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Since when can a station controller close the doors on a tube train?

And like the movie, upstairs was Canary Wharf and downstairs somewhere
else (Charing Cross JLE perhaps). Who stole those other sliding doors -
along the edge of the platform [and also the very wide concourse between
the platforms].
--
Roland Perry

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"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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Since when can a station controller close the doors on a tube train?

And like the movie, upstairs was Canary Wharf and downstairs somewhere
else (Charing Cross JLE perhaps). Who stole those other sliding doors -
along the edge of the platform [and also the very wide concourse between
the platforms].

Charring Cross doesn't exist on the Jubilee line anymore. It is a disused
station, only used for filming now. They should have changed the platform
signs.

Toast.

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"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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Since when can a station controller close the doors on a tube train?


There is a button on the outside of each car that allows the doors on that
car to be closed.

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On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:42:25 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone"
wrote:


"Roland Perry" wrote in message
o.uk...
Since when can a station controller close the doors on a tube train?


There is a button on the outside of each car that allows the doors on that
car to be closed.


Yes, but thats on each car (sic), the guard controls all door locks
but can this be overriden by the station controller
I expect they can prevent the doors opening, but I doubt they
can close them all


Steve

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In message , at 08:04:55 on Fri, 29
Oct 2004, Head of Toast remarked:
And like the movie, upstairs was Canary Wharf and downstairs somewhere
else (Charing Cross JLE perhaps). Who stole those other sliding doors -
along the edge of the platform [and also the very wide concourse between
the platforms].

Charring Cross doesn't exist on the Jubilee line anymore.

Gosh, I never knew that. NOT.

It is a disused station, only used for filming now.

Gosh, so it would make a good place to have filmed... lets say...
Spooks??

They should have changed the platform signs.

From what to what?
--
Roland Perry

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In message , at 09:42:25 on Fri,
29 Oct 2004, Brimstone remarked:
Since when can a station controller close the doors on a tube train?

There is a button on the outside of each car that allows the doors on that
car to be closed.

And the station controller can press those buttons, all the way down the
train, from his little cabin on the concourse. I *am* impressed.
--
Roland Perry

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Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 09:42:25 on Fri,
29 Oct 2004, Brimstone remarked:
Since when can a station controller close the doors on a tube train?

There is a button on the outside of each car that allows the doors
on that car to be closed.

And the station controller can press those buttons, all the way down
the train, from his little cabin on the concourse. I *am* impressed.

Where they were being closed from wasn't specified.

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In message , at 12:37:32 on Fri,
29 Oct 2004, Brimstone remarked:
And the station controller can press those buttons, all the way down
the train, from his little cabin on the concourse. I *am* impressed.

Where they were being closed from wasn't specified.

Yes it was, the chief spook was stood over the shoulder of the chap in
the control room.
--
Roland Perry

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Roland Perry wrote in message o.uk...
Since when can a station controller close the doors on a tube train?

And like the movie, upstairs was Canary Wharf and downstairs somewhere
else (Charing Cross JLE perhaps). Who stole those other sliding doors -
along the edge of the platform [and also the very wide concourse between
the platforms].

Yes it was Charing Cross though JL not JLE obviously!:-)

OT I do watch Spooks as its enjoyable in a CSI fashion, though its
rather annoying that everyone pretends they're making a worthy TV
series rather than fairly airhead entertainment. BTW anyone know what
building is standing in for Thames House on the program?

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In article ,
says...
Roland Perry wrote in message o.uk...
Since when can a station controller close the doors on a tube train?

And like the movie, upstairs was Canary Wharf and downstairs somewhere
else (Charing Cross JLE perhaps). Who stole those other sliding doors -
along the edge of the platform [and also the very wide concourse between
the platforms].

Yes it was Charing Cross though JL not JLE obviously!:-)

OT I do watch Spooks as its enjoyable in a CSI fashion, though its
rather annoying that everyone pretends they're making a worthy TV
series rather than fairly airhead entertainment. BTW anyone know what
building is standing in for Thames House on the program?

