Any more information , the service was suspended in the afternoon due to
broken down train, it was a struggle getting a but at Knightsbridge at
18.00 house.
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martyn dawe

On Mar 4, 2:09 pm, martyn dawe wrote:
Any more information , the service was suspended in the afternoon due to
broken down train, it was a struggle getting a but at Knightsbridge at
18.00 house.
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martyn dawe



When I was trying to get through the crowds at Kings Cross to reach
the Northern Line, the announcement was saying that the service was
suspended due to a broken down train, but also that there was a signal
failure at Kings Cross.

"martyn dawe" wrote in message
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Any more information , the service was suspended in the afternoon due to
broken down train, it was a struggle getting a but at Knightsbridge at
18.00 house.
--
martyn dawe

Yes, a train stalled in the tunnel between Knightsbridge and South Ken W/B.
The Piccadilly Line was already getting hammered due to severe overcrowding
from the Distict Line passengers taking an alternative route due to the
service suspension between Earls Court and Whitechapel.
So I guess this was the last straw as they say!

On Mar 5, 10:43 am, "Tristan Goe" wrote:
Yes, a train stalled in the tunnel between Knightsbridge and South Ken W/B.

I've often wondered about this "stalling". How exactly does an EMU
constisting of 4 seperate power cars "stall"? The whole point of EMUs
compared to locomotives is that if one power car fails you've got X
others that keep going. Or is stall simply a euphamism for "somethings
broken, we don't know what and the train won't move"?

B2003

SNIP

Or is stall simply a euphamism for "somethings
broken, we don't know what and the train won't move"?


You gottit!!

It was a truly "wonderful" evening for me - I was to meet my mother at
Heathrow, so...

- when changing from Central to Piccadilly at Holborn I heard that
Piccadilly was suspended between Hammersmith and Cockfosters
- I went back to Central (slowly walking in a huge crowd), went to
Oxford Circus, and changed to Bakerloo
- went to Baker Street and after 10 minutes wait (I thought there was
supposed to be more frequent service on that day, not less
frequent!!!) changed to Hammersmith & City
- realized that I don't know whether Piccadilly is running from
Hammersmith or from Turnham Green (what exactly between means here?)
so switched to District at Edgware Road
- another 10 minutes wait in some train without any indication of the
destination (why the hell Hammersmith&City/Circle trains serve this
part of the District?) and I'm on my way to Earl's Court
- Earl's Court is severely overcrowded, waiting another 10-ish minutes
for District train to Ealing Broadway (the announcer recommends to
change to Piccadilly at Acton Town, so I suppose my decision to skip
Hammersmith was correct)
- train arrives at the wrong platform, but at least it really goes to
Ealing Broadway
- one station later train stops for yet another 10 minutes (passenger
alarm on the previous train - *%^£$(%*£!!!!)
- finally train arrives at Acton Town, I run into Piccadilly train
standing across the platform (like a LOT of other people), and the
train goes - TO UXBRIDGE (there was no indication on the train, and no
announcement from the driver until the doors closed...)
- I exit at Ealing Common, go to opposite platform, wait for the train
for yet another 10 minutes, and then District line train comes - but
the train is "not in service"... ******!!!
- 5 minutes later Piccadilly line train finally arrives, I go back to
Acton Town (where that train terminates, so the platform is once again
overcrowded), change to opposite platform, finally get a train clearly
marked "Heathrow", and after just 5 minutes of standing at the
platform train departs...
- some time later I'm finally at Heathrow (phew!) and find out that my
mother's plane was delayed due to "lack of available gates" in
Heathrow's Terminal 1, and despite being 90 minutes late I was only 15
minutes late to her actual arrival ("phew!" 3 times)

On our way back Piccadilly was so overcrowded, that we skipped our
stop. But at least that was on the road home...

"martyn dawe" wrote in message
...
Any more information , the service was suspended in the afternoon due to
broken down train, it was a struggle getting a but at Knightsbridge at
18.00 house.

Train stalled going round the South Ken bends WB (possibly high or missing
shoes, it seems to have gapped itself) control reversed one west to east at
Kings Cross and the points failed to normalise after the passage of the
train. Que one broken railway. I got in at 21:30 to take the Arnos desk, by
which time everything was on the move with an emergency timetable in
operation. That was a fun way to end my week of nights...
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Cheers, Steve.
Change from jealous to sad to reply.