On Wed, 26 May 2004 01:00:06 +0100, "John Rowland"
wrote:

"Ben Nunn" wrote in message
...

But most, if not all of these are stations with a terminal
facilitiy, so are not the same as the new T123 station
at all. The number of trains departing and arriving
each platform from Tooting Broadway, for example,
is exactly the same - the number that leave empty
in a southbound direction is equal to the number
that arrive empty on the Northbound platform.

Maybe you didn't get the message from M L Dickinson, but at Harlesden and
Stonebridge Park there are about 50% more trains to London than there are
from London. This is because the trains which terminate at Stonebridge Park
run empty from Willesden Junction, due to LU not having any staff to perform
the tipping-out duty at Stonebridge Park.

And also the fact that every instance of people being overcarried into
sidings or depots has to be reported to the HMRI (following the death at
Liverpool St? when someone was carried into the sidings). Hence there
have to be people specifically allocated to make sure this happens where
"reversals" are scheduled.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

In message , Paul Corfield
writes

And also the fact that every instance of people being overcarried into
sidings or depots has to be reported to the HMRI (following the death at
Liverpool St? when someone was carried into the sidings). Hence there
have to be people specifically allocated to make sure this happens where
"reversals" are scheduled.

An S-Board at the headwall indicates to the driver that station staff
are available to help with detraining.
If one SA is available he/she starts at the back and meets the driver in
the middle. If there are two of us, it can be done in under two minutes.
(Depending how co-operative the passengers are)
--
Kat Me, Ambivalent? Well, yes and no.