Which line do trains travel fastest and how fast do they go? Any difference
in sub surface and deep tube lines? Anybody got info on what speed trains
travel at on all lines?

Thanks

Fossil

Fastest surface: Metropolitan
Fastest tube line: Piccadilly on the Hammersmith - Acton run.
Speeds: Not sure there... anyone?

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"Fossil" wrote in message
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Which line do trains travel fastest and how fast do they go? Any
difference
in sub surface and deep tube lines? Anybody got info on what speed trains
travel at on all lines?

Thanks

Fossil

Nes wrote:
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"Fossil" wrote in message
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Which line do trains travel fastest and how fast do they go? Any
difference in sub surface and deep tube lines? Anybody got info on
what speed trains travel at on all lines?

Fastest surface: Metropolitan
Fastest tube line: Piccadilly on the Hammersmith - Acton run.
Speeds: Not sure there... anyone?

Can't find the info at present, but IIRC the A60/A62 stock on the Met is
allowed up to 60 mph. The speed limit on the Piccadilly is 45 mph, and I
thought some other tube lines were faster. (Jubilee 50 mph?)

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i think the central is fastest tube, also it may be the fastest line at
100kph (62mph) towards epping and ruislip

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Nes wrote:
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"Fossil" wrote in message
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Which line do trains travel fastest and how fast do they go? Any
difference in sub surface and deep tube lines? Anybody got info on
what speed trains travel at on all lines?

Fastest surface: Metropolitan
Fastest tube line: Piccadilly on the Hammersmith - Acton run.
Speeds: Not sure there... anyone?

Can't find the info at present, but IIRC the A60/A62 stock on the Met is
allowed up to 60 mph. The speed limit on the Piccadilly is 45 mph, and I
thought some other tube lines were faster. (Jubilee 50 mph?)

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They get up to that speed in passenger service? I wouldn't really know, as I
haven't been as far Epping on 92TS. Last time I went that far was on the old
62 stock.

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"Rob" wrote in message
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i think the central is fastest tube, also it may be the fastest line at
100kph (62mph) towards epping and ruislip

"Richard J." wrote in message
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Nes wrote:
[top posting corrected]
"Fossil" wrote in message
...

Which line do trains travel fastest and how fast do they go? Any
difference in sub surface and deep tube lines? Anybody got info on
what speed trains travel at on all lines?

Fastest surface: Metropolitan
Fastest tube line: Piccadilly on the Hammersmith - Acton run.
Speeds: Not sure there... anyone?

Can't find the info at present, but IIRC the A60/A62 stock on the Met is
allowed up to 60 mph. The speed limit on the Piccadilly is 45 mph, and
I
thought some other tube lines were faster. (Jubilee 50 mph?)

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Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

"Nes" wrote in
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They get up to that speed in passenger service? I wouldn't really
know, as I haven't been as far Epping on 92TS. Last time I went that
far was on the old 62 stock.

Wouldn't surprise me if they do approach that speed. There's a portion of
the Central Line between Leyton and Leytonstone where the track runs
parallel to the A12, which is a 3-lane dual-carriageway with a 50mph limit
at that point. The trains usually run at about the same speed as, or
sometimes a little faster than, the middle-lane traffic, which is probably
sitting at about the 50mph limit.

Iain

"Rob" wrote in message
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i think the central is fastest tube, also it may be the fastest line at
100kph (62mph) towards epping and ruislip

No, new coding now, since Chancery Lane, in ATO to 85KPH just over 52mph.
They will still motor, in ATP coded manual, to the100KPH but this is banned
to drivers. But it is still the fastest even with this.

I would say the CENTRAL IS the fastest line because someone below in this
thread just said the MET was now down to 50mph, so CENTRAL beats it by a
measley 2mph! at 85KPH, in the open sections of course. And as for the
Jubilee well thats 50mph too but they allow these in the new tunnel
sections, which is remarkable in itself. All other tube lines tunnel
sections are restricted to 40mph 65KPH.

Pre38

Pre-38 wrote:
"Rob" wrote in message
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i think the central is fastest tube, also it may be the fastest line at
100kph (62mph) towards epping and ruislip


No, new coding now, since Chancery Lane, in ATO to 85KPH just over 52mph.
They will still motor, in ATP coded manual, to the100KPH but this is banned
to drivers. But it is still the fastest even with this.

I would say the CENTRAL IS the fastest line because someone below in this
thread just said the MET was now down to 50mph, so CENTRAL beats it by a
measley 2mph! at 85KPH, in the open sections of course. And as for the
Jubilee well thats 50mph too but they allow these in the new tunnel
sections, which is remarkable in itself. All other tube lines tunnel
sections are restricted to 40mph 65KPH.

Pre38


That explains why the JLE feels very fast between Canary Wharf and
Westminster (or even CW and Baker St for that matter...).

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