On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 11:30:02 +0100
"Richard J." wrote:
wrote on 20 Sep 2017 at 09:41 ...
is pretty straight with a long no stopping section between hammersmith and
acton that should in theory allow drivers to catch up if they're running
late.

How do you catch up if you're normally running at the 45mph limit for that

Except in my experience they don't.

section? In practice, if the service is running late, the westbound Picc
trains often queue up to get into Acton Town. It's ironic that at a 4-platform
station they manage to make it a bottleneck by changing drivers there and not
always using the extra platform.

They manage that at arnos grove too. Its quite an achievement really to get
something so simple so arse about face. I guess they just let the clockwork
computer at earls court to do its thing and no one bothers to override it,
easier to just let the line block up and read The Sun.

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Spud

On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 13:03:05 +0000 (UTC), wrote:

On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 11:30:02 +0100
"Richard J." wrote:
wrote on 20 Sep 2017 at 09:41 ...
is pretty straight with a long no stopping section between hammersmith and
acton that should in theory allow drivers to catch up if they're running
late.

How do you catch up if you're normally running at the 45mph limit for that

Except in my experience they don't.

Probably because they're following another one, that's following
another one, that's following another one, all being slowed down by
the congestion at Acton Town and Hammersmith


section? In practice, if the service is running late, the westbound Picc
trains often queue up to get into Acton Town. It's ironic that at a 4-platform
station they manage to make it a bottleneck by changing drivers there and not
always using the extra platform.

They manage that at arnos grove too. Its quite an achievement really to get
something so simple so arse about face. I guess they just let the clockwork
computer at earls court to do its thing and no one bothers to override it,
easier to just let the line block up and read The Sun.

Crew changes and the wonky signalling at Acton Town cause most of the
delays.