On Jun 14, 1:56 pm, "Paul Scott"
wrote:
"chunky munky" wrote in message

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On Jun 14, 1:34 pm, "Paul Scott"
wrote:
What might have happened here then - have the BBC described the incident
correctly, or were the brakes applied by the operation of the tripcock?
Surely the Camden town junctions don't allow trains in opposite
directions
to meet, thats the whole point of all the branch tunnels...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6751809.stm

Paul

The Service (Line) Controller made a Code Red to the trains in the
area.

It was a re-numbering of trains that didn't quite go to plan.

Presumably a 'Code Red' is an emergency stop. Does a 'renumbering' include
trains reversing short of original destination or something? Was this as
scary as the BBC suggest then, or was it protected by the signalling system?

Paul


Sorry I didn't explain it properly. A Code Red is for all trains to
stop immediatly.
The signalling system did not prevent this from happening.
The re-numbering involved the train still heading in the same
direction, but to a different destination, as part of a re-numbering
with another train (that also had its number and destination changed)