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    Met line - Northwick Park announcement at Neasden

    No, I suspect it'll be an issue for a while. You won't hear it all the time though, because it depends on the driver accepting the change of destination code before the train reaches Finchley Road
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    Met line - Northwick Park announcement at Neasden

    As fast/semi-fast trains pass Neasden, CBTC switches it's destination code to an all stations one and prompts the driver to do the same on the train. If the driver confirms the change before Finchley Road, it'll trigger the Northwick Park message because of a software bug
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    London Transport Traction Group; Project 483

    Do you have a mailing list set up so people can subscribe to updates?
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    Parliamentary or unusual or interesting London Underground services.

    Don't think there's anything on the timetable, but there is a spare train during the day that gets sent down there when there's filming going on. It's use has to be organised with authorisation from the Service Manager. When it's not being used for filming, the same train gets used to train new...
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    Parliamentary or unusual or interesting London Underground services.

    On the Jubilee line, there are quite a few trains in the evenings that terminate at Stanmore and run empty down to Neasden depot On event days at Wembley, trains that are due to terminate at Wembley Park will empty at Willesden Green, run empty into the sidings at Wembley and then re-enter...
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    Train Operator - London Underground

    They'll usually be done by Sterling Backcheck when you filled out the forms online
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    Train Operator - London Underground

    It'll be on a different day, after your medical, but in the same day as your contact signing. Make sure you know all your sizes in inches too and try everything on before you leave Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
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    Train Operator - London Underground

    I think the training teams are a little more balanced, but depots can be hit and miss in terms of how many women are there. We had four women in my training group of sixteen and the group next door seemed to be pretty similar. There's quite a few at my depot, but I've heard of others that have...
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    Train Operator - London Underground

    How was the test on day 1? I start my training soon and that's what has me worried. That and the potential of falling onto a live rail during the track walk :p

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