All Metronet lines are now suspended, including parts of the Piccadilly
where it runs over such lines.

On 3 Sep, 18:07, Mojo wrote:
All Metronet lines are now suspended, including parts of the Piccadilly
where it runs over such lines.

Not convinced, last White City - Epping train was set for 17:30,
arriving 18:30 if it's not delayed. Trains still stopping at Theydon
Bois at 18:05

On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:07:45 GMT, Mojo
wrote:

All Metronet lines are now suspended, including parts of the Piccadilly
where it runs over such lines.

Not strictly correct. Metronet maintain the track between Barons Court
and Acton Town / South Ealing / Hanger Lane junction and Picc trains are
still getting to the Heathrow branch. Oddly though there is no service
on the Rayners Lane branch at all - I thought it was going to terminate
at South Harrow instead.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

Paul Corfield wrote:
On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:07:45 GMT, Mojo
wrote:

All Metronet lines are now suspended, including parts of the
Piccadilly where it runs over such lines.

Not strictly correct. Metronet maintain the track between Barons
Court and Acton Town / South Ealing / Hanger Lane junction and Picc
trains are still getting to the Heathrow branch. Oddly though there
is no service on the Rayners Lane branch at all - I thought it was
going to terminate at South Harrow instead.

The Piccadilly appeared to be running the Heathrow part of their
emergency timetable this afternoon (trains at 5-minute intervals), which
was disappointing, but perhaps caused by a signal failure at Arnos Grove
and a one-under at Wood Green. As Paul says, there was said to be no
service at all on the Uxbridge branch, though I think there may have
been a few trains going to Rayners Lane.

Going westbound at around 18:45, trains were blocking back from Acton
Town to Ravenscourt Park, due to leisurely crew changes on every train.
I was then told that they were running down the service and would close
about 20:00. No credible reason was given for this action, and there is
still nothing on the LU website about this at 20:03. Does anyone know
why the Piccadilly is closing early, if indeed it is?
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:04:59 GMT, "Richard J."
wrote:

Going westbound at around 18:45, trains were blocking back from Acton
Town to Ravenscourt Park, due to leisurely crew changes on every train.
I was then told that they were running down the service and would close
about 20:00. No credible reason was given for this action, and there is
still nothing on the LU website about this at 20:03. Does anyone know
why the Piccadilly is closing early, if indeed it is?

Probably because the RMT are invoking their threatened action about not
running over Metronet tracks where there is no direct maintenance cover
and refusing to obey any LU management instruction to continue running.
I feared this would happen.

The Picc Line has one of the highest proportions of RMT drivers on the
network so it's no great surprise. If they were to run only on Tube
Lines maintained tracks that would mean Heathrow - Northfields and
Cockfosters - Hyde Park Corner only for the next three days. Even that
may be impossible because of maintenance and crewing issues as the stock
and crews would probably be imbalanced on the two isolated sections.

--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

Paul Corfield wrote:

The Picc Line has one of the highest proportions of RMT drivers on the
network so it's no great surprise. If they were to run only on Tube
Lines maintained tracks that would mean Heathrow - Northfields and
Cockfosters - Hyde Park Corner only for the next three days. Even that
may be impossible because of maintenance and crewing issues as the stock
and crews would probably be imbalanced on the two isolated sections.

UPDATE at 20:22:

Piccadilly Line now suspended Hyde Park Corner to Northfields/Uxbridge.

On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 20:26:05 +0100, Barry Salter
wrote:

Paul Corfield wrote:

The Picc Line has one of the highest proportions of RMT drivers on the
network so it's no great surprise. If they were to run only on Tube
Lines maintained tracks that would mean Heathrow - Northfields and
Cockfosters - Hyde Park Corner only for the next three days. Even that
may be impossible because of maintenance and crewing issues as the stock
and crews would probably be imbalanced on the two isolated sections.

UPDATE at 20:22:

Piccadilly Line now suspended Hyde Park Corner to Northfields/Uxbridge.

That's the sort of thing I don't like being correct about. Ho hum that's
another option down the pan for tomorrow.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

Paul Weaver wrote in news:1188840146.063729.49430
@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com:

Not convinced, last White City - Epping train was set for 17:30,
arriving 18:30 if it's not delayed. Trains still stopping at Theydon
Bois at 18:05

I got an Epping train from White City at about 16:40 this evening. At
several stations on the way (including Shepperd's Bush, Bethnal Green
and Stratford) the station announcers were saying "This will be the last
train stopping at all stations to Epping, please board this train if you
want the Epping branch".


Iain

"Mojo" wrote in message
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All Metronet lines are now suspended, including parts of the Piccadilly
where it runs over such lines.

Anyone know why it is considered safe for Chiltern to run over the Metronet
maintained Amersham - Harrow section, but not safe for the Met to do the
same?

Peter Smyth

Peter Smyth wrote:

Anyone know why it is considered safe for Chiltern to run over the
Metronet maintained Amersham - Harrow section, but not safe for the
Met to do the same?

Shhh! I want to go to work tomorrow, without a scenic tour via High Wycombe.
;-)