In article
-september
..org, (Recliner) wrote:

Apparently this Frday (21st) will be the last for the D-stock in normal
service in London. I believe there will be a farewell tour on 7 May.

Indeed so. A working timetable diagram has been announced but not confirmed.
It starts at Upminster at 0624 with runs to Richmond and back arriving at
Upminster at 1623, departing 1635 to Ealing Broadway at 1812. I fear we
won't know if it's actually running then on Friday morning.

The May 7 tour tickets went on sale only this morning and are almost sold
out, despite costing £50, with space in only one car of six still available.

After that, of course, there may be opportnities to travel on them on new
routes, with an unfamiliar diesel rumble under the floor.

Maybe. With the current cost of new rolling stock, I wouldn't count on it. I
mean, if brand new SWT class 707s can be discarded...

--
Colin Rosenstiel

In article ,
() wrote:

In article
-
september.org, (Recliner) wrote:

Apparently this Frday (21st) will be the last for the D-stock in normal
service in London. I believe there will be a farewell tour on 7 May.

Indeed so. A working timetable diagram has been announced but not
confirmed. It starts at Upminster at 0624 with runs to Richmond and
back arriving at Upminster at 1623, departing 1635 to Ealing Broadway
at 1812. I fear we won't know if it's actually running then on Friday
morning.

Well, as no doubt many here know by now, it did run as train 4 as planned. I
joined it a bit after 12:23 at Aldgate East eastbound, as did 3 others (not
hard to spot people waiting on the platform :-)). I then rode it to
Upminster, back to Richmond, back to Upminster and from there to Ealing
Broadway. It got pretty crowded at the front at times! Before I joined it,
it had accumulated 20 minutes of delays and been turned short at Gunnersbury
on the westbound trip before the eastbound I joined.

We got a bonus rare track move when the final run was put through the West
Ham siding westbound to allow trains (3 in the end) to pass us to presumably
avoid it to get too crowded. That siding has a diagrammed H&C working but
only eastbound. So few will have used the westbound crossovers to access it.

My photos and videos can be found at
https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ala9fuC_-7GhrvVNsBl24rZh7CLVOw.

The May 7 tour tickets went on sale only this morning and are almost
sold out, despite costing £50, with space in only one car of six
still available.

All gone now.

I also got the chance to travel on the Circle on Saturday while it was
running as a real circle again this weekend.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On 2017\04\24 02:23, wrote:
In article ,
() wrote:

In article
-
september.org, (Recliner) wrote:

Apparently this Frday (21st) will be the last for the D-stock in normal
service in London. I believe there will be a farewell tour on 7 May.

Indeed so. A working timetable diagram has been announced but not
confirmed. It starts at Upminster at 0624 with runs to Richmond and
back arriving at Upminster at 1623, departing 1635 to Ealing Broadway
at 1812. I fear we won't know if it's actually running then on Friday
morning.

Well, as no doubt many here know by now, it did run as train 4 as planned. I
joined it a bit after 12:23 at Aldgate East eastbound, as did 3 others (not
hard to spot people waiting on the platform :-)). I then rode it to
Upminster, back to Richmond, back to Upminster and from there to Ealing
Broadway. It got pretty crowded at the front at times! Before I joined it,
it had accumulated 20 minutes of delays and been turned short at Gunnersbury
on the westbound trip before the eastbound I joined.

We got a bonus rare track move when the final run was put through the West
Ham siding westbound to allow trains (3 in the end) to pass us to presumably
avoid it to get too crowded. That siding has a diagrammed H&C working but
only eastbound. So few will have used the westbound crossovers to access it.

My photos and videos can be found at
https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ala9fuC_-7GhrvVNsBl24rZh7CLVOw.

The May 7 tour tickets went on sale only this morning and are almost
sold out, despite costing £50, with space in only one car of six
still available.

All gone now.

I also got the chance to travel on the Circle on Saturday while it was
running as a real circle again this weekend.


Do you know how long it is taking to go around? Is there a four minute
wait at Edgware Road?

In article , (Basil Jet)
wrote:

On 2017\04\24 02:23, wrote:
In article ,
() wrote:

I also got the chance to travel on the Circle on Saturday while it was
running as a real circle again this weekend.


Do you know how long it is taking to go around? Is there a four
minute wait at Edgware Road?

