there is a shuttle (just going backwards and forwards on the same track) on
the branch line off the northern line between finchley central and mill hill
east.

coming from mill hill and arriving at finchley central it takes about two
minutes to walk over to the platform that goes south to the centre of
london.

trains coming from barnet and edgware and going south never wait the couple
of minutes for all the people who get off the shuttle and who want to get on
the train continuing their journey going south.

is there any reason why the drivers cannot do this?

On Apr 20, 8:38*am, "john martin" wrote:
there is a shuttle (just going backwards and forwards on the same track) on
the branch line off the northern line between finchley central and mill hill
east.

coming from mill hill and arriving at finchley central it takes about two
minutes to walk over to the platform that goes south to the centre of
london.

trains coming from barnet and edgware and going south never wait the couple
of minutes for all the people who get off the shuttle and who want to get on
the train continuing their journey going south.

is there any reason why the drivers cannot do this?

The timetable.

On Apr 20, 8:38*am, "john martin" wrote:

is there any reason why the drivers cannot do this?

Is it because trains are every two minutes?

"Mizter T" wrote in message
...

The timetable.

LOL - like the tube *has* a timetable!

If Kennington Charing Cross branch northbound is anything to go by, the
drivers wait until a Bank train pulls in at the opposite platform, then wait
a tad longer until the Bank train doors open, then wait for another couple
of seconds until we have almost made it to the train, before shutting the
doors and pulling off.

Miserable, stupid, childish, pathetic *******s.

Ian

On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:38:16 +0100
"john martin" wrote:
coming from mill hill and arriving at finchley central it takes about two
minutes to walk over to the platform that goes south to the centre of
london.

trains coming from barnet and edgware and going south never wait the couple
of minutes for all the people who get off the shuttle and who want to get on
the train continuing their journey going south.

is there any reason why the drivers cannot do this?

Probably because they don't want to delay the 500 people on the train
already to allow the 50 odd people who got off the MHE train to board.

And to be honest , if it takes you 2 minutes to walk over that bridge
you need to head off down a gym and get fitter. I would reckon 30 seconds
at most to cross it if you're in a hurry and if you run and didn't have
some old lady blocking the stairs you could probably do it in half that.

B2003

Ian F. wrote:
"Mizter T" wrote in message
...

The timetable.

LOL - like the tube *has* a timetable!

If Kennington Charing Cross branch northbound is anything to go by,
the drivers wait until a Bank train pulls in at the opposite
platform, then wait a tad longer until the Bank train doors open,
then wait for another couple of seconds until we have almost made it
to the train, before shutting the doors and pulling off.

The drivers have been bribed to do that at Kennington by Sofa-Spud...

On Apr 20, 10:35*am, "John Rowland"
wrote:
Ian F. wrote:
"Mizter T" wrote in message
...

The timetable.

LOL - like the tube *has* a timetable!

If Kennington Charing Cross branch northbound is anything to go by,
the drivers wait until a Bank train pulls in at the opposite
platform, then wait a tad longer until the Bank train doors open,
then wait for another couple of seconds until we have almost made it
to the train, before shutting the doors and pulling off.

The drivers have been bribed to do that at Kennington by Sofa-Spud...

I've noticed that there now seem to be platform staff guarding the
first set of doors at Bank on the northbound in the rush hour, making
people wait till everyone has got off.

I hope that their role also includes preventing the driver from
shutting the doors just before the last people have stepped off and no
one has got on.