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Old December 7th 13, 02:35 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit
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Default Proposal - every Tube ticket office to close by 2015
Graeme Wall wrote:
On 07/12/2013 15:09, Recliner wrote:
On Sat, 07 Dec 2013 12:20:30 +0000, Graeme Wall
wrote:

On 07/12/2013 11:26, d wrote:
On Sat, 07 Dec 2013 10:59:09 +0000
Graeme Wall wrote:
On 07/12/2013 10:46, d wrote:
so why do they need a timetable? Even on more complicated
lines you could have some sort of train recognition system whereby the driver
types in his route at the start of his trip and the signalling sets the
route according to the trains id when it gets to certain junctions. No need
for a timetable.


Reinventing the wheel. I suggest you read up on TfL's regulatory system.

AFAIK its done by a timetable system - not by simply picking up a train id
at the trackside and setting the route accordingly.



Back in the 1960s the Northern Line was using automatic route setting
equipment. Used a giant pianola type roll with punched holes.

The first LU Programme Machines went into service in 1955

cough 1958 at Kennington, though it wasn't patented till 1960.

I was going by this official timeline:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloa...-transport.pdf
"1955 First system of programme machine signalling introduced at Camden
Town"
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