I don't know, I'm afraid. Mine didn't wait as long as 4 minutes I think but
the stop was slightly extended to allow a westbound Hammersmith & City train
to depart from platform 3 first. The centre platforms were reallocated for
the duration, with Wimbleware trains reversing in platform 2, the usual
Circle terminating platform while H&C trains were reversing from west to
eastbound in platform 3, usually the Wimbleware platform since the tea cup.
They didn't seem to have changed or annotated the platform signs though.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 05:37:19 -0500,
wrote:

In article , (Basil Jet)
wrote:

On 2017\04\24 02:23, wrote:
In article ,
() wrote:

I also got the chance to travel on the Circle on Saturday while it was
running as a real circle again this weekend.


Do you know how long it is taking to go around? Is there a four
minute wait at Edgware Road?

I don't know, I'm afraid. Mine didn't wait as long as 4 minutes I think but
the stop was slightly extended to allow a westbound Hammersmith & City train
to depart from platform 3 first.

Westbound H&C train?
The "Weekend travel information" email said:
"Hammersmith & City line
Trains will not run between Edgware Road and Hammersmith. This is to
allow us to test new signalling and replace track at Latimer Road."

--
jhk

In article ,
(Jarle Hammen Knudsen) wrote:

On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 05:37:19 -0500,
wrote:

In article ,
(Basil Jet) wrote:

On 2017\04\24 02:23, wrote:
In article ,
() wrote:

I also got the chance to travel on the Circle on Saturday while it
was running as a real circle again this weekend.

Do you know how long it is taking to go around? Is there a four
minute wait at Edgware Road?

I don't know, I'm afraid. Mine didn't wait as long as 4 minutes I think
but the stop was slightly extended to allow a westbound Hammersmith &
City train to depart from platform 3 first.

Westbound H&C train?
The "Weekend travel information" email said:
"Hammersmith & City line
Trains will not run between Edgware Road and Hammersmith. This is to
allow us to test new signalling and replace track at Latimer Road."

I meant to write eastbound. I thought that would be clear from the context.
Sorry.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On 2017\04\24 02:23, wrote:

Well, as no doubt many here know by now, it did run as train 4 as planned.

Vicky Pipe's video, including a guy wearing D-Stock moquette trainers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LzbPuyd9Og

In article , (Basil Jet)
wrote:

On 2017\04\24 02:23, wrote:

Well, as no doubt many here know by now, it did run as train 4 as
planned.

Vicky Pipe's video, including a guy wearing D-Stock moquette trainers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LzbPuyd9Og

Ah! Nostalgia! I was around the bit with the scarves and reproduced 1980
launch photo bit but not on camera it seems.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 10:20:10 -0500,
wrote:

In article ,
(Jarle Hammen Knudsen) wrote:

On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 05:37:19 -0500,
wrote:

In article ,
(Basil Jet) wrote:

On 2017\04\24 02:23, wrote:
In article ,
() wrote:

I also got the chance to travel on the Circle on Saturday while it
was running as a real circle again this weekend.

Do you know how long it is taking to go around? Is there a four
minute wait at Edgware Road?

I don't know, I'm afraid. Mine didn't wait as long as 4 minutes I think
but the stop was slightly extended to allow a westbound Hammersmith &
City train to depart from platform 3 first.

Westbound H&C train?
The "Weekend travel information" email said:
"Hammersmith & City line
Trains will not run between Edgware Road and Hammersmith. This is to
allow us to test new signalling and replace track at Latimer Road."

I meant to write eastbound. I thought that would be clear from the context.
Sorry.

The previous weekend's email had alternative facts regarding the
Hammersmith branch, that's why I commented on this.

--
jhk

In article ,
(Jarle Hammen Knudsen) wrote:

On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 10:20:10 -0500, wrote:

In article ,
(Jarle Hammen Knudsen) wrote:

On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 05:37:19 -0500,
wrote:

In article ,
(Basil Jet) wrote:

On 2017\04\24 02:23, wrote:
In article ,
() wrote:

I also got the chance to travel on the Circle on Saturday while it
was running as a real circle again this weekend.

Do you know how long it is taking to go around? Is there a four
minute wait at Edgware Road?

I don't know, I'm afraid. Mine didn't wait as long as 4 minutes I
think but the stop was slightly extended to allow a westbound
Hammersmith & City train to depart from platform 3 first.

Westbound H&C train? The "Weekend travel information" email said:
"Hammersmith & City line Trains will not run between Edgware Road and
Hammersmith. This is to allow us to test new signalling and replace
track at Latimer Road."

I meant to write eastbound. I thought that would be clear from the
context. Sorry.

The previous weekend's email had alternative facts regarding the
Hammersmith branch, that's why I commented on this.

I understand alternative facts are very fashionable these days.

--
Colin Rosenstiel