On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:20:51 -0700 (PDT), MIG
wrote:

On 25 June, 10:06, Scott wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:31:10 -0700 (PDT), PhilD





wrote:
On Jun 25, 9:10*am, Scott wrote:
For those of us not famiiar with this concept could you clarify what
'teacup service' means. *I assume it is not a buffet car on each
train. *Does it refer to the shape or the route on a map???

Yes. *From Barry Salter's post:

Circle:
-=-=-=-

Hammersmith - Edgware Road - Circle Outer Rail - Edgware Road : Every
10
minutes
Edgware Road - Circle Inner Rail - Edgware Road - Hammersmith : Every
10
minutes

Thus the "Circle" line doesn't do a round and round and round service,
but becomes a there-and-back route, albeit with a big loop.

PhilD

Thanks, I thought it might be something like that. *But is this a
permanent change or just an arrangement during engineering works? *If
the Circle Line is no longer to be a circle it would need to be
renamed causing massive confusion and departing from about a century
of history.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Will be permanent, but seems to be a trial this time.

Thanks. I take it Boris will organise a competition to choose a new
name then.

On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:22:12 +0100, Scott
wrote:

Thanks. I take it Boris will organise a competition to choose a new
name then.

AIUI it will still be called the Circle Line.

Neil

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On 25 June, 10:43, (Neil Williams)
wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:22:12 +0100, Scott

wrote:
Thanks. *I take it Boris will organise a competition to choose a new
name then.

AIUI it will still be called the Circle Line.

I suggest Circle becomes Teacup, District becomes Saucer, Bakerloo
becomes Spoon ...

MIG wrote in news:15d5c237-2cb0-4318-b6af-
:

On 25 June, 10:43, (Neil Williams)
wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:22:12 +0100, Scott

wrote:
Thanks. *I take it Boris will organise a competition to choose a new
name then.

AIUI it will still be called the Circle Line.

I suggest Circle becomes Teacup, District becomes Saucer, Bakerloo
becomes Spoon ...

Making the entire Bakerloo line in Spoon will make the game interesting.

On 26 Jun 2009 06:32:50 GMT, James Farrar
wrote:

Making the entire Bakerloo line in Spoon will make the game interesting.

Wouldn't that make Rushton's Gambit illegal?

Guy
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http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

In article ,
(Scott) wrote:

On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:20:51 -0700 (PDT), MIG
wrote:

On 25 June, 10:06, Scott wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:31:10 -0700 (PDT), PhilD
wrote:
On Jun 25, 9:10*am, Scott wrote:
For those of us not famiiar with this concept could you clarify
what 'teacup service' means. *I assume it is not a buffet car on
each train. *Does it refer to the shape or the route on a map???

Yes. *From Barry Salter's post:

Circle:
-=-=-=-

Hammersmith - Edgware Road - Circle Outer Rail - Edgware Road :
Every 10 minutes
Edgware Road - Circle Inner Rail - Edgware Road - Hammersmith :
Every 10 minutes

Thus the "Circle" line doesn't do a round and round and round
service, but becomes a there-and-back route, albeit with a big loop.

Thanks, I thought it might be something like that. *But is this a
permanent change or just an arrangement during engineering works? *If
the Circle Line is no longer to be a circle it would need to be
renamed causing massive confusion and departing from about a century
of history.

Will be permanent, but seems to be a trial this time.

Thanks. I take it Boris will organise a competition to choose a new
name then.

Apparently the name will remain. It's just that some passengers will be
mightily confused and fed up about it.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Jun 25, 10:49*am, wrote:

In article ,
(Scott) wrote:

On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:20:51 -0700 (PDT), MIG
wrote:

On 25 June, 10:06, Scott wrote:

[snip]

Thanks, I thought it might be something like that. *But is this a
permanent change or just an arrangement during engineering works? *If
the Circle Line is no longer to be a circle it would need to be
renamed causing massive confusion and departing from about a century
of history.

Will be permanent, but seems to be a trial this time.

Thanks. *I take it Boris will organise a competition to choose a new
name then.

Apparently the name will remain. It's just that some passengers will be
mightily confused and fed up about it.

And others might actually consider using the Circle line if it starts
being reliable!

(I take it you are perhaps one of the some who will be fed up about
these Circle line changes, given the concomitant knock-on changes to
Wimbleware services, i.e. the reduction of Wimbleware trains starting
from Edgware Road? I'll admit I'm one of those who essentially avoids
the Circle line at the moment - there always seems to be a better way!)

In article
,
(Mizter T) wrote:

On Jun 25, 10:49*am, wrote:

In article ,
(Scott) wrote:

On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:20:51 -0700 (PDT), MIG
wrote:

On 25 June, 10:06, Scott wrote:

[snip]

Thanks, I thought it might be something like that. *But is this a
permanent change or just an arrangement during engineering works?
If the Circle Line is no longer to be a circle it would need to
be renamed causing massive confusion and departing from about a
century of history.

Will be permanent, but seems to be a trial this time.

Thanks. *I take it Boris will organise a competition to choose a new
name then.

Apparently the name will remain. It's just that some passengers will
be mightily confused and fed up about it.

And others might actually consider using the Circle line if it starts
being reliable!

Can't say I've found that enough of an issue to complain myself.

(I take it you are perhaps one of the some who will be fed up about
these Circle line changes, given the concomitant knock-on changes to
Wimbleware services, i.e. the reduction of Wimbleware trains starting
from Edgware Road? I'll admit I'm one of those who essentially avoids
the Circle line at the moment - there always seems to be a better way!)

The Wimbleware/Circle combination gives a one-change route between Putney
and King's Cross, avoiding humping child's buggy or heavy luggage up and
down footbridge stairs any more than necessary (can't be avoided at East
Putney). It's pretty reliable for same platform interchange. Can't do that
under new arrangements, and that was true before they started cutting
Wimbledon trains back from Edgware Road to High St to add extra changes
too.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

wrote:

The Wimbleware/Circle combination gives a one-change route between
Putney and King's Cross, avoiding humping child's buggy or heavy
luggage up and down footbridge stairs any more than necessary (can't
be avoided at East Putney). It's pretty reliable for same platform
interchange. Can't do that under new arrangements

You can, but you have to go via Monument.

On Jun 25, 11:48*am, wrote:
The Wimbleware/Circle combination gives a one-change route between Putney
and King's Cross, avoiding humping child's buggy or heavy luggage up and
down footbridge stairs any more than necessary (can't be avoided at East
Putney). It's pretty reliable for same platform interchange. Can't do that
under new arrangements, and that was true before they started cutting
Wimbledon trains back from Edgware Road to High St to add extra changes
too.

One-change route: Putney - Earls Court - lift - Piccadilly line -
Kings Cross - [lift from next year / escalator + lift with no stairs
now]

--
John Band
john at johnband dot org
www.johnband.org