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Slow northbound picc into Kings X
Boltar wrote:
The piccadilly trains seem to run very slowly into the northbound platform at Kings X and its been like that for years. Anyone know the reason? There's a twenty mile an hour speed restriction over two set of pointwork on the approach. The first set is the crossover to the west/south bound and the second is a connection to the Northern Line. The latter comes out on the City branch just south of Euston. |
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Slow northbound picc into Kings X
Brimstone wrote:
Boltar wrote: The piccadilly trains seem to run very slowly into the northbound platform at Kings X and its been like that for years. Anyone know the reason? There's a twenty mile an hour speed restriction over two set of pointwork on the approach. The first set is the crossover to the west/south bound and the second is a connection to the Northern Line. The latter comes out on the City branch just south of Euston. Has the speed limit been increased? It used to be 10 mph there. -- Richard J. (to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address) |
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Slow northbound picc into Kings X
Richard J. wrote:
Brimstone wrote: Boltar wrote: The piccadilly trains seem to run very slowly into the northbound platform at Kings X and its been like that for years. Anyone know the reason? There's a twenty mile an hour speed restriction over two set of pointwork on the approach. The first set is the crossover to the west/south bound and the second is a connection to the Northern Line. The latter comes out on the City branch just south of Euston. Has the speed limit been increased? It used to be 10 mph there. It may be that my reference is out of date and it has been further reduced. Perhaps a current T/Op will be along soon to confirm the exact figure. However, we are in agreement that the reason for the slow entry is a severe speed restriction on the approach. |
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Slow northbound picc into Kings X
Brimstone wrote: It may be that my reference is out of date and it has been further reduced. Perhaps a current T/Op will be along soon to confirm the exact figure. However, we are in agreement that the reason for the slow entry is a severe speed restriction on the approach. Why the restriction in the first place though? Is it knackered track or something? I saw them replacing track there last year , surely they'd have done this at the same time? If its not then whats so special about these sets of points? B2003 |
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Slow northbound picc into Kings X
In message , Richard J.
writes There's a twenty mile an hour speed restriction over two set of pointwork on the approach. The first set is the crossover to the west/south bound and the second is a connection to the Northern Line. The latter comes out on the City branch just south of Euston. Has the speed limit been increased? It used to be 10 mph there. It still is 10, ever since I passed out at least which is 3 years ago. -- Steve Fitzgerald has now left the building. You will find him in London's Docklands, E16, UK (please use the reply to address for email) |
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Slow northbound picc into Kings X
I'm glad someone pointed out how long its ben in place.
"Steve Fitzgerald" ] wrote in message ... In message , Richard J. writes There's a twenty mile an hour speed restriction over two set of pointwork on the approach. The first set is the crossover to the west/south bound and the second is a connection to the Northern Line. The latter comes out on the City branch just south of Euston. Has the speed limit been increased? It used to be 10 mph there. It still is 10, ever since I passed out at least which is 3 years ago. -- Steve Fitzgerald has now left the building. You will find him in London's Docklands, E16, UK (please use the reply to address for email) |
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Slow northbound picc into Kings X
Malcolm & Nika wrote:
"Steve Fitzgerald" ] wrote in message ... In message , Richard J. writes There's a twenty mile an hour speed restriction over two set of pointwork on the approach. The first set is the crossover to the west/south bound and the second is a connection to the Northern Line. The latter comes out on the City branch just south of Euston. Has the speed limit been increased? It used to be 10 mph there. It still is 10, ever since I passed out at least which is 3 years ago. -- I'm glad someone pointed out how long its ben in place. It was 20 in 1956 and stayed that way until 1984. Sometime between then and SF joining the job (2001/2?) it was dropped to 10. |
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