Night Tube to start on 19 August
 

... but only on the Central and Victoria lines initially:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36356381

Jubilee, Northern (partial) and Picc (partial) to follow in "the Autumn".

Night Tube to start on 19 August
 

On Mon, 23 May 2016 15:53:35 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
... but only on the Central and Victoria lines initially:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36356381

Jubilee, Northern (partial) and Picc (partial) to follow in "the Autumn".

Will be interesting to see how this has a knock on effect on general
cleanliness of the tube since the same amount of cleaning will have to be done
over 5 nights rather than 7.

--
Spud

Night Tube to start on 19 August
 

wrote:
On Mon, 23 May 2016 15:53:35 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
... but only on the Central and Victoria lines initially:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36356381

Jubilee, Northern (partial) and Picc (partial) to follow in "the Autumn".

Will be interesting to see how this has a knock on effect on general
cleanliness of the tube since the same amount of cleaning will have to be done
over 5 nights rather than 7.

The Night Tube service is obviously much less intense than the day service,
so there will still be plenty of trains in the depots to be cleaned and
maintained on those two nights.

Night Tube to start on 19 August
 

On 24/05/2016 10:43, Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On Mon, 23 May 2016 15:53:35 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
... but only on the Central and Victoria lines initially:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36356381

Jubilee, Northern (partial) and Picc (partial) to follow in "the Autumn".

Will be interesting to see how this has a knock on effect on general
cleanliness of the tube since the same amount of cleaning will have to be done
over 5 nights rather than 7.

The Night Tube service is obviously much less intense than the day service,
so there will still be plenty of trains in the depots to be cleaned and
maintained on those two nights.


Out of interest, how often are trains cleaned? I assume they are
inspected at least daily for large amounts of errrm soil, but do they
actually get properly cleaned daily?

Night Tube to start on 19 August
 

On Tue, 24 May 2016 11:07:36 +0100, Someone Somewhere
wrote:

On 24/05/2016 10:43, Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On Mon, 23 May 2016 15:53:35 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
... but only on the Central and Victoria lines initially:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36356381

Jubilee, Northern (partial) and Picc (partial) to follow in "the Autumn".

Will be interesting to see how this has a knock on effect on general
cleanliness of the tube since the same amount of cleaning will have to be done
over 5 nights rather than 7.

The Night Tube service is obviously much less intense than the day service,
so there will still be plenty of trains in the depots to be cleaned and
maintained on those two nights.


Out of interest, how often are trains cleaned? I assume they are
inspected at least daily for large amounts of errrm soil, but do they
actually get properly cleaned daily?

They get regular walk-through rubbish collections (mainly to pick up
the discarded free Metro and ES copies) during the day, but I don't
know how often they get a proper interior clean. They obviously go
through the train washer regularly to keep the exterior fairly tidy.

Night Tube to start on 19 August
 

In message , at 11:50:14 on
Tue, 24 May 2016, Recliner remarked:
Out of interest, how often are trains cleaned? I assume they are
inspected at least daily for large amounts of errrm soil, but do they
actually get properly cleaned daily?

They get regular walk-through rubbish collections (mainly to pick up
the discarded free Metro and ES copies) during the day, but I don't
know how often they get a proper interior clean.

If it's anything like the GN 365 I was on this morning - annually (if
that). They pick up litter and clean the toilets, but the floor in
particular is disgracefully grubbly - not just ground in dirt, but stuff
that a vacuum would have shifted.
--
Roland Perry

Night Tube to start on 19 August
 

On Tue, 24 May 2016 12:13:53 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , at 11:50:14 on
Tue, 24 May 2016, Recliner remarked:
Out of interest, how often are trains cleaned? I assume they are
inspected at least daily for large amounts of errrm soil, but do they
actually get properly cleaned daily?

They get regular walk-through rubbish collections (mainly to pick up
the discarded free Metro and ES copies) during the day, but I don't
know how often they get a proper interior clean.

If it's anything like the GN 365 I was on this morning - annually (if
that). They pick up litter and clean the toilets, but the floor in
particular is disgracefully grubbly - not just ground in dirt, but stuff
that a vacuum would have shifted.

I'd say Tube trains are much better than that. Of course, they do have
some sort of wipe-clean vinyl floors, rather than carpets, but they
normally look reasonably clean.

Night Tube to start on 19 August
 

On Tue, 24 May 2016 09:43:58 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On Mon, 23 May 2016 15:53:35 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
... but only on the Central and Victoria lines initially:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36356381

Jubilee, Northern (partial) and Picc (partial) to follow in "the Autumn".

Will be interesting to see how this has a knock on effect on general
cleanliness of the tube since the same amount of cleaning will have to be
done
over 5 nights rather than 7.

The Night Tube service is obviously much less intense than the day service,
so there will still be plenty of trains in the depots to be cleaned and
maintained on those two nights.

What about the tunnels and stations though?

--
Spud

Night Tube to start on 19 August
 

wrote:
On Tue, 24 May 2016 09:43:58 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On Mon, 23 May 2016 15:53:35 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
... but only on the Central and Victoria lines initially:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36356381

Jubilee, Northern (partial) and Picc (partial) to follow in "the Autumn".

Will be interesting to see how this has a knock on effect on general
cleanliness of the tube since the same amount of cleaning will have to be
done
over 5 nights rather than 7.

The Night Tube service is obviously much less intense than the day service,
so there will still be plenty of trains in the depots to be cleaned and
maintained on those two nights.

What about the tunnels and stations though?

The tunnels don't get cleaned every night, do they? And I guess they can
do some station cleaning in the early hours even if the station is in use.

Night Tube to start on 19 August
 

Recliner wrote:
.. but only on the Central and Victoria lines initially:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36356381

Jubilee, Northern (partial) and Picc (partial) to follow in "the Autumn".


Oops:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36370059