On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:14:46 +0100, James Farrar wrote:

At about 07.40 on Sunday morning 20/07/08, I saw a westbound train at
Aldgate East. The destination on the front was "CIRCLE LINE". There was no
mention of it on the platform train describer. The PA sounded something
akin to: "This is a Circle Line service via Liverpool Street".

Where might it have been parked?
What wanderings do Circle Line services do?

Probably entering service from Upney (Barking) sidings, where a number of
C-stock trains are berthed nightly.

I recall this service from my time living in Barking. It always caused a
degree of confusion to the bleary-eyed, early on a Sunday. Not least
because, with no H&C service east of Whitechapel on a Sunday, nobody at
Barking expected to see a C-stock train in service.

Plus, of course, the obvious question as to whether this 'Circle Line' train
would become a clockwise or anti-clockwise service!

Surely it should announce as H&C to Edgware Road or District to
Gloucester Road (is that possible?), as appropriate, until reaching
Liverpool Street/Tower Hill?

This reminds me of the late evening (and weekend, during engineering
works) D Stock services from Ealing Broadway and Richmond to High St
Kensington. This is impossible on the current Tube Map, so should they
be advertised as Earl's Court as far as Earl's Court? (The light-box
indicator at Acton Town actually does this, as it doesn't have HSK.)

I'm also reminded of westbound H&C services at (e.g.) Farringdon,
which are advertised as "Hammersmith via Shepherd's Bush" (both on the
dot matrix indicators and the fronts of the trains), despite the
current SSL service pattern making Hammersmith via Notting Hill Gate
rather unlikely.

"asdf" wrote in message
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This reminds me of the late evening (and weekend, during engineering
works) D Stock services from Ealing Broadway and Richmond to High St
Kensington. This is impossible on the current Tube Map ...

That's why the drivers have to carry a copy of the London Connections map,
where fortunately the route remains available... :-)

Paul S

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:28:39 +0100, asdf
wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:14:46 +0100, James Farrar wrote:

At about 07.40 on Sunday morning 20/07/08, I saw a westbound train at
Aldgate East. The destination on the front was "CIRCLE LINE". There was no
mention of it on the platform train describer. The PA sounded something
akin to: "This is a Circle Line service via Liverpool Street".

Where might it have been parked?
What wanderings do Circle Line services do?

Probably entering service from Upney (Barking) sidings, where a number of
C-stock trains are berthed nightly.

I recall this service from my time living in Barking. It always caused a
degree of confusion to the bleary-eyed, early on a Sunday. Not least
because, with no H&C service east of Whitechapel on a Sunday, nobody at
Barking expected to see a C-stock train in service.

Plus, of course, the obvious question as to whether this 'Circle Line' train
would become a clockwise or anti-clockwise service!

Surely it should announce as H&C to Edgware Road or District to
Gloucester Road (is that possible?), as appropriate, until reaching
Liverpool Street/Tower Hill?

This reminds me of the late evening (and weekend, during engineering
works) D Stock services from Ealing Broadway and Richmond to High St
Kensington. This is impossible on the current Tube Map, so should they
be advertised as Earl's Court as far as Earl's Court?

Arguably, although both Ealing Bdy - Earl's Court and Earl's Court -
HSK are District line, I think it's OK. The Circle line never goes to
Barking!