London Banter - View Single Post - District Line trains crashed into each other

[email protected] · May 15th 14, 06:23 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Peter Smyth) wrote:

Michael R N Dolbear wrote:

wrote

I believe one late night train runs for "route learning" purposes

0042 Waterloo to Strawberry Hill as I posted yesterday.

Also 0454 Basingstoke - Waterloo in the opposite direction.

Oh yes! How did I miss that in table 152? Ah! It's not in it. I forgot
to check table 155 and anyway it's not so obvious there which trains
might go that way.

Any train that doesn't stop at Earlsfield is a possible and there are
a great many.

I wasn't aware however that the Woking stoppers now call at
Earlsfield outside the peak.

So peak commuters may still be surprised by their train taking this
route

The likelihood of an unplanned diversion in the peak is virtually nil
as there isn't any spare capacity on the District line.

Occassionally there is a more regular service at weekends due to
engineering work on the main line. In this case some District trains
usually terminate at Parsons Green or Putney Bridge in order to free up
paths for SWT services.

What will happen when the C Stock has gone? They won't be able to turn
trains at Putney Bridge any more. I don't think they can reverse in the
platforms at Parson's Green. They have to clear the trains and run via a
siding.

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Colin Rosenstiel