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David Cantrell · October 13th 11, 10:26 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 08:51:47AM +0000, d wrote:

Of course if booking on points were at the end of line termini like on
most sensible systems it wouldn't be an issue. I'm sure there is someone
in LU who knows why changing drivers part way along a metro line is a good
idea but I'm buggered if I can think of a good reason.

There's a large depot at White City, underneath the Westfield Palace of
Mental Torture. A fair number of trains turn around at White City
because you need more trains on the busy central part of the line than
in the outskirts where there's not so much traffic.

The depot is at White City because the original terminus was at
Shepherd's Bush - the depot was just past the end of the
passenger-carrying section of the line.

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