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August 9th 11, 12:47 PM
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why are the new Victoria and trains so slow?
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August 9th 11, 04:49 PM
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wrote: On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 13:47:22 +0100 Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 09:54:29 on Tue, 9 Aug 2011, d remarked: I understand one of the prerequisites for the introduction of regenerative braking on the Central Line was a requirement to replace older motors in escalators at stations. They share their supply with the traction and needed to be able to handle the greater variations in supply voltage. Does that mean the escalators speed up slightly when a train brakes into a station?  Seems a good idea - get the passengers from the last trainout of the station quicker! Hopefully they stay the same speed, but don't draw as much "external" power for a few seconds. Ah pity. I had images of a couple of particularly full trains pulling into a station at the same time and people being flung off the top of the escalator over the ticket barriers Did anyone else here ever stand on the platform at Essex Road in Northern City Line days? The platform lights were fed from the traction supply so dimmed sharply when a train started away. Of course the platform was empty at that point as the passengers had all got on the departing train but we were changing directions there on the Underground trip in 1970. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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August 13th 11, 09:08 AM
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August 13th 11, 10:26 AM
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August 13th 11, 11:22 AM
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On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 05:26:34 -0500,
wrote: In article , (Robin9) wrote: trip in 1970. Colin Rosenstiel Robin9 Is there something wrong with your newsreader? This is all I can see of your post. If you can't see the four-and-a-half line paragraph that Robin9 wrote doesn't that mean there is something wrong at your end? -- Roger |
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August 13th 11, 05:06 PM
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lid (Roger) wrote: On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 05:26:34 -0500, wrote: In article , (Robin9) wrote: trip in 1970. Colin Rosenstiel Robin9 Is there something wrong with your newsreader? This is all I can see of your post. If you can't see the four-and-a-half line paragraph that Robin9 wrote doesn't that mean there is something wrong at your end? I can see the raw text that reached my newsfeed and what I quoted is all there is. It seems to be something about Robin's news arrangements because I've seen the effect before and only with his postings. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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August 13th 11, 07:50 PM
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August 13th 11, 09:34 PM
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August 13th 11, 10:40 AM
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In article , Robin9.88bf9c3
@londonbanter.co.uk says... ;121904 Wrote: Did anyone else here ever stand on the platform at Essex Road in Northern City Line days? The platform lights were fed from the traction supply so dimmed sharply when a train started away. Of course the platform was empty at that point as the passengers had all got on the departing train but we were changing directions there on the Underground trip in 1970. Colin Rosenstiel I did occasionally use Essex Road Station in those days. I didn't pay attention to esoteric details such as lights dimming but I do remember vividly that the entire line seemed dingy and run down and that all the stations had poor lighting. The line was definitely the poor relation of the London Underground family. -- Robin9 In the late fifties I recall, as you say, lighting was poor and the tiling was pretty grim as well. Then, Essex Road platforms had diamond-shaped roundels and included Canonbury in the wording. |
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