Recent content by MatthewRead

Have the timings been released yet?, I'm planning to see the trains tomorrow.

Just out of interest on the 13/14th June is says first there will be no District line service at all until 10:00 then no service west of Embankment until 14:30 and after that no service to Wimbledon and it says between Barons Court and Stamford Brook now surely that can't be right because it...

There have been rumors since last summer that the 2024 tube stock will enter service first as TFL want to prioritize the Piccadilly line modernization over the DLR.

But on previous weekend closures like the 2 last year on 12/13th and 2/3rd November they didn't make any additional stops and I was told by London Underground it was to do with the frequency levels!

I hope London Underground do the same thing on the weekends of 4/5th & 25/26th October as there will also be no District line running but there is the Piccadilly line.

Surprised they're doing this now on previous weekend closures they don't stop at all due to them supposedly having to run at reduced line speed between Hammersmith and Acton Town which leads to stacking.

Out of interest how long did they last in service I only know the 1973 one lasted for 5 and a half years from 20th January 1991-10th September 1996 and the D stock one lasted from July 2002 - November 2007. What about those other aforementioned trains anyone know how long they lasted for?

The problem is finance it costs to keep these trains clean by changing the seats etc and Transport For London are spending their money on upgrading other lines such as the Central and Piccadilly lines.

Have they started working weekends yet?

This is what WNXX told me How would stopping the Piccadilly line at Turnham Green prevent buses from “clogging up” Chiswick High Road when they still need to serve all of the stations…? Or is this in fact just a continuation of your personal crusade to have trains stop at Turnham Green...

Exactly I made a thread about this and I got lame excuses about trains having to run at reduced linespeed between Hammersmith and Acton Town and they need to inhibit congestion but that's not true because there are no engineers on the line. Plus I mentioned this on the WNXX forum and got lame...

They've done it before during previous closures when only 1 pair of tracks is in use!

I meant single bore tunnel the one that's really noisy west of Earl's Court.

There is no District line service to Richmond, Ealing Broadway and Olympia due to drain works in the single ball tunnel near Earl's Court. Could the Piccadilly line stop at Ravenscourt Park, Stamford Brook (westbound only) and Turnham Green or at least just stop at Turnham Green between these...

This tour needs to be postponed by a week because of the aslef strike see https://aslef.org.uk/publications/aslef-announces-another-day-strike-action. Otherwise those who have booked tickets may no be able to make the tour because there aren't any trains!