In message , at 23:31:41 on
Tue, 21 Sep 2010, Charles Ellson remarked:

"In the 20 July incident on the Jubilee line, the RGT failed for the
first time since its first use by TL on LU infrastructure in 2002. The
RGT was recovered using out-of-service Jubilee line passenger trains
to, first, propel

something obviously happened during the propelling

and then, later,

how much later, and why the delay?

tow the RGT from West Hampstead to Neasden Depot. This caused a
number of difficulties and resulted in serious delays

trying not to conflate difficulties and delays, so what were the
difficulties?

to the Jubilee line service until around 10.20 hrs."

It would be interesting to know what the 'difficulties' were with the
recovery of the RGT after the first falure.

exactly

Possibly mainly the bleedin' obvious[TM] as it was in daytime during
the week and passenger services would have been suspended in the
vicinity of the recovery and consequently elsewhere.

West Hampstead to Neasden is only 3 miles.

Assuming the RGT broke down before 5am, that's an extremely long time to
get it there.
--
Roland Perry