On May 7, 7:51 pm, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Mon, 7 May 2007, Eric wrote:
Does anybody know the reason that the Willsden Junction- Clapham
Junction train takes so long? I know there is a voltage change between
Willesden & Olympia, but the train crawls on this section & often stops
two or three times. Between Olympia & West Brompton the speed is
reasonable but after that the train crawls to Clapham Junction,

I'm no expert, but it's my understanding this is a signalling thing - what
with everything being very complicated at the CJ end, there's lots of
slack time allowed for fitting in with all the other trains etc.

the other day a jackdaw overtook the train & it was walking beside the
track.

That's because they were recently upgraded under the PPP contract, and as
such are now operating at 15% greater speeds.



tom

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I dont think it's particularly complicated at the CJ end.
The Willesden line doesn't cross any other line used by passenger
trains.
And it runs from a single dedicated platform and into a single line.
So can't see the signalling being that complicated.
The only thing you might have are the odds goods train.

A.