On the tube, why are there only a finite number of reasons for delays with
very little explanation (and often different reasons at different stations)?
Does anyone have a complete list? So far I've got:
* Passenger action
* Person under a train
* Signal Failure
* Failure of safety equipment
* Late finish of engineering works
* Earlier delays
* Staff shortage

"Chris" wrote in message
. ..
On the tube, why are there only a finite number of reasons for delays with
very little explanation (and often different reasons at different
stations)?
Does anyone have a complete list? So far I've got:
* Passenger action
* Person under a train
* Signal Failure
* Failure of safety equipment
* Late finish of engineering works
* Earlier delays
* Staff shortage



Today, Met line "Swan" on the line at Preston Road

purple pete wrote:

Today, Met line "Swan" on the line at Preston Road

"Injured swan", according to a notice at Baker Streeet. I wonder what
happened to it?

--
John Ray

Chris wrote:

On the tube, why are there only a finite number of reasons for delays with
very little explanation (and often different reasons at different stations)?
Does anyone have a complete list? So far I've got:
* Passenger action
* Person under a train
* Signal Failure
* Failure of safety equipment
* Late finish of engineering works
* Earlier delays
* Staff shortage

'Track Circuit Failure'

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 00:35:54 GMT, Stuart
wrote:

Chris wrote:

On the tube, why are there only a finite number of reasons for delays with
very little explanation (and often different reasons at different stations)?
Does anyone have a complete list? So far I've got:
* Passenger action
* Person under a train
* Signal Failure
* Failure of safety equipment
* Late finish of engineering works
* Earlier delays
* Staff shortage

'Track Circuit Failure'

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On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 22:06:48 -0000, "Chris"
wrote:

On the tube, why are there only a finite number of reasons for delays with
very little explanation (and often different reasons at different stations)?
Does anyone have a complete list? So far I've got:
* Passenger action
* Person under a train
* Signal Failure
* Failure of safety equipment
* Late finish of engineering works
* Earlier delays
* Staff shortage

"Person taken ill" on the Bak last night.

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On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 09:20:53 GMT,
(Nick Cooper) wrote:

On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 22:06:48 -0000, "Chris"
wrote:

On the tube, why are there only a finite number of reasons for delays with
very little explanation (and often different reasons at different stations)?
Does anyone have a complete list? So far I've got:
* Passenger action
* Person under a train
* Signal Failure
* Failure of safety equipment
* Late finish of engineering works
* Earlier delays
* Staff shortage

"Person taken ill" on the Bak last night.

This usually means someone fell onto the live rails and had to be
scraped off before they could start the trains again.

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In message , Tom Robinson
writes

"Person taken ill" on the Bak last night.

This usually means someone fell onto the live rails and had to be
scraped off before they could start the trains again.

No, that would be a person under a train. Person taken ill is usually
some drunk in a comatose state.
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"Chris" wrote in message
. ..
On the tube, why are there only a finite number of reasons for delays with
very little explanation (and often different reasons at different
stations)? Does anyone have a complete list? So far I've got:
* Passenger action
* Person under a train
* Signal Failure
* Failure of safety equipment
* Late finish of engineering works
* Earlier delays
* Staff shortage
Don't forget these ones...

* Adverse weather conditions
* Flooding on the line
* Security alert
* Fire brigade safety checks
* Defective train
* An "incident"
* Activation of passenger alarm
* Person taken ill

In message , at 22:06:48
on Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Chris remarked:
On the tube, why are there only a finite number of reasons for delays with
very little explanation (and often different reasons at different stations)?
Does anyone have a complete list? So far I've got:
* Passenger action
* Person under a train
* Signal Failure
* Failure of safety equipment
* Late finish of engineering works
* Earlier delays
* Staff shortage

Two I heard last week:

Passenger taken ill on platform
Fire brigade attendance

[Both the same "incident" - I wonder if the person spontaneously
combusted??]
--
Roland Perry