Freemasons Hall, innit? They only use it for exteriors, after all.
--
SAm.

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Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 12:37:32 on Fri,
29 Oct 2004, Brimstone remarked:
And the station controller can press those buttons, all the way down
the train, from his little cabin on the concourse. I *am* impressed.

Where they were being closed from wasn't specified.

Yes it was, the chief spook was stood over the shoulder of the chap in
the control room.

You appear to be assuming that I watched the programme, I didn't.

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In message , at 15:00:56 on Fri,
29 Oct 2004, Brimstone remarked:
And the station controller can press those buttons, all the way down
the train, from his little cabin on the concourse. I *am* impressed.

Where they were being closed from wasn't specified.

Yes it was, the chief spook was stood over the shoulder of the chap in
the control room.

You appear to be assuming that I watched the programme, I didn't.

Sorry, I thought you had; because you seemed to be saying that where
they were being closed from wasn't specified (in the programme).
--
Roland Perry

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"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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Since when can a station controller close the doors on a tube train?
And like the movie, upstairs was Canary Wharf and downstairs somewhere
else (Charing Cross JLE perhaps). Who stole those other sliding doors -
along the edge of the platform [and also the very wide concourse between
the platforms].
--
Roland Perry

Hello !! It was fiction !!
Cheerz,
Baz

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"Brimstone" wrote in message
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"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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Since when can a station controller close the doors on a tube train?


There is a button on the outside of each car that allows the doors on that
car to be closed.

They are generally open and closed automatically on the tubes. infact, in 10
years on living in London, I can't remember having to open/close a tube door
myself.

Toast.

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"Head of Toast" wrote in message
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"Brimstone" wrote in message
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"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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Since when can a station controller close the doors on a tube train?


There is a button on the outside of each car that allows the doors on
that car to be closed.

They are generally open and closed automatically on the tubes. infact, in
10 years on living in London, I can't remember having to open/close a tube
door myself.


They're not automatic. In days of yore there was a guard on the back, part
of whose job it was to operate the doors. Now you have the benefit of one
person, a Train Operator, to both drive the train and operate the doors. The
button referred to earlier is for staff use when detraing.

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"Brimstone" wrote:
"Head of Toast" wrote in message
...

They are generally open and closed automatically on the tubes. infact, in
10 years on living in London, I can't remember having to open/close a tube
door myself.

They're not automatic. In days of yore there was a guard on the back, part
of whose job it was to operate the doors. Now you have the benefit of one
person, a Train Operator, to both drive the train and operate the doors. The
button referred to earlier is for staff use when detraing.

I've once had to open the platform doors from inside a Jubilee Line train
when they didn't open. I assume they are linked with the train doors
normally.

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In message , at 22:36:16 on Sun,
31 Oct 2004, Head of Toast remarked:
There is a button on the outside of each car that allows the doors on that
car to be closed.

They are generally open and closed automatically on the tubes. infact, in 10
years on living in London, I can't remember having to open/close a tube door
myself.

That's right, and if you used the button that was mentioned (down at
floor level at the end of the carriage, I think), you'd probably get
collared by the train staff.

But getting back to the original TV show, that button wasn't what was
used to trap the MI6 girl in the train when the MI5 chap jumped off.
--
Roland Perry

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Head of Toast wrote to uk.transport.london on Sun, 31 Oct 2004:

They are generally open and closed automatically on the tubes. infact, in 10
years on living in London, I can't remember having to open/close a tube door
myself.

Obviously you never travel on the District line, then.
--
"Mrs Redboots"
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/
Website updated 31 October 2004

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Head of Toast wrote to uk.transport.london on Sun, 31 Oct 2004:

They are generally open and closed automatically on the tubes.
infact, in 10 years on living in London, I can't remember having
to open/close a tube door myself.

Obviously you never travel on the District line, then.

The buttons never work on the District line, the doors are always
opened by the driver. They stopped using those buttons years ago.

