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So as a Train Op on the Metropolitan line I can answer most of your questions.. In the morning rush hour, the next station after Harrow-On-The-Hill southbound for a Fast or Semi Fast will be Finchley Road. If you travel on the Chesham or Amersham branch towards London the Fast trains will stop...

This is correct , it takes ages to delete speed restrictions from the main computing system . The line diagrams they used in the first place where not always correct plus many fine adjustments are needed. Timetable 55 is out in December even more trains and faster journey times with stepping...

So NMA6 Chalk Farm to Edgware is scheduled to go live Sunday 18th May subject to further test days but everyone seems confident that this date will not change. It is still months ahead of schedule and although there have been some very minor delays ( some are train op. related ) most of the...

NMA Update We have had testing in NMA5 from Morden towards Stockwell ( to reverse in ATO of course ) last weekend which worked very well. We expect it to go live around 22nd or 23rd March and the final section NMA6 which means the whole Northern line is ATO as early as April/May

The Golders Green area is very complicated , as you know there is a depot and sidings , also a middle platform that can allow north and southbound trains. There are over 40 different moves that a train can make in the Golders area. You could see 4 trains moving at the same time at Golders (...

Yes .. at the moment the following is running in automatic so no need for signals ( they are too expenisve to actually remove to guess they will be left covered up ) so .. High Barnet to Angel / Euston (CHX) and Chalk Farm to Angel / Euston (CHX) Mid January will hopefully see NMA4...

NMA3 update So Saturday 21st Sunday 22nd we saw NAM3 go live but trains running empty in the new area only. The whole weekend was a great success with only a few trains out of the 100's running having a problem with the system. BUT Monday 23rd we had to got back to tripcock signals ( normal...

For anyone interested NAM3 should start in passenger service Sunday 22nd Sept .. Saturday 21st the system is live but trains are running in that area empty and if succesful then its all go for Sunday. NMA3 area is Chalk Farm - Euston CHX Branch / Angel and Highgate - Euston CHX Branch / Angel...

Yes it did and although it's early days ... so far so good !

At the moment drivers can choose to drive in ATO or PM mode between West Finchley and High Barnet but especially when the whole of the Northern line is upgraded I guess they will want trains driven in ATO only as driving in PM will probably lose some time. They want more trains on the system...

NMA1 ( Northern line Migration Area 1 ) between West Finchley and High Barnet has been a resounding success with NO TBTC failures since the start Feb 17th 2013 which is brilliant , we have learnt from the Jubilee line with the latest software. Large number of tests have been taking place for...