat hemmed in by various
other buildings, and that there was a nice bit of emptyish space
at right where Canada Water is now; Canada Water is a bigger
station than Rotherhithe.

#Paul


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