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Hi group, heard this one yesterday from a tube driver:

"Due to activation of the emergency alarm on the following train we have
been asked to wait at this station for 2 minutes"

Why would the train behind effect the one in front? This was on a
northbound Jubilee train at Bond Street about 1720 Monday.

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On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, Fig wrote:

Why would the train behind effect the one in front? This was on a
northbound Jubilee train at Bond Street about 1720 Monday.


To Regulate The Service. If your train went off as normal, and the guy
behind took five minutes to clear the alarm, a five-minute gap would have
been introduced into the sequence of trains. Your train waiting meant that
there was one two-minute gap and one three-minute (or whatever).

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To Regulate The Service. If your train went off as normal, and the guy
behind took five minutes to clear the alarm, a five-minute gap would have
been introduced into the sequence of trains. Your train waiting meant that
there was one two-minute gap and one three-minute (or whatever).


What about the gap in ahead of the train?

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On Oct 23, 10:39 pm, eastender wrote:
In article ,

To Regulate The Service. If your train went off as normal, and the guy
behind took five minutes to clear the alarm, a five-minute gap would have
been introduced into the sequence of trains. Your train waiting meant that
there was one two-minute gap and one three-minute (or whatever).


What about the gap in ahead of the train?

E.


The rule is that if I am approaching the platform, the train will
leave and I'll be stuck there waiting for the delayed one, but if I am
on the train, it will be held to regulate the service. There is
probably a name for this law.

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In message . com, MIG
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The rule is that if I am approaching the platform, the train will
leave and I'll be stuck there waiting for the delayed one, but if I am
on the train, it will be held to regulate the service. There is
probably a name for this law.


I'll open with Yerkes' Law as a suggestion. Any others?!
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On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:01:29 +0100, Ian Jelf
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In message . com, MIG
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The rule is that if I am approaching the platform, the train will
leave and I'll be stuck there waiting for the delayed one, but if I am
on the train, it will be held to regulate the service. There is
probably a name for this law.


I'll open with Yerkes' Law as a suggestion. Any others?!


Yerkes' Second Law: Trains will only be held to regulate the service
at non-interchange stations.
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