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Robin May wrote to uk.transport.london on Mon, 1 Nov 2004:

Mrs Redboots wrote the following
in:

Head of Toast wrote to uk.transport.london on Sun, 31 Oct 2004:

They are generally open and closed automatically on the tubes.
infact, in 10 years on living in London, I can't remember having
to open/close a tube door myself.

Obviously you never travel on the District line, then.

The buttons never work on the District line, the doors are always
opened by the driver. They stopped using those buttons years ago.

Hmm - never noticed it. Shows how observant I am..... and I was using
the District Line quite regularly a few months ago, too!
--
"Mrs Redboots"
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/
Website updated 31 October 2004

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Mrs Redboots wrote the following
in:

Robin May wrote to uk.transport.london on Mon, 1 Nov 2004:

Mrs Redboots wrote the

Obviously you never travel on the District line, then.

The buttons never work on the District line, the doors are always
opened by the driver. They stopped using those buttons years ago.

Hmm - never noticed it. Shows how observant I am..... and I was
using the District Line quite regularly a few months ago, too!

They still light up as if they work and a lot of people push them as
well. I think they don't realise that it doesn't make any difference.

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Who is Abi Titmuss? What is she? Why is she famous?
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Robin May loved his monkey enough to say...
Mrs Redboots wrote the following
in:

Robin May wrote to uk.transport.london on Mon, 1 Nov 2004:

Mrs Redboots wrote the

Obviously you never travel on the District line, then.

The buttons never work on the District line, the doors are always
opened by the driver. They stopped using those buttons years ago.

Hmm - never noticed it. Shows how observant I am..... and I was
using the District Line quite regularly a few months ago, too!

They still light up as if they work and a lot of people push them as
well. I think they don't realise that it doesn't make any difference.



I know that they don't make any difference, but push them anyway.
It lights up and sits there tempting you...

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Robin May loved his monkey enough to say...
Mrs Redboots wrote the following
in:

Robin May wrote to uk.transport.london on Mon, 1 Nov 2004:

Mrs Redboots wrote the

Obviously you never travel on the District line, then.

The buttons never work on the District line, the doors are always
opened by the driver. They stopped using those buttons years ago.

Hmm - never noticed it. Shows how observant I am..... and I was
using the District Line quite regularly a few months ago, too!

They still light up as if they work and a lot of people push them as
well. I think they don't realise that it doesn't make any difference.



I know that they don't make any difference, but push them anyway.
It lights up and sits there tempting you...

I can remember that they always used to open them automatically in the
summer, to let frsh air in, and you had to press the button in the winter,
to keep cold air to a minimum. There used to be posters teling you of the
change each spring/autumn. I'm sure I can rememmber this in the the
mid-late 90s.

Michael

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Robin May loved his monkey enough to say...
Mrs Redboots wrote the following
in:

Robin May wrote to uk.transport.london on Mon, 1 Nov 2004:

Mrs Redboots wrote the

Obviously you never travel on the District line, then.

The buttons never work on the District line, the doors are always
opened by the driver. They stopped using those buttons years ago.

Hmm - never noticed it. Shows how observant I am..... and I was
using the District Line quite regularly a few months ago, too!

They still light up as if they work and a lot of people push them as
well. I think they don't realise that it doesn't make any difference.

I know that they don't make any difference, but push them anyway.
It lights up and sits there tempting you...

It's like those idiots at traffic lights who either:

1. Press the button after someone else has done, in the hope that it changes
the lights quicker.

2. People who do (1), the lights change instantly by coincidence and they say,
"See?"

3. People who don't press the button at all and still wait for the lights to
change. I then press the button and say, "See?" :)
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In message , Mrs Redboots
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Obviously you never travel on the District line, then.
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"Mrs Redboots"
I don't know about now, but in the late sixties, the tube stock was
operated buy either guard or driver depending on the stock, but
sub-surface stock, the doors were only released so that anyone wanting
to entrain or detrain would have needed to push a button next to the
doors. I understand this was because sub-surface stock spent more time
sat in stations in the open, and doors could be kept closed for the
comfort of punters.
--
Clive