Thread: Proposal - every Tube ticket office to close by 2015
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Old December 7th 13, 06:38 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
On 07/12/2013 19:25, d wrote:
On Sat, 07 Dec 2013 18:57:47 +0000
Graeme Wall wrote:
On 07/12/2013 17:07, d wrote:
On Sat, 07 Dec 2013 12:20:30 +0000
Graeme Wall wrote:
On 07/12/2013 11:26, d wrote:
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.

Thats nice. And that is the same as picking up the id from a train on the
track, how exactly?

The way I see it if the giant piano wants to send train A to Barnet and train
B to edgware but the trains arrive in the order B - A , then its screwed.


That's why you work to a timetable.

Face - palm.

We're going in circles here. Never mind.


You wanted to know why they worked to a timetable.


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